This book aims to share understanding of best practice in the industries associated with construction and related activities, recognising that effective work organisation and good standards of employee relations will vary from one location to another.

Dale Belman is a Professor in the School of Human Resources & Labor Relations at Michigan State University, USA.

Janet Druker is Emeritus Professor in the Business School at the University of Westminster London, UK.

Geoff White is Emeritus Professor of Human Resource Management in the Business Faculty at the University of Greenwich, UK.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Janet Druker, Geoffrey White and Dale Belman

Chapter 2. Social Dialogue in the Argentinian Construction Industry

Hernán Ruggirello and Janet Druker.

Chapter 3. Evolving Employment Relations in the Australian Construction Industry

Alex Veen and Susan McGrath-Champ

Chapter 4. The Brazilian Construction Industry: Informality and qualification in question

Marcella Piccoli and Carlos Diehl

Chapter 5. The German Construction Industry at the Crossroads

Gerhard Syben and Christian Beck

Chapter 6. Formality and Informality in sub-Saharan Africa and the Ghanaian construction industry

Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, Yaw Debrah and George Ofori

Chapter 7. Labor Management in the Lebanese Construction Industry

Samar Kleib, Fida Afiouni and Issam Srour

Chapter 8. The Russian Construction Sector: Informality, labor mobility and socialist legacies

Ekaterina Serezhkina, Claudio Morrison and Olga Cretu.

Chapter 9. Sustaining 'high road' Employment Relations in the Swedish and Danish Construction Industries

Jens Arnholtz and Christian Lyhne Ibsen

Chapter 10. Self-employment and Labor Relations in the UK Construction Industry

Janet Druker and Geoffrey White

Chapter 11. Creating a Sustainable Industry and Workforce in the U.S. Construction Industry

Dale Belman and Russell Ormiston

Chapter 12. Conclusions

Geoffrey White, Janet Druker and Dale Belman