Corporate prisoners

The disengaged employee, or “corporate prisoner”, has been one of the negative results of the economic downturn. A forthcoming CIPD forum, to be held on 21 September, will tackle the thorny issue, drawing on recent research from the CIPD and Chiumento.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School