This paper draws on qualitative case study evidence to investigate the way in which union leaders involved in two workplace organizations deal with the process of managing their role within the employment relationship. In particular, the influence of their leadership style on the commitment and...

This article draws together two aspects of union renewal strategy: merger and increasing women's involvement and activism. The article utilises a case study of the National Union of the Lock and Metal Workers (NULMW), a small union that appears to have successfully promoted women's involvement...

This article reflects critically on the history of the British pluralist industrial relations (IR) paradigm, from its foundation by Flanders and Clegg at Oxford in the 1950s, through its development and consolidation in both public policy and academic circles. No sooner was the paradigm firmly...

Books reviewed: Robert Taylor. Social Democratic Trade Unionism: An Agenda for Action. Reviewed by Peter Ackers Mark Freedland. The Personal Employment Contract. Reviewed by Ann Blair J. O'Reilly (ed.), Regulating Working-time Transitions in Europe. Reviewed by Paul Blyton Huw Beynon, Damian...