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The New York transit strike: Misconcptions about bargaining power
Author(s) -
McLennan Kenneth
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930050206
Subject(s) - collective bargaining , transit (satellite) , power (physics) , politics , personality psychology , bargaining power , rail transit , political science , business , economics , labour economics , personality , psychology , law , transport engineering , social psychology , engineering , public transport , physics , quantum mechanics
Collective bargaining is successful when each party realistically appraises the other's relative strength. The N.Y. Transit strike illustrates how politics and personalities can blur such appraisals.