Human Resources Flexibilities in the Public Services

DAVID FARNHAM is Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Portsmouth. He is the author of Employee Relations(1993),Personnel Management in Context(1990), co-author of Understanding Industrial Relations(1995), and co-editor, with Sylvia Horton, of Managing People in the Public Services(1996). - SYLVIA HORTON is Principal Lecturer in Public Sector Studies at the University of Portsmouth. She is co-editor, with David Farnham, of Managing the New Public Services(1993), and has published in the areas of budgeting in local government, human resources management in the public sector and promotion in the police service.

• PART ONE: INTRODUCING FLEXIBILITIES The Flexibility Debate; D.Farnham & S.Horton Public Service Flexibility in Comparative Perspective; F.F.Ridley Flexibility, Commitment and Performance; T.Virtanen PART TWO: COUNTRY STUDIES Belgium; A.Hondeghem & T.Steen Finland; M.Kiviemi & T.Virtanen France; J.Burnham Germany; E.Loeffler & M.Roeber Italy; R.Riffini The Netherlands; T.van der Krogt, E.Beersen & A.Kemper Spain; S.Parrado-Diez Sweden; R.Murray United Kingdom; S.Horton United States of America; J.Thompson & R.Cachares PART THREE: COMPARISONS AND INTERNATIONAL THEMES Pay Flexibility in European Public Services: A Comparative Analysis; G.White Flexible Working Patterns in European Public Administration; K.Nomden Flexibility in Personnel Policies in International Organisations; C.Montin Evaluating Human Resources Flexibilities: A Comparative Perspective; S.Horton & D.Farnham