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The decline of voluntarism
Authors: Hawkins Kevin
Published: July 2007

The author argues that increased Government intervention is more the symptom of the decline of voluntarism in British industrial relations than its cause.
Enforced saving as an alternative to taxation policy in the fight against cost inflation
Authors: Hughes James J.
Published: July 2007

The author argues that an incomes policy with an element of enforced saving could be an effective way of combating cost inflation
Education and training for shop stewards: a reassessment
Authors: Withnall Alexandra
Published: July 2007

New approaches are required in the education and training of shop stewards if it is to equip them with the skills necessary to deal with the conflicting expectations and pressures inherent in their role.
The electricity supply industry's work study data bank
Authors: Farningham A. I.
Published: July 2007

The work study data bank in the electricity supply industry has proved itself an invaluable technical aid in establishing a fair system of remuneration across the industry.
Irish attitudes regarding conciliation: a survey of management, labour and conciliation officers1
Authors: Krislov Joseph
Published: July 2007

While both management and union officials expressed confidence in the effectiveness of the Irish Conciliation Service, the survey revealed that the conciliation officers' views of the nature of conciliation differed considerably from that of the parties involved.
Attitudes to work and trade unionism among white‐collar workers
Authors: Mercer D. E. , Weir D. T. H.
Published: July 2007

In spite of the fact that the nature of their jobs is becoming closer to that of the manual worker, white collar workers still appear to see themselves in an essentially intermediate status in an organization, and this is reflected in their attitudes towards their work and towards trade unionism.
The Industrial Training Act and the hotel and catering industry: a case study*
Authors: Hartley Keith , Mancini Peter
Published: July 2007

The 1964 Industrial Training Act had three main aims. The first was a quantity objective, aimed at obtaining “an adequate supply of properly trained men and women at all levels in industry” second was a quality and efficiency objective, aimed at securing “an improvement in the quality and efficiency of industrial training” and the third was an equity objective, designed to “share the costs of training more evenly between firms”. In general, the Act attempted to achieve these objectives through Industrial Training Boards with their levy‐grant systems and advisory services. The purpose of this article is to present the results of a case study which examined the effects of the 1964 Act on training in the hotel and catering industry. The methodology used will be outlined and then the results will be presented and interpreted. Some evidence will be provided on the extent to which the objectives of the Act have been achieved.
The strengths and weaknesses of the picketing law
Authors: Rubin G. R.
Published: July 2007

In 1972, three national strikes received a wide coverage on television, radio and in the press. They were the miners' dispute, followed by the docks' industry dispute, and finally the national building industry strike. While much attention was directed to the respective claims which were lodged, a further aspect arising out of those strikes provoked a great deal of controversy. This related to the unlawful behaviour of a number of pickets who had taken up their stances outside various industrial establishments. It appears that at some locations, clashes had taken place between police and pickets, resulting in the arrest and charging of a substantial number of workmen. Figures show that at least 263 pickets were arrested in England and Wales during the course of the miners' strike.
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Gottschalk A. W.
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

TRADE UNIONS AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY Jack Barbash (with the assistance of Kate Barbash)

THE BRITISH PRICES AND INCOMES BOARD Allan Fells

TRAINING WITHIN THE ORGANISATION David King

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY BRITISH LOCAL AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES H. M. Levinson

CONFLICT AND CHANGE: ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Kevin Hawkins

INTERNATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS MANAGEMENT IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Duane Kujawa

THE SUCCESSFUL SUPERVISOR IN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS William R. Van Dorsal
The cost of living, threshold bargaining and incomes policy1
Authors: Hughes James J.
Published: July 2007

For trade union bargainers one of the infallible laws of political economy is that wages lag behind prices. This means that in an inflationary era the real value of the wage to which their members are entitled will be eroded, and some compensation will have to be made for this at the next round of wage negotiations. Therefore, changes in the cost of living since the last settlement will be regarded by trade unions as one of the most important factors to be taken into account in arriving at a new settlement. This is implicit in the statement made by the TUC in 1971 that “it requires pay increases of at least 10 per cent simply to restore the real disposable pay of a union's previous settlement 12 months earlier”. Economists, on the other hand, argue that once an inflation is under way, then economic agents will develop an inflationary psychology—that is, they will expect it to continue and will adjust their behaviour accordingly. If this is correct, trade union bargainers will attempt to anticipate inflation by trying to fix the money wage at a higher level than they would aim for if the price level were more stable.
Insights to compulsory arbitration: the Jamaican experience1
Authors: Gershenfeld Walter J.
Published: July 2007

Jamaica is no stranger to compulsory arbitration. Its Public Utility Undertakings and Public Services Arbitration Law (popularly known as the Essential Services Law) has been on the statute book since 1952, providing for compulsory arbitration in essential industries. During the period under review in this paper (1952–69) some 79 cases were heard. Additionally, a number of cases involved court litigation and/or illegal direct action by groups of employees or employers. The Jamaican experience has been full. This paper will seek to present and analyse what has happened in the field of compulsory arbitration in Jamaica and draw appropriate conclusions as to the relevance of the findings for other societies.
The CIR report on disclosure of information: a critique
Authors: Foley B. J. , Maunders K. T.
Published: July 2007

