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New directions in staff consultation and communication in the British Civil Service and Prison Service

New directions in staff consultation and communication in the British Civil Service and Prison Service

Farnham, David, Horton, Sylvia and White, Geoff (2005) New directions in staff consultation and communication in the British Civil Service and Prison Service. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 25 (1). pp. 69-81. ISSN 0734-371X (Print), 1552-759X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X04268788)

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Abstract

This article considers the changing nature of partnership, staff consultation, and communication practices in the British civil service and prison service. These changes began in the 1980s with the development of new public management and have continued under the Labour government’s rubric of public sector modernization. The article examines and reviews current attempts to create new forms of partnership at work, between public employers, trade unions, and individual employees, and other staff consultation and communication processes in response to modernization. The research is based on telephone interviews conducted in 2001 with senior managers and trade union officials in the civil service and prison service and supplementary documentary sources provided by the respondents.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: employee consultation and communication, employee relations, public sector, Civil Service, human resource management
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW) > Work & Employment Research Unit (WERU)
Faculty of Business > Department of Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour
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Last Modified: 14 Oct 2016 09:13
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/5152

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