TY  - JOUR
AB  - Reviews three books in the field of employment relations, industrial relations and human resource management: Employment Relations: Continuity and Change: Policies and Practices by E. Rose; Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice by M. Salamon; and Human Resource Management A Critical Text, edited by J. Storey. The review highlights the tension between the academic requirement for rigour in research and the publisher's requirement for a text that will have commercial value. It raises the point that textbooks often define of a research discipline for those outside academic circles. The review provides a detailed account of each book and compares their strengths and weaknesses. Concludes with a call to debate further what is required in a good textbook.
VL  - 33
IS  - 6
SN  - 0048-3486
DO  - 10.1108/00483480410562951
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480410562951
AU  - Kelly Diana
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Book reviews
T2  - Personnel Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 711
EP  - 719
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -