Can private sector unions survive in Great Britain? How can unions respond to the challenges posted by performace-related pay, public-private partnerships and the internet? What lessons can be learned from trade unions' experience in Germany and the US? "Trade Unions: Resurgence or Decline?" is the third book in the innovative "Trade Unions in Britain" series. Featuring substantial and original research, this book takes a hard disciplinary approach--economics, organizational theory, history and social psychology--to offer readers a comprehensive analysis of unions' prospects in...
Can private sector unions survive in Great Britain? How can unions respond to the challenges posted by performace-related pay, public-private part...
This book features original research underpinned with theory drawn from economics, organization theory, history and social psychology. The authors deliver a comprehensive analysis of trade unions' prospects in the new millennium as well as case studies which deal with topical issues such as:
the reasons for the loss of five million members in the 1980s and 1990s
the way in which unions' own structures inhibit their revitalization
the apparent failure of unions to thrive in the benign times since 1997
the extent to which use of the...
This book features original research underpinned with theory drawn from economics, organization theory, history and social psychology. The authors ...