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Whose constituency? Representativeness of the Finnish Paper Workers' Union, innovation strategies, and outsourcing in the Finnish paper industry between 1980 and 2008
Author(s) -
JonkerHoffrén Paul
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.1468-2338.2011.00632.x
Subject(s) - outsourcing , representativeness heuristic , representation (politics) , business , political science , marketing , law , politics , psychology , social psychology
Outsourcing has been a conflictual issue in the Finnish paper industry, which reached a temporary solution in 2005. This article analyses the Paper Workers' Union's stance on outsourcing, arguing that it has been defending acquired rights and perhaps deliberately narrowed its representation of diverse constituencies over time.