All Outputs (3)

The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, unemployment and state policy in Northern Ireland (1999)
Book
Sheehan, M., & Tomlinson, M. (1999). The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, unemployment and state policy in Northern Ireland. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429431371

First published in 1999, this volume is about unemployment and discrimination, with a focus on Northern Ireland and its debate over patterns of inequality between unemployed Catholics and Protestants. The Unequal Unemployed uses the important and rev... Read More about The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, unemployment and state policy in Northern Ireland.

No Innovation Without Representation? An analysis of participation, representation, R&D and innovation (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. No Innovation Without Representation? An analysis of participation, representation, R&D and innovation

Does it pay for firms to involve their workforce, or is such participation an expensive luxury? For those who would like to see increased employee participation and representation, this is a key issue. What, though, would be the mechanisms through wh... Read More about No Innovation Without Representation? An analysis of participation, representation, R&D and innovation.

HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS) (1999)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (1999). HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS). Industrial and Corporate Change, 8(2), 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/8.2.211

Labour 'flexibility' is often portrayed as necessary for an innovative economy. Using evidence from the UK's 1990 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey we investigate the relationships between firms' human resource management practices and innovation... Read More about HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS).