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Transforming union women: the role of women trade union officials in union renewal
Author(s) -
Kirton Gill,
Healy Geraldine
Publication year - 1999
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 - 10.1111/1468-2338.00107
Subject(s) - status quo , transformational leadership , trade union , political science , economics , labour economics , public relations , law
The article investigates the nature of the increasing involvement of women in the decision‐making structures of the fifth largest UK union through a study of senior women union officials. It is argued that senior union women, operating within a feminist paradigm, balance both transformational and status quo objectives in working towards union survival and renewal.