Exploring trade union identities: union identity, niche identity and the problem of organizing the unorganized

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...

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1. Verfasser: Smale, Bob (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Bristol University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:Bristol shorts research
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Zusammenfassung: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 asks critical question for the future
Front Cover -- Exploring Trade Union Identities -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- One 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 -- Two 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 -- Three 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 -- Four 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 -- Five 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
Beschreibung:XVI, 168 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781529204070

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