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Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms (2005)
Journal Article

Drawing upon relevant concepts in organizational social theory (becoming ontology and processual view of complexity), and adopting an interpretative approach to studying organizational phenomena, this paper aims to make a contribution to the understa... Read More about Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms.

Stretched to the limit? The impact of Local Public Service Agreements on service improvements and central local relations (2005)
Journal Article

Local Public Service Agreements (LPSAs) are one of a member of policy instruments introduced by New Labour to facilitate service improvement in local government. Situating LPSAs in debates about central-local relationshp, this paper examines their im... Read More about Stretched to the limit? The impact of Local Public Service Agreements on service improvements and central local relations.

Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience (2005)
Journal Article

This article addresses the role of 'employee voice' in workplace partnership. Drawing on two organizational case studies from the UK's aerospace sector, it analyses employee experiences of two key dimensions of worker participation in partnership env... Read More about Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience.