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ABSTRACTWhy have academic concerns and priorities within the old industrial relations paradigm seemingly wilted before the ideas of a new, more business oriented paradigm? I suggest that the answer lies partly in the relative appeal of their respective root metaphors. The metaphor of the old tends to be closed, static and pessimistic — industrial relations as trench war. The new offers a more hopeful, essentially American pioneering metaphor that conveys challenge and progress and makes a fetish of change. However, while I accept the inevitability of metaphorical devices in disseminating and even generating ideas in social science, the article warns against being seduced by the attractiveness of the metaphor rather than the robustness of the ide

ISSN:0007-1080    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00350.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACTThis article analyses the legal and procedural aspects of strike‐free deals, focusing in particular on their contractual status, the drafting of their no‐strike clauses, and the ‘binding’ nature of their provisions on pendulum arbitration. Drawing on the author's experience as an arbitrator, it is argued that there is considerable diversity within the strike‐free format but that in general the similarities between strike‐free and conventional procedures are greater than their

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00351.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACTThis article builds upon the explanation of the rise in trade union popularity developed by P. K. Edwards and G. S. Bain in a previous volume of this journal. The Gallup Opinion Poll data indicate that, while the public have consistently thought unions to be a good thing, they have equally consistently opposed any political activity by unions and the unions' use of ‘unsavoury’ tactics. These are exactly the activities which the Thatcher trade union legislation has restricted. As such, it is suggested that the rise in popularity of unions in the second and third terms of the Thatcher government reflect, in part, the fact that the public thinks they have now got the type of unions they always wanted: unions with a constrained ability to bargain collectively with employ

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00352.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0007-1080    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00353.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ABSTRACTThis article explains the origins of s.4 of the Employment Act 1980 and assesses the place of this provision in the corpus of labour legislation enacted by the Conservative government since 1980. Its principal aim is to concentrate upon the concept of reasonableness which is central to the operation of the provision and to evaluate critically the role of the EAT and the industrial tribunals in interpreting it. Finally, the article seeks to assess the impact of the tribunaľs interpretation of s.4 on union admission and expulsion procedures

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00354.x

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年代:1990

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ABSTRACTThis is an investigation into the reasons for young people's union membership decisions in the UK. It is carried out by an examination of a survey of London sixteen‐year‐old school‐leavers (1979–80). The data are used in two ways. First, there is a comparative examination of a similar study based on the Bain‐Elsheikh propensity‐opportunity model. Second, the data are re‐examined to identify different and distinct strands of motivation or action, intrinsically and externally determined. These are related to formal theories from different disciplines which are linked together by the establishment of a definition of a trade union as a group, institution and social movement. The theory is extended to develop hypotheses about membership behavio

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00355.x

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年代:1990

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ISSN:0007-1080    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00356.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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AbstractThis Annual Review Article 1989 considers the rising trend in inflation and earnings and indicates that in a wide variety of industries there was a marked upturn in union bargaining activity and industrial conflict. The Review considers some significant changes in employer preferences for particular unions in new or revised bargaining structures, and concludes with an examination of the debate concerning the ‘juridification’ of collective bargaining in the context of a possible return to ‘adversarial’ as opposed to ‘new’ industria

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00357.x

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年代:1990

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Book reviewed in this article:The Search for Labour Market Flexibility: The European Economies in Transition, edited by Robert Boyer.Government Managers and Industrial Relations: Public Enterprises and the Political Environmentby Anthony Ferner.The Japanisation of British Industry, by Nick Oliver and Barry Wilkinson.Toshiba's New British Company: Competitiveness through Innovation in Industry, by Malcolm Trevor.Safety at Work: the Limits of Self‐Regulationby Sandra Dawson, Paul Willman, Martin Bamford and Alan Clinton.We Make Shipsby Tom Pickard. Secker&Warbu

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00358.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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ISSN:0007-1080    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1990.tb00359.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

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