The promotion of workplace partnership in the high performance workplace
has become central to policy debates on the 'modernization' of
employment relations in British industry. This book provides critical
insights into the dynamics of partnership by way of in-depth case
studies of employee experience in an under-researched industry noted for
its high concentrations of skilled workers and graduates. Drawing on
rich interview and questionnaire data, the authors highlight
considerable conflicts of interest in the development of partnership
that derive from the competitive capitalist environment in which
management strategies operate.