International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

Trade unions and employment relations in the context of public sector change: The public sector, “old welfare states” and the politics of managerialism

Miguel Martínez Lucio

This paper aims to study the impact of new types of market‐based management systems in Western European public sector industrial relations.

Changing industrial relations in the Swedish public sector: New tensions within the old framework of corporatism

Christer Thörnqvist

This paper aims to provide an overview of changes in the context of the Swedish public sector.

Public management reforms and public sector employment relations in The Netherlands

Bram Steijn, Peter Leisink

The purpose of this article is to study the overall development of public sector industrial relations in The Netherlands.

Is there still a public sector model of employment relations in the United Kingdom?

Peter Prowse, Julie Prowse

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the general developments in the form of industrial relations in the UK public sector.

Labour relations in the Spanish public administration in a context of change: The role of context and regulation

José Manuel Lasierra

This paper aims to study the development of new forms of management systems such as quality management in the context of the Spanish public administration.

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh