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Deviant typicality: gender equality issues in a trade union that should be different from others
Author(s) -
Dean Deborah
Publication year - 2015
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/irj.12081
Subject(s) - gender equality , action (physics) , trade union , variable (mathematics) , political science , social psychology , psychology , law and economics , sociology , gender studies , labour economics , economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , quantum mechanics
A union possesses characteristics research indicates makes gender equality activity likely, yet it acts like most unions in its limited, variable engagement with women's interests. Studies of the union 1997–2010 enable consideration of Dickens's three‐pronged approach to equality action and develop Heery's conclusions on influences on union behaviour.