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The limits of high performance work systems in unionised craft‐based work settings
Author(s) -
McBride Jo
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.00214.x
Subject(s) - craft , work (physics) , position (finance) , work systems , labour economics , management , sociology , business , public relations , economics , industrial organization , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , art , visual arts , finance
This paper focuses on constraints on the effectiveness of high performance work techniques deriving from the traditions of craft‐based trade unionism and long‐established structures and cultures within sector‐based employment relationships. The findings question the fundamentally managerialist nature of HPW accounts that assume labour's position in the high‐performance equation to be simply one of recipient of managerial initiatives.