The publication of the CIR's long‐awaited report on disclosure of information seems to have been greeted with an embarrassing silence. Little comment has been heard from the news media, Parliament, trade unions or employers' associations. This may reflect concern with more pressing issues in industrial relations, such as, for example, the search for a prices and incomes policy, but the nature of the report itself may also explain why it created scarcely a ripple in public consciousness. Far from being a clear guide to decision and action, it is merely a collection of very general recommendations which will create little controversy because they are so unexceptional.
Post‐war movements in teachers' salaries
Authors: Thomas R. B.
Published: July 2007

Public sector white collar employees are a large and important part of the labour force. It is interesting, therefore, to look at the forces determining the pay of such workers, given the highly administered nature of the markets for their services, and at the operation of their negotiating procedures which have remained highly centralized at a time when there has been a growing tendency to move away from national bargaining. This paper looks at some aspects of the pay of one group of public employees – school teachers. The examination deals mainly with global aspects of teachers' pay, comparatively little attention being given to structural aspects of the problem. The discussion is confined to the full‐time teaching force in England and Wales, though the growth in the number of part‐time teachers and para‐teaching personnel has been an important feature of the market in recent years.
Some factors influencing labour turnover: a review of research literature
Authors: Pettman B. O.
Published: July 2007

The analysis is predominantly undertaken within the framework of the theoretical model of March and Simon [1]; additional factors being inserted where necessary. March and Simon discuss the factors affecting labour turnover in terms of the influences affecting two components: (a) the perceived desirability or undesirability of leaving the employer; and (b) the perceived ease or difficulty of movement from the employer [1, pp. 93–106]. All the factors discussed by March and Simon have been extracted from the text and are shown in diagrammatic form in Figures 1 and 2 along with several additional factors. The procedure adopted in the analysis is as follows: (1) to state March and Simon's hypotheses with regard to specific factors affecting labour turnover; (2) to discuss these hypotheses in the light of relevant research studies; (3) to discuss further variables omitted by March and Simon in the light of relevant research studies; and (4) to discuss the limitations of many of the studies discussed.
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Gottschalk A. W.
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

BARGAINING FOR CHANGE by B. Towers, T. G. Whittingham and A. W. Gottschalk

DISPUTES PROCEDURE IN ACTION by R. Hyman

INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT LAW: AN INTRODUCTION B. A. Hepple and Paul O'Higgins by B. A. Hepple and Paul O'Higgins

STRUCTURAL WAGE ISSUES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING by Clifford M. Baumback

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT UNIONISM IN ISRAEL by T. Lefkowitz

WORKERS' ATTITUDES AND TECHNOLOGY by Dorothy Wedderburn and Rosemary Crompton

PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK by Peter B. Warr

TOWARDS A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF THE COMPANY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AT SHELL UK LTD. by P. Hill

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE MANAGERS by Reginald W. Revans

WORKING UNDER PRESSURE by Vernon E. Buck

INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY by B. von Haller Gilmer
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Gottschalk A. W.
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE COMMON MARKET by Campbell Balfour

AN INCOMES POLICY FOR BRITAIN edited by F. Blackaby

PILOTS AND MANAGEMENT: Industrial Relations in the UK Airlines by A. N. J. Blain

WHITE COLLAR UNIONISM IN BRITAIN: A SURVEY OF THE PRESENT POSITION by Roger Lumley

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FRINGE BENEFITS IN INDUSTRY by Jane Moonman

UPGRADING BLUE COLLAR AND SERVICE WORKERS by Charles Brecher

HUMAN RESOURCES ‐ OBTAINING RESULTS FROM PEOPLE AT WORK by E. J. Singer and J. Ramsden
BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES
Authors: Gottschalk A. W.
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

G.D.H. COLE AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: A REVIEW: The World of Labour Introduction by John Lovell

G.D.H. COLE AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: A REVIEW: Self‐Government in Industry Introduction by J. G. Corina

G.D.H. COLE AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: A REVIEW: Workshop Organisation Introduction by A. I. Marsh

WORKPLACE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Building: Teamwork or Conflict? by L. G. Bayley

The Management of Wage Payment Systems by Alan Gillespie

Labour Relations on the Docks by M. Jackson

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: Social Psychology of the Work Organisation by A. S. Tannenbaum

Organisational Problems in European Manufacture by T. D. Weinshall

LABOUR ECONOMICS: Manpower Economics by E. B. Jakubaus and Neil A. Palomba

Labour Economics by J. E. King

Unemployment and Wage Inflation with Special Reference to Britain and the U.S.A. by J. Taylor

UNEMPLOYMENT: Regional Unemployment Differences in Great Britain by P. C. Cheshire

Interregional Migration Models and their Application to Great Britain by R. Weeden

The Changing Pattern of Employment—Regional Specialisation and Industrial Localisation in Britain by M. Chisholm and J. Oeppen

Men Out of Work—A Study of Unemployment in Three English Towns by M. J. Hill, R. M. Harrison, A. V. Sargeant and V. Talbot

Do The Poor Want To Work? A Social‐Psychological Study of Work Orientation by L. Goodwin

Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community by M. Jahoda, P. F. Lazarsfeld and H. Zeisel

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BOOK REVIEWS and BOOK NOTES
Authors: Gottschalk Andrew
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

GROUP PROCESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: by Ivan D. Steiner

WILL THORNE: CONSTRUCTIVE MILITANT: A study in New Unionism and New Politics by Giles and Lisanne Radice

INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Key Skills by Ed. Coker and Geoffrey Stuttard (Eds).

INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Organized Worker: by Tony Topham.

INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: The Activist's Handbook: by Bob Houlton.

INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: Statistics for Bargainers: by Karl Hedderwick

INDUSTRIAL STUDIES: Industrial Studies 1: Calculating: by Joyce Bill Hutton.

JESSE BOOT OF BOOTS THE CHEMISTS: by Stanley Chapman

TRAINING IN INDUSTRY: THE MANAGEMENT OF LEARNING: by Bernard M. Bass and James A. Vaughan.

ORGANISATION DESIGN: An analytical approach to the structuring of organisation by Derek Newman.

INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE WORKER‐OWNED FIRM: A study of twenty‐one plywood companies in the Pacific Northwest by Carl J. Bellas.

SOCIOLOGY and INDUSTRIAL LIFE: by J. E. T. Eldridge.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Attitudes to Price Increases and Pay Claims by H. Behrend.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Management and Unions ‐ the theory and reform of industrial relations: by A. Flanders.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Coming to Terms with Trade Unions ‐ Six case studies in Collective Bargaining Strategy: by W. E. J. McCarthy A. S. Collier.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Managers and Shop Stewards ‐ shop floor revolution: by A. I. Marsh.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Manpower and Pay in Retail Distribution: Distributive Trades E.D.C., National Economic Development Office

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Collective Agreements ‐ a guide to their Drafting: by J. C. Ramsey in association with J. M. Hill.

INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: Socialising the Company by D. R. Allan.

INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: The new Unionism ‐ the case for Workers Control by K. Coates and T. Topham.
BOOK NOTES
Authors: Gottschalk Andrew
Published: July 2007

COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Collective Bargaining in Industrialised Market Economies

Productivity and Law by R. A. Farnsworth

Collective Bargaining and the Challenge of New Technology

Productivity Agreements and Australian Wage Determination by P. A. Riach and W. A. Howard

Industrial Management: East and West Papers from the International Economic Association Conference on Labour Productivity, 1971. A. Silberston and F. Seton (ed.)

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Employees Benefits Today ‐ a survey of attitudes and company practice by H. Marlis

Employee Benefits in Europe ‐ an international survey of state and private schemes in 16 countries by D. Callurd

Holidays and Hours of Work in the European Community by A. Barry

INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: Power Sharing in Industry ‐ a practical guide to employee participation in company operations by I. Macbeath

Workers’ Participation in Industry by M. Poole

WOMEN IN EMPLOYMENT: What to do about Equal Pay for Women by G. L. Buckingham

Equal Opportunity and Equal Pay ‐ a review of objectives, problems and progress by A. J. Mepham

Exploitation from 9‐5: Report of the Twentieth Century Task Force on Women and Employment

Pathways to Work. Unemployment among Black Teenage Females by P. A. Wallace

GOVERNMENT‐INDUSTRY RELATIONS: Big Business and Government; the new disorder by N. Abraham

Intervention in the Mixed Economy ‐ the evolution of British Industrial Policy 1964‐72 by S. Young with A. V. Lowe

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN AFRICA: Men and Management in Contemporary Africa by C. C. Onyemelukwe

Proletarians and African Capitalism. The Kenyan Case, 1960‐1972 by R. Sandbrook
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Gottschalk Andrew
Published: July 2007

LABOUR TURNOVER AND RETENTION edited by Barrie O. Pettman

READINGS IN LABOR ECONOMICS AND LABOR RELATIONS edited by L. G. Reynolds, S. H. Masters and C. Moser

BODILY COMMUNICATION Michael Argyle

Aristocratic Enterprise Graham Mee
BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES
Authors: Gottschalk Andrew
Published: July 2007

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 1945–75 Kevin Hawkins

THE SOCIAL CHALLENGE TO BUSINESS Robert W. Ackerman
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

TRADE UNIONS UNDER CAPITALISM: Tom Clarke and Laurie Clements (Eds)

ESSAYS IN LABOUR HISTORY 1918–1939: Asa Briggs and John Saville (Eds)

WORKER PARTICIPATION

WORKER SIT‐INS AND JOB PROTECTION: J. Greenwood

A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH WORKER COOPERATIVES: P. Chaplin and R. Cowe

CAN WORKERS MANAGE?: B. Chiplin, J. Coyne and L. Sirc

LABOR SHORTAGE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL LABOUR MARKETS: B. Thomas and D. Deaton

MEASURING INEQUALITY: F. A. Cowell

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A RE‐ASSESSMENT: Michael Beesley and Tom Evans
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: TOWERS BRIAN
Published: July 2007

BRITISH ECONOMIC POLICY 1960–74 ed. F. T. Blackaby

THE MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS by Kevin Hawkins Pelican

THE RESURGENCE OF CLASS CONFLICT IN WESTERN EUROPE SINCE 1968 Volume One: National Studies Volume Two: Comparative Analysis Colin Crouch and Alessandro Pizzorno (eds.) Macmillan

TRADE UNIONISM IN TELEVISION by P. Seglow
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: MACKIE KARL
Published: July 2007

OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DEVELOPING EMPLOYEE RELATIONS by Peter Warr, Stephen Fineman, Nigel Nicholson and Roy Payne

A CROSS‐CULTURAL STUDY OF A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY: Attitudinal responses to participative management by Dietrich L. Schaupp

POWER, INNOVATION AND PROBLEM‐SOLVING IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT by Karen Legge

A PARTICIPATIVE APPROACH TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN F. H. M. Blackler and A. A. Brown

JOB REDESIGN AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL: STUDIES IN BRITISH LEYLAND AND VOLVO by David Pace and John Hunter

DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN ACTION: THE NEW BUREAUCRACY By Enid Mumford and Don Henshall

THE CASE FOR WORKERS CO‐OPS by Robert Oakeshott Routledge and Kegan Paul

SOCIALISM AND SHOP FLOOR POWER by Alan Fox Fabian

CONFLICT AND DEMOCRACY Studies in Trade Union Government by John Hemingway
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Mickie Karl
Published: July 2007

WORKPLACE REFORM—Improving the Quality of Working Life D. Guest and K. Knight

WOMEN IN BRITISH TRADE UNIONS 1876–1976 by N. C. Soldon, Gill & Macmillan

TRAINING FOR NEGOTIATING by Bromley Kniveton and Brian Towers, Business Books

JOBS AND COMMUNITY ACTION Gary Craig, Marjorie Mayo and Nick Sharman, eds. Routledge & Kegan Paul
Compulsory impasse procedures: recent American experience
Authors: Miller Ronald L.
Published: July 2007

According to Ronald Miller, impasse procedures for public sector negotiations in the United States have produced mixed results. While most unions in the public sector do accept arbitration, this outcome may have been achieved by a pattern of arbitration awards which are largely favourable to the unions.
A modified rules approach to workplace industrial relations
Authors: Lumley Dr. Roger
Published: July 2007

Roger Lumley makes a contribution to defining the scope of study in workplace industrial relations. Here, he examines a model based on a modified rules approach to the subject, following its application in an empirical study of a large industrial construction site.
Industrial relations law commentary
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

The commentary, a new feature of the IRJ, aims to keep readers informed of major developments in the law affecting industrial relations. To set the scene for forthcoming issues, Karl Mackie examines the nature of the legal role in the British industrial relations system.
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS G. S. Bain and G. B. Woolven

CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Arthur Marsh Gower Press

TRADE UNION HANDBOOK Arthur Marsh Gower Press

THE WORKING CLASS IN THE LABOUR MARKET R. M. Blackburn and Michael Mann MacMillan

THE CONTROL OF WORK J. Purcell and R. Smith (eds.) Macmillan

THE CODETERMINATION MOVEMENT IN THE WEST S. Pejovich (ed.) Lexington Books

MANAGEMENT UNIONISATION IN WESTERN EUROPE by the European Association for Personnel Management Institute of Personnel Management
Industrial relations law commentary: proposed changes in the law
Authors: Mackie Karl , Hooker Ian
Published: July 2007

Reform of the law dealing with industrial relations was one of the major election commitments of the Conservative Government. In this commentary, Karl Mackie and Ian Hooker analyse the Employment Bill and the Working Paper on Secondary Industrial Action.
Handling dismissal disputes by arbitration
Authors: Concannon Harcourt
Published: July 2007

The traditional arbitration process provides an alternative to industrial tribunals for the handling of unfair dismissal cases. In this article, Harcourt Concannon examines the differences between the two approaches using the ACAS experience of unfair dismissal cases taken to arbitration between 1972 and 1977.
Introducing productivity incentives in the British coal‐mining industry
Authors: Clark Paul F.
Published: July 2007

Some of the more important industrial relations problems facing the British coal‐mining industry arise from the wage payment system. The industry has had three major shifts in its wage structure since nationalisation. In this article Paul Clark traces these developments and assesses the 1977–78 Area Incentive Scheme.
Evaluating the impact of a communication exercise in an industrial works
Authors: Ostell Alistair , Macfarlane Iain , Jackson Alexander
Published: July 2007

In this article Alistair Ostell and his colleagues discuss a study which evaluated the impact of communicating business information to a large industrial workforce. The results indicated that the exercise was successful in terms of informing employees but it apparently failed to motivate them to act or think differently.
Worker representation and the articulation of training needs
Authors: Schuller Tom , Henderson Simon
Published: July 2007

The focus of discussion about industrial democracy has shifted from worker directors to collective bargaining. This shift means that representatives will find themselves negotiating on relatively unfamiliar ground, with consequent implications for their training needs. Tom Schuller and Simon Henderson discuss certain issues identified in an SSRC‐sponsored project on training for worker representatives.
Workplace bargaining and trade union power
Authors: Leijnse Frans
Published: July 2007

Frans Leijnse argues that although workplace bargaining in Britain has made substantial inroads into management control on the shop floor, there has been a striking failure by the unions to protect members against unemployment and inflation. He explains this in terms of the trade unions' existing lack of the organisational means to transfer the power they have won from the shopfloor to higher levels.
book reviews
Authors: Clegg H. A. , ELDRIDGE J. E. T. , BORASTON IAN G. , Mars Gerald , Bryant Don , Mitchell Peter , STAINFORTH C. L. , Corby Michael , WRIGHT MIKE , Creighton W. B. , GILL TESS , Kahan Arcadius , Ruble Blair A. , NOVE ALEC , Daniel Philip , EATON JACK
Published: July 2007

