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Single employer bargaining: structures and strategies
Author(s) -
Kinnie N. J.
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.tb00459.x
Subject(s) - centralisation , decentralization , industrial relations , control (management) , collective bargaining , business , bargaining power , industrial organization , management control system , economic system , economics , market economy , microeconomics , management
This article argues that managerial control over industrial relations is becoming more centralised. Managers are deliberately following a strategy which balances elements of centralisation and decentralisation. There are implications both for management and for the future study of single employer bargaining.