TY - JOUR
T1 - An attitudinal revolution in Irish industrial relations
T2 - The end of 'them and us'?
AU - D'Art, Daryl
AU - Turner, Thomas
PY - 1999/3
Y1 - 1999/3
N2 - Intensified international competition and high unemployment have characterized many Western economies since 1980. A firm's survival in such an environment demands a flexible and co-operative work-force, a requirement incompatible with traditional adversarial industrial relations. Drawing on a survey of employees in nine unionized companies in the Irish manufacturing sector, this paper examines the effect of these changes in the economy and workplace in facilitating a significant reduction in 'them and us' attitudes and an associated weakening of union structure and influence in the workplace. We found no evidence of a reduction in 'them and us' attitudes, but a cohesive and influential union was associated with less intense 'them and us' attitudes.
AB - Intensified international competition and high unemployment have characterized many Western economies since 1980. A firm's survival in such an environment demands a flexible and co-operative work-force, a requirement incompatible with traditional adversarial industrial relations. Drawing on a survey of employees in nine unionized companies in the Irish manufacturing sector, this paper examines the effect of these changes in the economy and workplace in facilitating a significant reduction in 'them and us' attitudes and an associated weakening of union structure and influence in the workplace. We found no evidence of a reduction in 'them and us' attitudes, but a cohesive and influential union was associated with less intense 'them and us' attitudes.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-8543.00120
DO - 10.1111/1467-8543.00120
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033239103
SN - 0007-1080
VL - 37
SP - 101
EP - 116
JO - British Journal of Industrial Relations
JF - British Journal of Industrial Relations
IS - 1
ER -