The Realities of Partnership at Work

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Partnership at Work

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 1-19

3. The High-Performance Workplace: Fact or Fiction?

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 20-52

4. Gambling with Employee Voice in the Finance Sector

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 53-83

5. Best Value in a Local Authority

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 84-106

6. Partnership on Prescription in the NHS

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 107-131

7. Goodbye Blue Sky: Partnership in the UK Aerospace Sector

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 132-164

8. Whither Partnership?

   • Martin Upchurch, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson

   Pages 165-175

9. Back Matter

   Pages 176-193

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A definitive study of partnership at work in the UK, with extensive surveys and interviews in organizations from the finance, NHS and local government sectors. The authors challenge conventional assumptions about the mutual interest associated with partnership, and find evidence of work intensification where partnership has been introduced.   

• finance
• interest
• organization
• organizations

• Middlesex University Business School, London, UK

  Martin Upchurch

• Centre for Employment Studies Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

  Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby

• University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

  Mike Richardson

Author Martin Upchurch: Martin Upchurch is Professor of International Employment Relations at Middlesex University, London.   

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