Introduction
Employment relations (ER) is a field that has been informed by a number of core disciplines, each of which brings its own theoretical lens to bear on the employment relationship and highlights particular aspects of it. The strength of sociological research on the employment relationship is primarily that it locates its analysis of workplace issues within broader social and economic frameworks, thereby providing a holistic model of the factors shaping, and being shaped by, ER.
The discipline of sociology has been particularly important in informing critical analyses of the employment relationship, which focus on power and control in capitalist production systems. ...
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