When partnerships don't ‘match‐up’: an evaluation of labour–management partnerships in the automotive components and civil aviation industries |
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| Authors: | Claire Evans Geraint Harvey Peter Turnbull |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University;2. School of Business and Economics, Swansea University;3. Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University |
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| Abstract: | Following the agenda for partnership research set out recently in this journal, ‘exemplar’ case studies from the automotive and civil aviation industries are subject to the litmus (process) test of academic pluralists and the acid (outcomes) test of academic radicals. On both tests, the results have been disappointing, especially for trade unions and their members. However, while mutual gains from partnership agreements are not probable in a UK context, they are still possible, as comparative research in the civil aviation sector serves to illustrate. |
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