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The turnover of shop stewards*
Author(s) -
Winch Graham
Publication year - 1983
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/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00440.x
Subject(s) - statistic , commission , turnover , business , operations management , economics , statistics , management , mathematics , finance
The average turnover of shop stewards is a statistic with important implications for industrial relations. The Donovan Commission assumed a figure of 15 per cent in 1968 and the TUC one of 20 per cent in 1975. Recent evidence, reported in this research note, suggests that estimates are too low.