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Workplace industrial relations in Britain, 1980–2004
Author(s) -
Blanchflower David G.,
Bryson Alex,
Forth John
Publication year - 2007
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.1468-2338.2007.00449.x
Subject(s) - demise , industrial relations , quarter (canadian coin) , scale (ratio) , labour economics , political science , economics , geography , management , law , archaeology , cartography
The Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys marked a radical departure in the study of industrial relations (IR) by ‘mapping’ IR in Britain with nationally representative large‐scale surveys of workplace managers, thus permitting investigation of the incidence of practices and changes over time. This article reflects on some of what we have learned in the five surveys over the quarter century since 1980, focusing selectively on the demise of collective IR, pay determination, the IR climate, and union effects on wages and employment growth.