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Mind the gap: national and local partnership in the Irish public sector
Author(s) -
Doherty Michael,
Erne Roland
Publication year - 2010
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.1468-2338.2010.00580.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , irish , public sector , social partnership , constraint (computer aided design) , public administration , skepticism , political science , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , engineering
This article uses case study data from a major Irish city council to investigate and explain public sector worker attitudes towards social partnership at local and national level. It is argued that the more sceptical attitudes to workplace partnership reflect structural differences between local and national arrangements, which have enabled public sector employers to use ‘social partnership’ as a constraint in the implementation process of a pre‐determined public sector reform agenda.