Industry and labour: an introduction

This book surveys the broad field of labour's relations with management, with special reference to India. It examines a range of questions from recruitment and commitment of the labour force to trace unionism, collective bargaining and worker participation. The book has a twin purpose, The first is to bring the treatment of Indian empirical materials up to date. A great deal of recent research which challenges the many myths that shroud Indian labour and industry has never found its way into university curricula. This the authors seek to rectify. The second purpose is to view Indian experience in its proper theoretical perspective. Recent theoretical advancements in allied social science disciplines have been presented to help gain a balanced understanding of Indian industry and its problems. The overall purpose of this study is to make the reader theoretically sensitive to, and empirically well-informed on, the subject of labour-management relations. The book is explicitly intended for Indian postgraduate students in management, sociology, commerce, economics and social work, though it should find a wider audience as well.