Conor Cradden: 2 books
A New Theory of Industrial Relations
People, Markets and Organizations after Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Most existing theoretical approaches to industrial relations and human resources management (IR/HRM) build their analyses and policy prescriptions on one of two foundational assumptions. They assume either that conflict between workers and employers is the natural and inevitable state of affairs;...
Repoliticizing Management
A Theory of Corporate Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Drawing on the work of Jürgen Habermas's social theory for the critical study of management, organization and employment, this book proposes a new definition of legitimate corporate action; based on Habermas's principles of communicative rationality and discourse ethics. Systematic in its application...