Who am I and where am I? - switching and stitching in the digital age.
Conference Proceeding
Smyth, M., Raijmakers, B., & Munro, A. (2003)
Who am I and where am I? - switching and stitching in the digital age. In D. Marjanovic (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Design Conference DESIGN 2004, 1487-1492
This paper will introduce the concept of human identity. It will focus on how the creation, maintenance and communication of identity could be supported by technology. Initial...
Opening doors as well as banging on tables: an assessment of UNISON/employer partnerships on learning in the UK public sector
Journal Article
Munro, A., & Rainbird, H. (2004)
Opening doors as well as banging on tables: an assessment of UNISON/employer partnerships on learning in the UK public sector. Industrial Relations Journal, 35(5), 419-433. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00324.x
The academic debate on partnerships has so far mainly focused on whether there are mutual gains for both unions and employers and whether they support or undermine branch orga...
Workplace Learning in Context
Book
A. Fuller, A. Munro, & H. Rainbird (Eds.), (2004)
Workplace Learning in Context. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203571644
No abstract available.
Navigation: within and beyond the metaphor in interface design.
Book Chapter
McCall, R., & Benyon, D. (2003)
Navigation: within and beyond the metaphor in interface design. In K. Hook, D. Benyon, & A. J. Munro (Eds.), Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach, 355-384. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0035-5_16
Over the last few years we have been exploring an alternative conceptual isation of human-computer interaction (HCl) that sees HCl as the navigation of information spaces (Ben...
Power at work: reflections on the research process.
Journal Article
Munro, A., Holly, L., Rainbird, H. & Leisten, R. (2003)
Power at work: reflections on the research process. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 7, 289-304. doi:10.1080/1364557021000024758. ISSN 1364-5579
Employee Voice and Training at Work: An Analysis of Case Studies and WERS98: (579712011-001)
Report
Rainbird, H., Sutherland, J., Edwards, P., Holly, L., & Munro, A. (2003)
Employee Voice and Training at Work: An Analysis of Case Studies and WERS98: (579712011-001). PsycEXTRA Dataset: Department of Trade and Industry
Developed institutions of employee voice are rare across British industry. Case study evidence suggests that approaches to training are more effective when management and empl...
Workplace learning and the employment relationship in the public sector.
Journal Article
Rainbird, H., & Munro, A. (2003)
Workplace learning and the employment relationship in the public sector. Human Resource Management Journal, 13, 30-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00089.x
Training that is relevant to employers is not necessarily enriching for employees, especially those on the lower salary scales. The authors argue that the analysis of training...
Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work.
Journal Article
Munro, A., & Rainbird, H. (2002)
Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 17, 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-005X.00106
Focussing here on local authorities and health services, this paper examines the significance of new technology to unskilled work in the public sector as it is developing and ...
“Working together – involving staff”: Partnership working in the NHS
Journal Article
Munro, A. (2002)
“Working together – involving staff”: Partnership working in the NHS. Employee Relations, 24(3), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450210428444
Contributes to debates about employee involvement and social partnership by exploring the ways in which individualist and collectivist aspects interrelate in a single initiati...
A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race.
Journal Article
Munro, A. (2001)
A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race. Gender, Work and Organization, 8, 454-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0432.00141
During the 1990s attempts to identify a feminist trade union agenda have focused on both the content and process of such a potential agenda. In a period in which trade unions ...