High involvement work systems: the only option for UK high skill sectors?

Working paper

The UK government is emphasising modern employee relations practices and partnership as central elements to a competitive strategy based on high skills. A key issue, therefore, is whether existing high skills industries in the UK are utilising these types of practices. This paper provides evidence from research carried out in the UK that the take-up of high involvement work systems has been limited in two high skills sectors - pharmaceuticals and civil aerospace. Following an examination of t...

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Authors: Lloyd, C

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) Publisher's website
• Series: SKOPE Research Paper
• Place of publication: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/publications
• Publication date: 2000-01-01
• ISSN: 1466-1535
• Paper number: 11, Winter 2000
• Language: English
• Keywords: high involvement work systems; government policy
• Subjects: Employment; Education