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Workplace industrial relations in British Rail: change and continuity in the 1980s
Author(s) -
Pendleton Andrew
Publication year - 1991
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.1468-2338.1991.tb00638.x
Subject(s) - industrial relations , outcome (game theory) , unintended consequences , business , operations management , political science , economics , management , law , microeconomics
This article compares the findings of a recent survey of workplace industrial relations in British Rail with those from one conducted in 1980. It is suggested that the changes observed may be unintended consequences of management policies rather than the planned outcome of explicit industrial relations strategies.