Union effects on employee relations in Britain

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ID9888591
AutoresAlex Bryson (0000-0003-1529-2010, Policy Studies Institute,, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume58
Fascículo9
Páginas1111-1139
Data de publicação2005-09-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0018726705058912
OpenAlexW2114692623
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas20

I estimate the effects of trade unions on employee and employer perceptions of workplace management-employee relations in Britain using linked employer-employee data from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey. Associations between these relations and unionization vary with institutional arrangements in relation to bargaining and lay representation. There is support for McCarthy’s view that union lay representatives can act as a ‘lubricant’ assisting with employment relations, but this is apparent from an employer perspective, not an employee perspective. The only union effect common across employers and employees is poorer perceptions of employment relations where union coverage is at the level known to generate a union wage premium

Business · Collective bargaining · Economics · Labor relations · Labour economics · Management · Non union · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Representation (politics · Trade union · Wage · Employment and Welfare Studies · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Industrial Relations