David Marsden is presently a Reader in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. His career has also taken him to Aix-en-Provence, Trier, and Rome as a Visiting Professor. He has researched extensively on comparative industrial relations and labour markets, and he has worked with the ILO, the OECD, the European Commission, and the World Bank. At present, he also acts as a member of a team of advisors to European Commissioner Edith Cresson on education and training policies in the EU.

• PART I: A THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS ; 1. The Employment Relationship ; 2. The Limits of Managerial Authority ; 3. Diffusion and Predominance of Employment Rules ; 4. Classification, and the Consolidation of Employment Systems ; PART II: EVIDENCE AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ; 5. Employment Systems: comparative evidence ; 6. Performance Management ; 7. Pay and Incentives ; 8. Skills and Labour Market Structure ; PART III: CONCLUSIONS ; 9. Employment Systems and the Theory of the Firm: societal diversity ; References

Marsden's deductive analysis of employment systems is interesting and insightful from a micro-level perspective.

David Marsden is presently a Reader in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. His career has also taken him to Aix-en-Provence, Trier, and Rome as a Visiting Professor. He has researched extensively on comparative industrial relations and labour markets, and he has worked with the ILO, the OECD, the European Commission, and the World Bank. At present, he also acts as a member of a team of advisors to European Commissioner Edith Cresson on education and training policies in the EU.

• PART I: A THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS ; 1. The Employment Relationship ; 2. The Limits of Managerial Authority ; 3. Diffusion and Predominance of Employment Rules ; 4. Classification, and the Consolidation of Employment Systems ; PART II: EVIDENCE AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ; 5. Employment Systems: comparative evidence ; 6. Performance Management ; 7. Pay and Incentives ; 8. Skills and Labour Market Structure ; PART III: CONCLUSIONS ; 9. Employment Systems and the Theory of the Firm: societal diversity ; References

Marsden's deductive analysis of employment systems is interesting and insightful from a micro-level perspective.

David Marsden is presently a Reader in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. His career has also taken him to Aix-en-Provence, Trier, and Rome as a Visiting Professor. He has researched extensively on comparative industrial relations and labour markets, and he has worked with the ILO, the OECD, the European Commission, and the World Bank. At present, he also acts as a member of a team of advisors to European Commissioner Edith Cresson on education and training policies in the EU.

• PART I: A THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS ; 1. The Employment Relationship ; 2. The Limits of Managerial Authority ; 3. Diffusion and Predominance of Employment Rules ; 4. Classification, and the Consolidation of Employment Systems ; PART II: EVIDENCE AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ; 5. Employment Systems: comparative evidence ; 6. Performance Management ; 7. Pay and Incentives ; 8. Skills and Labour Market Structure ; PART III: CONCLUSIONS ; 9. Employment Systems and the Theory of the Firm: societal diversity ; References

Marsden's deductive analysis of employment systems is interesting and insightful from a micro-level perspective.