THE SOCIAL CHARTER - IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL MANAGERS

States that there has been much debate about the EC's Social Charter but very little research on the implications for personnel managers. Personnel managers will be responsible for implementing the majority of Social Charter initiatives within their organizations. Based on the results from a postal survey of over 5,000 personnel managers across ten European countries, highlights the impact of the Social Charter on their organizations. Results show that: personnel managers are not as solely positive towards the Social Charter as expected; there appears to be a great deal of uncertainty among managers from a number of European countries - there is no pan-European perspective at present - and; the perception that the UK is ''dragging its feet'' seems to be a misconception.