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Post‐privatised Shop Steward Organisation and Union Renewal at Girobank
Author(s) -
Dundon Tony
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00085
Subject(s) - ideology , industrial relations , trade union , ethnography , key (lock) , style (visual arts) , political science , economic system , public relations , business , management , sociology , economics , law , international trade , politics , geography , ecology , archaeology , anthropology , biology
Using an ethnographic case study approach this article provides empirical evidence concerning the response of local union stewards to managerial‐led change during and after the process of privatisation. It is suggested that the key mediating factors of a decisive ideological purpose and local leadership style provide the ingredients for sustainable union renewal. Wider implications are noted, in particular a gap between national trade union policies and workplace industrial relations practices.