Author: Diana Kelly

Source: Personnel Review, Volume 33, Number 6, 2004 , pp. 711-719(9)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

Reviews three books in the field of employment relations, industrial relations and human resource management: Employment Relations: Continuity and Change: Policies and Practices by E. Rose; Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice by M. Salamon; and Human Resource Management A Critical Text, edited by J. Storey. The review highlights the tension between the academic requirement for rigour in research and the publisher's requirement for a text that will have commercial value. It raises the point that textbooks often define of a research discipline for those outside academic circles. The review provides a detailed account of each book and compares their strengths and weaknesses. Concludes with a call to debate further what is required in a good textbook.

Keywords: Employee Relations; Industrial Relations; Human Resource Management

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00483480410562951

Publication date: 2004-06-01

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