Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work

by Jo Ingold (Editor), Patrick McGurk (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529222999
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	03/28/2023
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"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