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Privatisation, trade union strength and bargaining power in Nigeria's finance and petroleum sectors
Author(s) -
Erapi Godwin
Publication year - 2011
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.1468-2338.2010.00597.x
Subject(s) - bargaining power , collective bargaining , trade union , economics , power (physics) , economic sector , business , international economics , market economy , economy , microeconomics , physics , quantum mechanics
This article compares the consequences of privatisation for collective bargaining, trade union membership size and bargaining power within two economic sectors. The results indicate that privatisation has significant impact on industrial relations, and that this impact is mediated by other factors, with variations within and between sectors.