The UK context of workplace empowerment

Offers insights into workplace empowerment by concentrating on the wider contemporary (UK) context of work, conceptualising work in the on-going debates on human resource management (HRM) and postmodernity. Connections are made between theory and practice in HRM and postmodern critique, drawing on a...

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Published in:Participation & empowerment 1999-09, Vol.7 (6), p.163-177
Main Authors: Foley, Malcolm, Maxwell, Gill, McGillivray, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Empowerment
Human resource management
Postmodernism
United Kingdom
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Summary:Offers insights into workplace empowerment by concentrating on the wider contemporary (UK) context of work, conceptualising work in the on-going debates on human resource management (HRM) and postmodernity. Connections are made between theory and practice in HRM and postmodern critique, drawing on an empirical case study. Compares the postmodern motifs of consumerism and consumption, commodification and image projection and the HRM ideals of commitment, individuality and continuous development. Suggests that viewing HRM as discourse may enable a focus for, if not a reconciliation of, the debate between theoretical HRM and HRM in practice.
ISSN:1463-4449
DOI:10.1108/14634449910298231