... could be met. Even a company such as Ford, long the most stubborn defender of managerial rights, introduced its Employee Involvement plan. For Kochan et al (1985) this represents the making of a new system of industrial relations, embracing the strategic level of corporate decision making as well as the ... hand emphasising "team working" whilst on the other hand they are "downsizing", this leads to confusion and emptiness among workers (Wilmott 1993 in Brown R p30). Work was also sub-contracted so people were not necessarily working for the employers they were engaging with. Many firms ...

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