THE CHANGING SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN

University of Glasgow

LABOUR RELATIONS—HERITAGE AND ADJUSTMENT Sir Otto Kahn‐Freund, Q.C.*

Lanchester Polytechnic

MANPOWER PROBLEMS IN THE HOTEL & CATERING INDUSTRY

Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board

THE POSTAL BUSINESS 1969–79

University of Nottingham

WORKING WOMEN AND THE LAW

Legal Officer General and Municipal Workers' Union

INDUSTRIAL LABOR IN THE USSR

Univesity of Glasgow

AFRICANISATION, NATIONALISATION AND INEQUALITY

University of Edinburgh
British Steel: retrospect and prospect
Authors: Upham Martin
Published: July 2007

Martin Upham assesses the ability of BSC to survive its present crisis in the context of the immediate consequences of the recent thirteen week strike and the key long‐term decisions which have been taken by governments and the Corporation over the past ten years.
The costs of job redesign: a preliminary analysis
Authors: Wall Toby , Clegg Chris
Published: July 2007

John Kelly examines and rejects the claim that job redesign satisfies the mutual interests of workers and employers through its provision of improved job satisfaction and performance. He investigates the costs to the parties involved which have been almost invariably neglected.
Phantom participation: patterns of power and conflict*
Authors: Ramsay Harvie
Published: July 2007

According to Harvie Ramsay, any significant attempt to analyse participation must meet certain important criteria. Among these are a concern for the way in which participation operates in the real world and the offering of explanations of actual participative practice which combines both theory and observation.
book reviews
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: EUROPE, JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES Edited by B. C. Roberts

THE REAL POWER GAME ‐ A GUIDE TO EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Jack Peel

JOB ‘CREATION’ ‐ OR DESTRUCTION? R. Harris et alia

WORK CREATION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES M. P. Jackson and V. J. B. Hanby (eds.)
‘Concerted action’: wages policy in West Germany, 1967–1977
Authors: Hudson Michael
Published: July 2007

In this article, Michael Hudson makes a contribution to the current debate on future British wages policy. He presents a detailed empirical analysis of the West German experiment with ‘concerted action’, and, in his conclusion, assesses the possibility of employing such an approach in Great Britain.
Leadership and trade union principles: some problems of management sponsorship and independence
Authors: Willman Paul
Published: July 2007

Recent empirical work on shop steward activity has led to a considerable increase in knowledge of the dynamics of shopfloor bargaining. The intensive case study of two shopfloor organisations by Batstone and his colleagues is of particular significance. In this article, Paul Willman analyses the Batstone et alia framework in relation to subsequent evidence.
book reviews
Authors: MacMillan Fiona McNally , WOOD STEPHEN , Hawkins Kevin , RAMSAY J. C. , Macbeath Innis , Burton John , PRICE R. J. , Jenkins Clive , Sherman Barrie , PURCELL JOHN , Dunkerley D. , Salaman G. , ROSE MICHAEL
Published: July 2007

WOMEN FOR HIRE, A STUDY OF THE FEMALE OFFICE WORKER

London School of Economics and Political Science

A HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PRACTICE

Personnel Director British Aluminium

VOTES, VIRTUES AND VICES: TRADE UNION POWER

THE TROJAN HORSE: UNION POWER IN BRITISH POLITICS

School of Industrial & Business Studies University of Warwick

WHITE COLLAR UNIONISM: THE REBELLIOUS SALARIAT

Manchester Business School

THE INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK OF ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Centre for European Industrial Studies University of Bath
Variations in strike activity within UK manufacturing industry
Authors: Creigh Stephen , Makeham Peter
Published: July 2007

Stephen Creigh and Peter Makeham seek to explain inter‐industry variations in both stoppage frequency and stoppage incidence at a highly disaggregated level. They develop and then test a simple model which relates strike activity to the conditions under which bargaining takes place and to bargaining structures.
Organisation strategies and industrial relations
Authors: Timperley Stuart R.
Published: July 2007

Stuart Timperley discusses two important themes in the management of industrial relations in organisations: firstly, that it is possible, through managerial decisions and actions, to influence industrial relations and, secondly, that a case can be made for such decisions and actions to be implemented.
The role of employers in collective bargaining in Britain
Authors: Beaumont P. B. , Gregory M. B.
Published: July 2007

Phil Beaumont and Mary Gregory seek to provide some substance to Alan Flanders’ long‐held view that employers, in certain circumstances, have played a positive role in influencing the extent of collective bargaining arrangements in the UK.
White‐collar unionisation in West Germany, 1960–1976
Authors: Bayer Hermann , Treu Hans‐Eckbert
Published: July 2007

The rapid growth of white‐collar trade union membership in the UK in recent years has been paralleled by a similar phenomenon in Germany. Hermann Bayer and his colleagues explain the causes and results of the growth in trade unionism in West Germany against a background of socio‐political developments.
Trade Unions and the State: A Review of the Crisis
Authors: England Joe , Weekes Brian
Published: July 2007

