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Continuous process technology, annualised hours and national bargaining
Author(s) -
Beaumont P. B.,
Hunter L. C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1996.tb00070.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , work (physics) , process (computing) , business , economics , political science , engineering , computer science , biology , mechanical engineering , ecology , operating system
From the 1980s, the paper and board industry in Britain, in response to the pressures of strong foreign competition, sought the fuller utilisation of new and existing technology through changing work practices. This particularly involved the extensive introduction of annualised hours arrangements with national bargaining arrangements playing a major role in their introduction.