Approaches to Conflict in American Industrial Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5635511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harold L Sheppard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1954 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 324 |
| Publication date | 1954-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/586842 |
| OpenAlex | W2327360222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
HE purpose of this paper is to discuss, by way of general outline, | some of the recent sociological treatments of conflict in industrial s relations by American social s(; ntists. Conflict in this paper is measured primarily in the form of the strike. Perhaps this is too arbitrary a definition by stipulation, but it seems to me that we are able better to come to grips with the analysis of this form of action than would otherwise be the case if some other index of industrial conflict were used. Moreoster, data are much more complete and universal on the strike, in comparison with other indices, such as abserlteeism, slow-downs, and low morale , the latter being too ephemeral to handle scientifically and too subject to bias. Industrial sociology is a relatively young field in AInerica. However, there has been much written in the general sociological literature of the country devoted to industrial conflict. The texts for courses in Principles of Socio logy' and Social Problems usually have something to say. The chief characteristic of these statements is that they are general in nature, often speculative, seldom empirically grounded, and even less frequently couched in verifiable, conditional (if-this-then-that) terms. On the other handJ it could be argued that these statements often do offer something, when they deal with the general social environment in which industrial relations undergo conflict and/or co-operation. Indeed, without the knowledge of these various characteristics (values, class aspiration and mobility, motives, etc.) of the social structure, it would be difficult to understand the developments in the sphere of industrial relations. The first text in the field of industrial sociology, Wilbert Moore's IndustriCtI Relations and the Social Order, however, goes beyond the cursory description of the broad environmental factors in industrial conflict. In two chapters devoted to conflict, he outlines the range or types of collective bargaining relations, from extreme conflict, to issue bargaining, to problem bargainingJ and to co-operation
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1957 - 2015 (59) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |