The Dynamics of Informality: Employment Relations in Small Firms and the Effects of Regulatory Change

By Monder Ram, P. Edwards, M. Gilman, J. Arrowsmith. 2001

245 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science

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In General Health Professions

1. Monder Ram
2. T. Jones
3. John Kitching
4. N. Guenole
5. Alan Coetzer
6. K. Pajo

In Public Administration

1. Monder Ram
2. T. Jones
3. John Kitching
4. K. Hoque
5. George Saridakis
6. Nicolas J Bacon

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Monder Ram
2. P. Edwards
3. John Kitching
4. T. Jones
5. George Saridakis
6. N. Guenole
7. D. Storey

Citations in the corpus

• Staying Underground: Informal Work, Small Firms, and Employment Regulation in the United Kingdom (2007, background): “They are part of a “web of dependency relationships” (Ram et al., 2001, p. 852).”
• Human resource practices, employee attitudes and small firm performance (2017, unknown): “As Ram et al. (2001: 859) note, ‘ all firms combine formality and informality just as they combine control and consent…the balance differs as conditions vary’ .”
• Linking HR formality with employee job quality: The role of firm and workplace size (2010, background): “In contrast, fairness in a small firm context is more likely to mean the workers’ personal and specific circumstances are taken into account in making decisions (Ram et al., 2001).”
• A Burden on Business? Reviewing the Evidence Base on Regulation and Small-Business Performance (2006, background): “…or by choosing not to comply (Arrowsmith and Gilman, 2005; Arrowsmith et al, 2003; Atkinson and Curtis, 2004; Bullock et al, 2000; 2001; Druker et al, 2005; Gilman et al, 2002; Heyes and Gray, 2001; 2004; Lucas and Langlois, 2003; Mason et al, 2006; Morris et al, 2005; Ram et al, 2001; 2003).”
• Praising Caesar Not Burying Him: What We Know about Employment Relations in Small Firms (2003, background): “A study possibly too recent for attention by B and R similarly shows that small firms’ responses to employment regulations were conditioned by a combination of product and labour market circumstances, as well dynamics within firms (Gilman et al., 2002; see also Ram et al., 2001).”
• Organizing Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Large Firms: Size Matters (2011, unknown): “Moreover, SMEs run by informal management approaches lack sophisticated PRapparatus and are, as a result, systematically disadvantaged in light of increasingly complex reporting expectations of stakeholders (Ram et al. 2001).”
• Formal Development Opportunities and Withdrawal Behaviors by Employees in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises (2010, background): “However, at the same time, researchers have cautioned against conflating firm size with informality and congenial work relations, and have pointed out that closeness can also provide fertile ground for disputes, conflict, and dissension (Tsai, Sengupta, and Edwards 2007; Ram et al. 2001).”
• Informality and Formality in Medium-Sized Companies: Contestation and Synchronization (2010, unknown): “The employment relationship in small and medium-sized firms has become a significant empirical location for management researchers Q1 (e.g. Gilman et al., 2002; Marlow, Patton and Ram, 2005; Moule, 1998; Ram, 1994; Ram and Edwards, 2003; Ram et al., 2001; Wilkinson, 1999).”
• HRM in the SME sector: valuable employees and coercive networks (2005, background): “Membership of an employers’ association or contact with local sources of business advice (in the UK, the Chamber of Commerce or local Learning and Skills Council, for example) may further reduce isolation and expose SME managers to new business ideas (Ram et al., 2001).”