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Large Non‐Union Companies: How Do They Avoid a Catch 22?

Author(s) -

Flood Patrick C.,

Toner Bill

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

british journal of industrial relations

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1467-8543

pISSN - 0007-1080

DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00051

Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , work (physics) , wage , business , industrial organization , electronics , economic system , labour economics , economics , management , engineering , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering

Large non‐union companies might be expected to enjoy extensive work‐force flexibility deriving from their high‐wage, high‐involvement strategies. However, where there is a strong local union presence, this might be expected to exert a strong dampening effect on the levels of internal flexibility achieved. Such companies, fearful of union organization, could not then enjoy the freedoms that might be associated with a non‐union strategy. Research conducted in the Republic of Ireland on large non‐union US companies operating in the electronics industry suggests a conceptual framework indicating how a Catch‐22 situation is avoided in these companies.

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