With the post‐war breakdown of the industrial relations consensus ‘the trade union question’ has been central to British politics. In this article, the authors argue that no settlement will be lightly achieved and that it will require detailed policies based on radical principles. The alternative is a continuation of the long drawn out crisis until sectional demands and strife provoke increasing forms of state control.
A return to incomes policy?*
Authors: Towers Brian
Published: July 2007

The Government's continuing difficulties in controlling the money supply and determination to use cash limits to control the level of public sector pay settlements have renewed cause for a return to a form of incomes policy covering both the public and private sectors. In this article Brian Towers examines the nature of incomes policy and the importance of comparability and collective bargaining structure in its implementation and discusses the form which a viable future policy should take.
Employment protection: a preliminary assessment of the law of unfair dismissal
Authors: Lewis Paul
Published: July 2007

Paul Lewis offers a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of legislation which seeks to give employees protection against unfair dismissal. In assessing the legislation, he analyses the results of actual Tribunal cases.
Worker co‐operatives and the promotion of co‐operative development in Britain
Authors: Coyne John , Wilson Nick
Published: July 2007

Worker co‐operatives have been the subject of extensive debate in recent years. In this article John Coyne and Nick Wilson place that attention in perspective by outlining the different forms worker co‐operatives take. They review recent initiatives to promote cooperative development and discuss the ensuing problems facing the emergent co‐operative.
Operationalising workers' participation: a comparison of US and Yugoslav models
Authors: Rosenberg Richard D. , Rosenstein Eliezer
Published: July 2007

Richard Rosenberg and Eliezer Rosenstein compare Yugoslavian workers' councils with consultative participation in US plants. They conclude that shopfloor participation offers the most potential for active worker involvement in management and even for the effective downward transfer of decision‐making authority.
Why won't managers co‐operate? Innovation and productivity in engineering
Authors: White Dr. Caroline
Published: July 2007

Drawing from her experience of participant‐observation in an electrical engineering factory Caroline White contributes to the debate on Britain's continuing industrial problems. She concludes that the fundamental opposition of capital and labour in the capitalistproduction process explains the failure to tap the workers' reservoir of both commitment and creativity.
The determinants of voluntary separation rates
Authors: Newton Keith , Betcherman Gordon , Leckie Norman
Published: July 2007

Norman Leckie, Gordon Betcherman and Keith Newton show the value of a multi‐disciplinary approach in the empirical explanation of voluntary separation rates in organisations.
book reviews
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

MANUFACTURING CONSENT: CHANGES IN THE LABOR PROCESS UNDER MONOPOLY CAPITALISM Michael Burawoy

INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION IN GREAT BRITAIN John Lockyer

TRAINING FOR PARTICIPATION Rex Adams
The skilled revolt against general unionism: the case of the BL Toolroom Committee
Authors: Scullion Hugh
Published: July 2007

During the 1970s, the position of craft workers became increasingly acute: their traditional differentials over semi‐skilled and unskilled workers were eroded to an unprecedented degree; and their privileged position within their trade unions was weakened. Here Hugh Scullion examines developments through a case study of the BL Toolroom Committee.
Turnover and the occupational career
Authors: Arthur Michael
Published: July 2007

Using data from a recent survey of job changes among computer specialists, Michael Arthur investigates the impact of occupational career circumstances upon employee turnover. The results confirm the importance of the occupational career in explaining employee mobility. In contrast, pay levels play a minimal role.
Worker support and union recognition in Britain
Authors: Beaumont P. B.
Published: July 2007

Phil Beaumont examines the influence of reported characteristics in Section 12 and reports on the likelihood of a union receiving an ACAS recommendation for recognition. The results suggest that the ACAS decision took account of more than simply the number of respondents favouring the union.
Excessive trade union power: existing reality or contemporary myth?
Authors: Burkitt Brian
Published: July 2007

It is now widely believed that trade unions have become too powerful, both in collective bargaining and in relation to government. The Employment Act, introduced by the present government, attempts to regulate these areas of concern—the closed shop, picketing and union decision‐making. Brian Burkitt presents a long overdue analysis of trade union power.
Research note: the influence of job grade differences in white‐collar shop steward committees
Authors: Blyton Paul
Published: July 2007

Paul Blyton reports a study of patterns of behaviour from observation of sixteen white‐collar shop steward committee meetings. The results show that the stewards' position in the work hierarchy influences the extent and form of their contribution within the meetings: those from senior work positions were more active than their lower grade counterparts.
The trade union response to new technology
Authors: Manwaring Tony
Published: July 2007

While there is ambivalence towards the new technology within the trade union movement, the general belief is that ‐ provided its introduction is controlled by collective bargaining and sympathetic government action ‐ it will lead to increased leisure and higher living standards. The author suggests that the ‘silicon dream’ is more likely to become a nightmare.
The relation of direct and indirect participation
Authors: Dickson John
Published: July 2007

Direct (personally involving) participation can be distinguished from indirect (through a representative) participation in terms of its overall value and the rationales for its use. The views of senior managers and shop stewards from 31 companies in the Glasgow area show some interesting similarities and differences.
White collar unions in Switzerland
Authors: Höpflinger Francois
Published: July 2007

Swiss trade unionism differs from that of other countries: lower strike incidence, lower trade union density and organisational segregation of blue and white collar employees. The author reviews and explains these differences and reports on the attitudes towards trade unionism of the German‐speaking members of Switzerland's biggest white collar trade union organisation.
The enterprise response to industrial relations legislation
Authors: Beaumont Phil , Deaton Dave
Published: July 2007

