Book reviews

Books reviewed: The Employment Relationship: Examining Psychological and Contextual Perspectives
J. A. M. Coyle‐Shapiro, L. M. Shore, S. M. Taylor and L. E. Tetrick (eds)
Oxford University Press, 2004, 377 pp., £55.00
Reviewed by Melanie Simms
University of Kent International and Comparative Employment Relations: Globalisation and the Developed Market Economies
Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury and Nick Wailes (eds)
Sage Publications, 2004 (4th edn), 472 pp., £75.00 (hardback), £24.99 (paperback)
Reviewed by Sarah Pass
Cardiff University Multinational Companies and Global Human Resource Strategies
William N. Cooke (ed.)
Quorum, 2003, 433 pp., £48.50
Reviewed by Trevor Colling
University of Warwick     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?
Susan Fernie and David Metcalf (eds)
Routledge, 2005, 268 pp., £21.99
Reviewed by Miguel Martinez Lucio
University of Bradford School of Management, UK Development of Culture, Welfare States and Women’s Employment in Europe
Birgit Pfau‐Effinger
Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004, 217 pp., £49.95
Reviewed by Maria Hudson
Policy Studies Institute, UK Strategic Unionism and Partnership. Boxing or Dancing?
Tony Huzzard, Denis Gregory and Regan Scott (eds)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, xxiii + 362 pp., £55.00
Reviewed by Mark Stuart
University of Leeds, UK Labour Laws and Global Trade
Bob Hepple
Hart Publishing, 2005, 328 pp., £20.00
Reviewed by A. C. L. Davies
Oxford University, UK How Institutions Evolve: The Political Economy of Skills in Germany, Britain, the United States and Japan
Kathleen Thelen
Cambridge University Press, 2004, 239 pp., £50.00
Reviewed by Irena Grugulis
Bradford University School of Management, UK     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: The Skills That Matter
Chris Warhurst, Irena Grugulis and Ewart Keep (eds)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, xv + 272 pp., £23.99
Reviewed by Kim Hoque
Nottingham University Business School Fragmenting Work: Blurring Organizational Boundaries and Disordering Hierarchies
Mick Marchington, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery and Hugh Willmott (eds)
Oxford University Press, 2005, 319 pp., £22.50
Reviewed by Ian Kirkpatrick
Leeds University Business School Employment Relations and the Health Service: The Management of Reforms
Stephen Bach
Routledge, 2004, 239 pp., £65.00
Reviewed by Geoff White
University of Greenwich Working in the Twenty‐first Century
Michael Moynagh and Richard Worsley
ESRC and The Tomorrow Project, 2005, 196 pp., £20.00
Reviewed by Brian Towers
University of Nottingham     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Robert Taylor. Social Democratic Trade Unionism: An Agenda for Action.
Reviewed by Peter Ackers Mark Freedland. The Personal Employment Contract.
Reviewed by Ann Blair J. O’Reilly (ed.), Regulating Working‐time transitions in Europe.
Reviewed by Paul Blyton Huw Beynon, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery and Kevin Ward. Managing Employment Change: The New Realities of Work.
Reviewed by John Purcell Robert Taylor's Series of Reports for the ESRC's Future of Work Programme.
Reviewed by Jason Heyes     

Bookshelf 2005

Books reviewed: The Emergence of European Trade Unionism Jean‐Louis Robert, Antoine Prost and Chris Wrigley (eds) Ashgate, 2004, 254 pp., £49.50
Reviewed by Ralph Darlington
University of Salford Complying with Europe: EU Harmonisation and Soft Law in the Member States Gerda Falkner, Oliver Treib, Mirian Hartlapp and Simone Leiber CUP, 2005, 404 pp., £45.00 (hardback), £19.99 (paperback)
Reviewed by Brian Towers
University of Nottingham European Integration and Industrial Relations: Multi‐level Governance in the Making Paul Marginson and Keith Sisson Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 360 pp., £60.00 (hardback)
Reviewed by Tony Royle
National University of Ireland, Galway The Future of Work in Europe Paul Littlewood, Ignace Glorieux and Ingrid Jonsson (eds) Ashgate, 2004, 262 pp., £45.00
Reviewed by Paul Teague
Queen's University, Belfast     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: H. Gospel and S. Wood. Representing Workers: Union Recognition and Membership in Britain.
Reviewed by Melanie Simms Paul N. Gooderham and Odd Nordhaug (eds). International Management. Cross‐boundary Challenges.
Reviewed by Richard Croucher     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: High Skills: Globalization, Competitiveness and Skill Formation
Phillip Brown, Andy Green and Hugh Lauder A Dictionary of Human Resource Management
Edmund Heery and Mike Noon Advances in Human Resource Management in Asia
John B. Kidd, Xue Li and Frank‐Jurgen Richter (eds)     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Human Resource Management in Service Work
Marek Korczynski Understanding Organisational Culture
Mats Alvesson Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice (second edition)
Paul Edwards (ed)     

