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In support of the new working class thesis: the case of the Irish white collar worker
Author(s) -
Kelly Aidan
Publication year - 1984
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.1468-2338.1984.tb00471.x
Subject(s) - collar , irish , white (mutation) , blue collar , work (physics) , labour economics , business , economics , engineering , finance , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This study, using data collected from 325 Irish white‐collar employees in the private sector, examines the extent to which white‐collar trade unionism may be regarded as a response to concern about the lack of achievement of desired levels of self‐expression at work.