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Exploring trade union identities : union identity, niche identity and the problem of organising the unorganised /
The world of work has changed and so have trade unions, with mergers, rebrandings and new unions being formed, but the question is, how fitted are the unions to organise the unorganised? This engaging new book by Bob Smale explores the complex identities projected by contemporary trade unions and as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Bristol shorts research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- What's the Problem?
- Introduction
- Why is it important to understand union identities?
- What is wrong with existing theoretical approaches?
- What is the contribution of organizational identity theories?
- What is the significance of niche to trade unions?
- How can niche unionism be explained?
- Concluding discussion
- A New Approach to Understanding Union Identities
- How can we understand contemporary union identities?
- Introducing the multidimensional framework
- Operationalizing the multidimensional framework
- What's the alternative to the multidimensional framework?
- Concluding discussion
- General Union Identity
- Introducing general union identity
- The observable characteristics of general union identity
- Merger and general union identity
- Membership benefits and general union identity
- Affiliations, political alignment and general union identity
- Concluding discussion
- Industrial/Occupational Union Identity
- Introducing industrial/occupational union identity
- The observable characteristics of industrial/occupational union identity
- Merger and industrial/occupational union identity
- Membership benefits and industrial/occupational union identity
- Affiliations, political alignment and industrial/occupational union identity
- Concluding discussion
- Organizational Union Identity
- Introducing organizational union identity
- The observable characteristics of organizational union identity
- Merger and organizational union identity
- Membership benefits and organizational union identity
- Affiliations, political alignment and organizational union identity
- Concluding discussion
- Geographical Union Identity
- Introducing geographical union identity
- The observable characteristics of geographical union identity
- Merger and geographical union identity
- Membership benefits and geographical union identity
- Affiliations, political alignment and geographical union identity
- Concluding discussion
- Seven The Developing Story of Union Identities
- Introducing the developing story of union identities
- What is the impact of mergers?
- What is the impact of rebranding?
- What is the impact of new unions?
- What is the impact of union dissolutions?
- Concluding discussion
- Comparative Analysis of Union Identities
- Introducing a comparative analysis of union identities
- Union identities in China
- Union identities in France
- Union identities in Germany
- Union identities in Japan
- Union identities in the United States of America
- Concluding discussion
- The Future of Union Identities and Niche Unionism
- Introduction
- Understanding trade union identities and niche unionism
- Is the primacy of general unions inevitable?
- How can we explain the persistence of niche unions?
- Are general or niche unions better placed to organize the unorganized?
- Is niche identity a barrier to expanding membership territories?
- Concluding discussion.