Book reviews

Book reviewed The Other Women’s Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America
Dorothy Sue Cobble
Princeton University Press, 2005, 336 pp., £12.95
Reviewed by Sue Ledwith
Ruskin College, UK Work–Life Balance in the 21st Century
Diane Houston (ed.)
Palgrave, 2005, 288 pp., £50.00
Reviewed by Gill Kirton
Queen Mary, University of London, UK The Work/Life Collision: What Work is Doing to Australians and What to Do About It
Barbara Pocock
Federation Press, 2003, 304 pp., A$35.00
Reviewed by Geraldine Healy
Queen Mary, University of London, UK Gender Equality and Decent Work––Good Practices at the Workplace
Bureau for Gender Equality
ILO, 2005, ix + 121 pp., £10.95
Reviewed by Geraldine Healy
Queen Mary, University of London, UK Gender Roles and Sex Equality: European Solutions to Social Security Disputes
Ingeborg Heide
ILO, 2004, xi + 117 pp., £11.95
Employers’ Organisations Taking the Lead on Gender Equality
Bureau for Employers’ Activities
ILO, 2005, iii + 85 pp., £10.95
Reviewed by Harriet Bradley
University of Bristol, UK     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Managing to Change? British Workplaces and the Future of Work
Michael White, Stephen Hill, Colin Mills and Deborah Smeaton
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 214 pp., £52.50 (hardback)
Reviewed by Chris Forde
University of Leeds The New Managerialism and Public Service Professions
Ian Kirkpatrick, Stephen Ackroyd and Richard Walker
Palgrave, 2005, 232 pp., £50.00 (hardback)
Reviewed by Kim Hoque
Nottingham University Business School Culture and the Labour Market
Siobhan Austen
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003, 168 pp., £45.00
Reviewed by Martin Leroch
University of Hamburg Inside the Workplace: First Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey
Barbara Kersley, Carmen Alpin, John Forth, Alex Bryson, Helen Bewley, Gill Dix and Sarah Oxenbridge
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), 2005, 41 pp., Free, available from DTI
Reviewed by Andrew Pendleton
University of York The Wales TUC, 1974–2004
Joe England
University of Wales Press, 2004, 136 pp., £12.99
Reviewed by Brian Towers
University of Nottingham     

Book Reviews

David Coates and John Hillard (eds) UK Economic Decline: Key Texts Vaughan-Whitead, D. et al. Workers' Financial Participation – East–West Experiences Paul Thompson and David McHugh Work Organisations – A Critical Introduction (second edition) Sue Ledwith and Fiona Colgan (eds) Women in Organisation s– Challenging Gender Politics Harry Scarborough (ed.) The Management of Expertise John Storey (ed.) Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management Jack Eaton Globalization and Human Resource Management in the Airline Industry Pamela Sugiman Labour's Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937–1979 Jeff Torrington The Devil's Carousel John Solomos and Les Back Race, Politics and Social Change     

Book reviews

Book reviewed Partnership and the High Performance Workplace: Work and Employment Relations in the Aerospace Industry
Andy Danford, Mike Richardson, Paul Stewart, Stephanie Tailby and Martin Upchurch
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 263 pp., £55.00
Reviewed by Peter Samuel
Nottingham University Business School Participation and Democracy at Work: Essays in Honour of Harvie Ramsay
Jeff Hyman, Paul Thompson and Bill Harley
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 272 pp., £26.99 (paperback)
Reviewed by Brian Towers
Nottingham University Business School Adding Value through Information and Consultation
John Storey (ed.)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 293 pp., £28.99
Reviewed by Alan Tuckman
Nottingham Trent University Workplace Justice without Unions
Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klass and Douglas M. Mahony
UpJohn Institute, 2004, 231 pp., $40.00 (hardback), $18.00 (paperback)
Reviewed by David G. Collings
University of Sheffield     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Beyond Employment – Changes in Work and the Future of Labour Law in Europe
Alain Supiot Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage
Chris Brewster, Peter Dowling, Pieter Grobler, Peter Holland and Surette Warnich Relational Wealth: the Advantages of Stability in a Changing Economy
Carrie R. Leana and Denise M. Rousseau     