The authors report a study into the impact of the former Labour Government's industrial relations legislation, much of which remains on the statute book. They focus on joint health and safety committees and provide a useful starting point for further research concerned to develop a model of firm response to industrial relations legislation in any particular subject area.
book reviews
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS HANDBOOK ACAS

RESPONSES TO PARTICIPATION AT WORK Mick Marchington

TRADE UNIONS, NATIONAL POLITICS AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT Jon Clark, Heinz Hartman, Christopher Lau and David Winchester

GOVERNMENTS AND TRADE UNIONS: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE 1964–79 Denis Barnes and Eileen Reid

MANAGERS AND MANAGEMENT IN WEST GERMANY Peter Lawrence

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR: STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs and Otto Kreye

DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ON THE LABOUR MARKET AND MEASURES TO ASSIST THEM Harish C. Jain
Shop stewards in Transport House: a comment upon the incorporation of the rank and file
Authors: England Joe
Published: July 2007

In the light of the currently prevalent view that shop stewards are becoming more involved in trade union government, the author suggests that we look more carefully at unverified assumptions of shop steward incorporation.
The reform of collective bargaining: a managerial revolution?
Authors: Ogden S. G.
Published: July 2007

The company‐based reform of collective bargaining has been frequently advocated as a way towards dramatic improvements in industrial relations. In this article the author tests this view against the available evidence, including a case study in a multi‐plant manufacturing company.
Centralisation and decentralisation in local government bargaining
Authors: Walsh Kieron
Published: July 2007

The system of pay bargaining in local government has been subjected to conflicting pressures, both from employers and trade unions, since the second half of the 1970s. The author argues that these difficulties will intensify under the increasing financial stress which local government is experiencing.
Co‐operative democracy and employee involvement
Authors: Stephenson Ted
Published: July 2007

In this article the author assesses the difficulties facing democracy in the British Retail Co‐operative Movement, with special reference to the role of employees on boards of directors.
Book Reviews
Authors: GOODMAN JOHN
Published: July 2007

Book Reviewed in This Article:

THE CHALLENGE TO MANAGEMENT CONTROL John Storey

MASTERS, UNIONS AND MEN: WORK CONTROL IN BUILDING AND THE RISE OF LABOUR, 1830–1914 Richard Price

A CLASS AGAINST ITSELF—POWER IN THE NATIONALISATION OF THE BRITISH STEEL INDUSTRY Doug McEachern

TRADE UNIONS AND THE INDIVIDUAL Alan Campbell

PAY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR R. F. Elliott and J. L. Fallick

CURRENT CONCERNS IN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS C. L. Cooper and R. Payne (ed.)
What can we do about unemployment?*
Authors: McCarthy Lord
Published: July 2007

In this article the author argues that while it is desirable to seek an early return to economic expansion and to control the rate of inflation these should not be seen as solutions to the unemployment problem. He advocates an approach which he describes as ‘long term, low cost, group specific, net job creation’.
The trend of strikes in coal mining 1949–1979
Authors: Winterton Jonathan
Published: July 2007

Explanations for the pattern of strike activity in British coal mining have focused upon the industry's changing economic fortunes or developments in its collective bargaining structure. The author examines these explanations and suggests four additional factors that account for the trend of coal mining strikes.
Labor‐Management Cooperation and the West German System of Codetermination
Authors: Toscano David J.
Published: July 2007

The purpose of this article is to assess recent developments in Mitbestimmung within the Federal Republic, to analyse the role which codetermination plays in the German firm and economy, to examine the attitudes of German management and labor toward the system, and to speculate about possible future changes in the laws regarding labor participation.
The quality of training and the design of work
Authors: Tipton Beryl
Published: July 2007

The British Government's recent white paper has focused on the debate on the quality of training. Here the author's main argument is that since most existing jobs, and therefore the training associated with them, are limited in scope and interest, the key to improving the quality of training lies in an approach which stresses the redesign of work itself.
The conciliatory negotiation of change: a case study of the Norwich footwear Arbitration Board experience 1909–1980
Authors: Armstrong Eric
Published: July 2007

The footwear industry is unique in its continuous use of joint local conciliation and arbitration boards to handle changes brought about by new technology and the contraction of its labour force. This case study draws on the experience of one board and assesses the wider lessons of an industry‐wide arbitration system.
Britain's changing strike problem?
Authors: Edwards Paul
Published: July 2007

Here the author outlines different theories of strike patterns and examines them against several aspects of the British strike experience from 1960 to 1979. He also examines the impact of the recession on the level of strike activity.
book reviews
Authors: Brown William , McCARTHY W. E. J. , Savall Henri , GUEST DAVID , Macmillan Michael White , WHITE P. J. , Heinemann Stephen Hill , SCHULLER TOM
Published: July 2007

THE CHANGING CONTOURS OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Nuffield College, Oxford

WORK AND PEOPLE: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF JOB ENRICHMENT

Lodon School of Economics

THE HIDDEN MEANING OF PAY CONFLICT

University of Edinburgh

COMPETITION AND CONTROL AT WORK

Centre for Research in Industrial Democracy and Participation Glasgow University
The industrial relations of work‐sharing
Authors: Blyton Paul
Published: July 2007

