Employer Engagement
Making Active Labour Market Policies Work
Edited by Jo Ingold and Patrick McGurk
Published
Mar 12, 2024Page count
270 pagesISBN
978-1529223002Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Feb 28, 2023Page count
270 pagesISBN
978-1529222999Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Feb 28, 2023Page count
270 pagesISBN
978-1529223019Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Feb 28, 2023Page count
270 pagesISBN
978-1529223019Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Employer Engagement
Active labour market policies aim to assist people not in work to move into employment through a range of interventions including job search, preparation, training and in-work support and development. While policies, programmes and scholarship predominantly focus on jobseekers’ engagement with these initiatives, this book is the first text to shed light on the employer’s perspective.
Bringing together renowned scholars from social and public policy and human resource management, the book draws on empirical research, comparative case studies and real-life examples from practice, providing a comprehensive analysis of this under-explored issue.
This go-to resource will inform HRM and public policy scholarship and promote collaborations between the disciplines.
"Many studies ask how governments can put the unemployed to work, but few consider the role of employers. Ingold and McGurk have created an essential resource for anyone involved in active labour market policies because their book is the first to look seriously at how employers engage." Ian Greer, Cornell University
Jo Ingold is Professor at the Peter Faber Business School, Australian Catholic University.
Patrick McGurk is Reader in Management Practice and Associate Dean for Education at Queen Mary University of London.
1 Introduction: Why Is Employer Engagement Important? Jo Ingold and Patrick McGurk
PART I The Macro Level: Political Economy and Policies
2 Varieties of Policy Approaches to Employer Engagement in Activation Policies Thomas Bredgaard, Jo Ingold and Rik Van Berkel
3 Political Economy of the Inclusive Labour Market Revisited: Welfare through Work in Denmark David Etherington and Martin Jones
4 Skills, Apprenticeships and Diversity: Employer Engagement With Further and Higher Education Patrick McGurk and Omolola Olaleye
5 Practice Case Study: Programme Commissioning and Co-Opetition in the UK and Australia Orla Baker, Jo Ingold, Emma Crichton and Tony Carr
PART II
The Meso Level: Programmes and Actors
6 the Weakest Link? Job Quality and Active Labour Market Policy in the UK Anne Green and Paul Sissons
7 Opening the Black Box of Promoting Employer Engagement at the Street Level of Employment Services Tanja Dall, Flemming Larsen and Mikkel Bo Madsen
8 Active Labour Market Programmes and Employer Engagement in the UK and Germany Jay Wiggan and Matthias Knuth
9 Practice Case Study: Reconnecting Employee and Employer Engagement Through Continuous Improvement of Policy Andrew Hamilton
PART III
The Micro Level: Workplaces and Their Contexts
10 Who Are the Engaged Employers? Strategic Entry-Level Resourcing in Low-Wage Sectors Patrick McGurk and Richard Meredith
11 HRM and Social Security: It Takes Two To Create a Transitional Labour Market Irmgard Borghouts and Charissa Freese
12 Conditions, Processes and Pressures Promoting Inclusive Organisations Jeffrey Moore and William Hanson
13 Practice Case Study: Sephora’s Journey to an Inclusive Workplace and the ‘Let Us Belong’ Philosophy William Hanson, Jeffrey Moore and Tom Gustafson
14 Conclusion: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work Patrick McGurk and Jo Ingold