Bookshelf 2004

Books reviewed: Ola Bergstrom and Donald Storrie (eds). Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States.
Reviewed by Ian Kirkpatrick Tonia Novitz. International and European Protection of the Right to Strike.
Reviewed by Lord McCarthy Deborah Foster and Peter Scott (eds). Trade Unions in Europe—Meeting the Challenge.
Reviewed by Michael Gold Jeff Kenner. EU Employment Law. From Rome to Amsterdam and Beyond.
Reviewed by Simon Deakin Vladimir Gimpelson and Douglas Lippoldt. The Russian Labour Market: Between Transition and Turmoil.
Reviewed by Gregory Schwartz     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in This Articles Donaldson, Lex, American Anti-Management Theories of Organization: A Critique of Paradigm Proliferation. Book Reviewed in This Articles Clark, T. Managing Consultants - Consultancy As the Management of Impressions. Book Reviewed in This Articles Holliday, Ruth. Investigating Small Firms: Nice Work? Book Reviewed in This Articles Wren J. Thomas. The Leader's Companion: Insights On Leadership Through the Ages.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: John T. Addison and Claus Schnabel (eds). International Handbook of Trade Unions
Reviewed by John Kelly Walter Müller‐Jentsch and Hansjörg Weitbrecht (eds). The Changing Contours of German Industrial Relations
Reviewed by Steve French Yonatan Reshef and Sandra Rastin. Unions in the Time of Revolution. Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario
Reviewed by Roy J. Adams     

Book Reviews

Aileen McColgan, Just Wages For Women Sandra Fredman, Women and the Law Paul Blyton and Peter Turnbull, The Dynamics of Employee Relations Christopher Mabey, Denise Skinner and Timothy Clark, Experiencing Human Resource Management C. Rowley, Human Resource Management in the Asia Pacific Region: Convergence Questioned Michael Poole and Malcolm Warner, The Handbook of Human Resource Management     

Retraction

The following article from Human Resource Management Journal: The impact of development and information sharing practices on employee retention‐related attitudes: exploring the mediating role of organisational trust by Sylvie Guerrero and Olivier Herrbach, published online on 28 December 2009 in Wiley Online Library ( http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editors in Chief, David Collings, Tony Dundon and Michael Marchington and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to overlap between this article and the following article published in ‘Relations Industrielles: La confiance organisationnelle au coeur de l'échange social : et si bien traiter ses employés était payant?’ by Sylvie Guerrero and Olivier Herrbach. Contact: Professor Olivier Herrbach, Université de Bordeaux and ESC Rennes School of Business, Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, 35 Avenue Abadie, 33072 Bordeaux Cedex, France. Email: olivier.herrbach@u‐bordeaux4.fr Reference: Guerrero, S. and Herrbach, O. (2011), Retracted: The impact of development and information sharing practices on employee retention‐related attitudes: exploring the mediating role of organisational trust. Human Resource Management Journal. doi: 10.1111/j.1748‐8583.2009.00119.x     

Editor's note

We are very excited about this issue of the Journal. It inaugurates a new alliance among the University of Michigan, John Wiley & Sons, and the Society for Human Resource Management. For 34 years, the University of Michigan has had editorial responsibility for Human Resource Management; for the last 12 years Michigan and Wiley have partnered in publishing the Journal. Beginning with this issue, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will join us to edit, publish, and distribute the Journal; Michigan will continue to take editorial leadership. With an outstanding Managing Editor (Gerry Lake); prominent Associate Editors, (Dick Beatty, Sharon Lobel, Craig Schneier, Arthur Yeung, and K. Michele Kacmar), and a world-class Editorial Board, the Journal will continue to push frontiers of HR theory, research, and practice. Wiley will continue to offer publishing expertise, and SHRM brings to this alliance the world's largest association of HR professionals (over 70,000 members). SHRM also, through its foundation, has a commitment to theory and research which further the profession of HR.     

Who needs MBAs in HR? USC's strategic human resource management MBA concentration

This article describes the MBA concentration in Strategic Human Resource Management offered by the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Very few MBA programs offer such a concentration. We discuss the genesis of USC's program, its rationale, and its components. Launched in 1996, the program's success derives in large part from its close industry links. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.