There is growing recognition in Britain that high levels of unemployment are likely to survive the current recession and economic policies. This explains the continuing interest in the work‐sharing issue within British unions; this article examines some of the industrial relations issues and implications of the practice.
Women and part‐time work
Authors: Bosworth Derek , Dawkins Peter
Published: July 2007

This article reports some of the results of a new and large survey which focuses on women and work. In relation to part‐time work the survey confirms that the traditional factors explaining the demand for such work continue to be important but that current trends in the economy are not favourable to female employees seeking part‐time work.
Who breaks the rules? The response of small businesses to external regulation
Authors: Ford Janet
Published: July 2007

The impact of external regulation ‐ such as taxation, wage and other regulations and employment legislation ‐ on small businesses has recently attracted a good deal of academic and policy‐making interest. Here the author presents the responses of some small businessmen, in retailing, to external regulation.
The role of ACAS conciliators in unfair dismissal cases
Authors: Lewis Paul
Published: July 2007

In this article the author reports the findings of research over a two year period into the role of ACAS conciliators in cases in which industrial tribunals decided in favour of applicants.
Are trade unions obsolete in Hong Kong?
Authors: Sek‐Hong Ng
Published: July 2007

In this article the author challenges the widelyheld belief in Hong Kong, even among workers themselves, that trade unions only have a limited role to play in the industrial life of the colony.
Strikes in OECD countries
Authors: Creigh Stephen
Published: July 2007

In this research note the author sets out and tests a model of the relationships between consumer price inflation, unemployment and strike incidence in twenty OECD countries.
book reviews
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

EXPLORING PARTICIPATION Paul Bate and lain Mangham

WORKERS' PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONS WITHIN UNDERTAKINGS International Labour Office

WORK PATTERNS Derek L. Bosworth and Peter J. Dawkins

POWER AND POLITICS IN ORGANIZATIONS Samuel B. Bacharach and Edward J. Lawler

DEMAIN, QUELS SYNDICATS?H. Landier

CFDT LE RÉVE ET LA VIE J. C. Poulain
Employers’ strategies in relation to their demand for labour: a sociological contribution
Authors: Beardsworth Alan , Bryman Alan , Ford Janet , Keil Teresa
Published: July 2007

This article, in exploring the processes by which employers’ generalised demand for labour is translated into actual recruitment, highlights the role of management decision‐making in this important, but relatively neglected area.
The law and job design: comments on recent Norwegian legislation
Authors: Blackler Frank , Brown Colin
Published: July 2007

A primary concern of those interested in the quality of working life has been with the design of jobs. In this article the authors review the reasons why job design reform has not generally attracted the interest of lawmakers. One notable exception is Norway, and this article reports the findings of a survey into the effects of the most recent law—the Work Environment Act of 1977.
Industrial relations policy and managerial custom and practice
Authors: Brewster Chris , Richbell Suzanne
Published: July 2007

This article, using evidence from the air transport industry, extends the concept of managerial and supervisory custom and practice to management's industrial relations policies. It offers an understanding of management's role in industrial relations and the relationship between actions and rules.
The management of redundancy
Authors: White P. J.
Published: July 2007

The management of redundancy has always posed difficult industrial relations problems. As the recession has deepened these problems have of course become far more widespread. This article explores aspects of redundancy from the standpoints of employers and employees.
Recurrent unemployment in young black and white males
Authors: Dex Shirley
Published: July 2007

In this article the author, using data drawn from the experience of West Indians and white school leavers, examines the problem of recurrent unemployment and its relationship to the structure of local labour markets.
Power and decision making in the workplace: a study in the coal mining industry*
Authors: Edwards Christine
Published: July 2007

Here the author illustrates the importance of methodology in industrial relations research to an empirical study of workplace power. It is hoped to convince industrial researchers of the need for a more rigorous examination of the methods of investigation from which so many ‘interesting’ and ‘relevant’ findings result.
Pensions: the voluntary growth of participation*
Authors: Schuller Tom , Hyman Jeff
Published: July 2007

In spite of the deepening of the economic recession, the issue of employee participation or industrial democracy has not disappeared from the political or industrial agendas. This article, which reports the findings of a two year UK study at Glasgow University, examines one area of survival—employee participation in the management of pension schemes.
Trade union attitudes to flexible working hours
Authors: Lee Bob
Published: July 2007

This paper describes a study of trade union involvement with flexible working hours or ‘flexitime’. This system is now viewed far more positively but ‘blue collar’ unions have more reservations than their ‘white collar’ counterparts.
Book Reviews
Authors: Mackie Karl
Published: July 2007

Book reviews in this article:

GOOD INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS John Purcell

BRITAIN IN DECLINE Andrew Gamble

ENGLISH CULTURE AND THE DECLINE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SPIRIT, 1850–1980 Martin J. Wiener

MONDRAGON—AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Henk Thomas and Chris Logan

THE RULE OF LAW T. Corfield
Resolving industrial disputes: the role of ACAS conciliation
Authors: Jones Michael , Dickens Linda
Published: July 2007

Recently, the conciliation role of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service in the settlement of some prominent disputes has attracted wide press and television coverage. This article examines the extent and conduct of what is still a relatively unknown aspect of ACAS' work.