An Industrial Relations Perspective on the ‘Five Economists’ Plan’ SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR WORKING PAPER SERIES

‘converging or Diverging Interests? a Two-stage Cohort Study of the Determinants of Employee Attitudes to the Workplace Relations Act’’ School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Working Paper Series

When the Workplace Relations Act 1996 was introduced by the current government in 1996, it was justified on the basis that it provided a regulatory framework which allowed firms to structure their industrial relations practices to suit their own needs and those of their employees. It was argued at the time the Act would provide a basis for generating more productive workplaces and more harmonio...

Union Strategy: a Conceptual Framework School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Working Paper Series

Over the last decade a large decline in union membership and influence has been observed in many countries. This observation has prompted many researchers to consider the means by which individual unions are able to mitigate the effects of less favourable economic and political conditions on their functions as institutions designed to represent and defend worker interests. Such research suggest...

Testing the Relationship between Organisational Value Structures and HRM System Configuration: A Replication Study SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Union Strategy, Membership Orientation & Union Effectiveness: an Exploratory Analysis School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour

Re-conceptualising 'union Commitment' Manchester Metropolitan University Business School Working Paper Series 2

The Business School of the Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the largest business schools in the UK comprising more than 150 academic staff organised into eleven thematic research groups. The Working Paper Series brings together research in progress from across the Business School for publication to a wider audience and to facilitate discussion. Working Papers are subject to a peer r...