The Effect of Strategic Choice and Collective Goods of Trade Union-Employer on Industrial Relations: A Comparative Case Study on Printing Industry and Plant Construction Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-55
Author(s):  
Sang Beom Woo
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Strategic Choice ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Printing Industry ◽  
Plant Construction ◽  
Collective Goods

Mafia infiltration, public administration and local institutions: A comparative study in Northern Italy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 540-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joselle Dagnes ◽  
Davide Donatiello ◽  
Valentina Moiso ◽  
Davide Pellegrino ◽  
Rocco Sciarrone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Different Types

Nuanced explanations of the factors underpinning the mafia’s movements across territories have recently been proposed. However, more light must be shed on the mechanisms through which mafiosi try to infiltrate the legal economy in non-traditional territories. Accordingly, this study aims to micro-found interactions and exchanges that mainly involve mafiosi, politicians and economic actors in expansion areas. Focusing on the local level, we will show how the misuse of several administrative tools generates a profitable opportunity structure for mafiosi. To this end, we present an in-depth comparative case study of three events involving the construction industry that took place in Northern Italy. The main findings show that: (i) mafiosi are skilled at smoothing social relations, enlarging and consolidating opaque networks predating their arrival; (ii) they give rise to different types of mutual exchanges and network structures.

The promise of partnership

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-257
Author(s):  
Denis Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Partnership Approach ◽  
Development Of Partnership

‘Partnership’ is a word that crops up with increasing frequency in government, trade union and management circles in the UK. For many it neatly embodies both the practice and sentiment of the so-called ‘third way’. In the workplace, a partnership approach to industrial relations has been offered as a neo-pluralist alternative to the unitarism of Human Resources Management. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is an active proponent of partnership and the government has created a fund to support the development of partnership at the workplace. This article sketches some theoretical underpinning for the practice of partnership. To shed some light on the prospects for partnership it draws on recent UK experience and includes a case study of the development of a partnership between UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, and Vertex Data Sciences, one of the fastest growing call centre operators in the UK.

scholarly journals Corporate social responsibility in construction industry: a comparative study between UK and Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilek Ulutaş Duman ◽  
Heyecan Giritli ◽  
Peter McDermott
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved to an important agenda for many industries and its scope has been widened from the responsible business to strategic decisions. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the concept of CSR from the perspective of construction industry by questioning CSR awareness, CSR activities, and CSR integration with a comparative case study between UK and Turkey. Design/methodology/approach Conducting comparative and qualitative research using a case study methodology, this study sets the context for understanding differences in these two countries as to how CSR is perceived and put into practice by selected case firms. Findings The results revealed that construction companies are aware of the increasing importance of the CSR; however, company scale and the characteristics of the country have great impact on CSR preferences. Despite the differences in the approaches all firms take with regard to CSR domains and CSR types, ethical domain and the social orientation have become prominent for CSR initiatives in both the UK and Turkey. Originality/value This study provides the empirical evidence for the understanding and integration of the CSR concept in the construction industry; shed light on missing knowledge about CSR integration and serves as a source for further in-depth researches on CSR.

scholarly journals Trade union community membership: exploring what people who are not in paid employment could contribute to union activism

2021 ◽  
pp. 102425892110433
Author(s):  
Jane Holgate ◽  
Gabriella Alberti ◽  
Iona Byford ◽  
Ian Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
Community Membership ◽  
Private Sector Union ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Paid Employment ◽  
Union Activism

The industrial relations literature tends to argue that workers join trade unions primarily for instrumental reasons, for example, to obtain assistance if there is a problem at work. But this clearly does not apply to people who are not in work. It is in many ways counterintuitive to join a trade union when one is not an employee or in paid employment, looking for a job, or retired. Generally, there is little material benefit in doing so. Others have noted, however, that personal values, particularly associated with the ideological left, can cultivate a predisposition toward joining a union that is not based on a purely material calculus. Nevertheless, this analysis is usually applied to workers. The research reflected in this article aims to understand the motivation of people who are not in paid employment, such as jobseekers/unemployed, students and retirees, to join labour unions and become active within them. It does so through a case study of the United Kingdom’s largest private sector union, Unite, and considers the contribution to, or rationale for, union activism within community membership and the possibilities for rethinking trade unionism beyond its traditional workplace base.

Achieving a responsive industrial relations environment for construction industry workers: a project alliancing case study

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.H.T. Walker ◽  
R.J. Peters ◽  
K.D. Hampson ◽  
M.J. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Industrial Relations

scholarly journals Getting together or breaking apart? Trade union strategies, restructuring and contingent workers in Southern Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Kornelakis ◽  
Horen Voskeritsian
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Telecommunications Industries

The article considers the strategies of trade unions towards the representation of call centre workers. Using a comparative case study, it examines the divergent union responses to the growth of contingent labour by looking at the telecommunications industries in Italy and Greece. Although the trade unions in Italy pursued inclusive strategies embracing the call centre workers and negotiating the restructuring of the whole sector, the unions in Greece followed a policy of exclusion leaving call centre workers outside representation and negotiating their internal restructuring. The article argues that the different union identities, and the diverse power resources and internal organizational politics help explain the variation in the trade unions’ strategic responses.

Achieving a responsive industrial relations environment for construction industry workers: a project alliancing case study

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.H.T. Walker ◽  
R.J. Peters ◽  
K.D. Hampson ◽  
M.J. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Industrial Relations
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