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The British partnership phenomenon: a ten year review
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posted on 2009-02-23, 10:24 authored by Stewart Johnstone, Peter Ackers, Adrian WilkinsonThis article presents a detailed review of the vast partnership literature which has
emerged in the UK between 1998 and 2008. It begins by examining definitions of
partnership, and suggests that while academic definitions are vague, practitioner
definitions tend to conflate partnership processes with partnership outcomes. An
alternative definition based upon processes and practices is offered. This is followed by
a review of the conceptual advocates/critics debate, and the key themes of empirical
partnership studies. It is proposed that while recent empirical evidence identifies a
variety of outcomes and presents various typologies of partnership, there is an absence
of debates on typologies in the literature. The article then identifies several limitations of
the existing literature including ideological positions, a lack of sensitivity to context and
to different types of partnership, and a focus on outcomes. The article concludes by
suggesting avenues for future partnership research.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Citation
JOHNSTONE, S., ACKERS, P. and WILKINSON, A., 2009. The British partnership phenomenon: a ten year review. Human Resource Management Journal, 19 (3), pp. 260-279.Publisher
© Blackwell Publishing LtdVersion
- NA (Not Applicable or Unknown)
Publication date
2009Notes
This article is not publicly available in the repository. It is available in the journal, Human Resource Management Journal [© Blackwell Publishing Ltd] at: http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0954-5395&site=1ISSN
0954-5395Language
- en