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The Individualization of Irish Industrial Relations?
Author(s) -
Roche William K.
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1111/1467-8543.00196
Subject(s) - industrial relations , irish , economic geography , sample (material) , state (computer science) , political science , character (mathematics) , sociology , economy , economic system , regional science , economics , law , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , chromatography , algorithm
Research claims that industrial relations in greenfield sites in Ireland are commonly individualized. Data from a representative sample of workplaces in Ireland show that no trend towards more pronounced individualization is apparent in the use of HRM practices in new as compared with established workplaces. The state of collective industrial relations in workplaces in general is also shown to be independent of the extent to which individually focused HRM practices have been adopted. The Irish findings, and recent international research, question the idea of individualization as a useful way of understanding the character and dynamics of employment relations in advanced economies.