A. Wagner’s research while affiliated with University of Manchester and other places

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Publications (4)


The Industrial Relations System Concept as a Basis for Theory in Industrial Relations
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January 2009

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1,986 Reads

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35 Citations

British Journal of Industrial Relations

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A. WAGNER

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E. G. A. ARMSTRONG

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J. E. DAVIS

Rules in industrial relations theory: a discussion*

July 2007

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34 Reads

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17 Citations



Stabilising Industrial Relations in a Multi-Plant Footwear Company

December 1978

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1 Citation

Personnel Review

This article derives from a research project supported by the Social Science Research Council, the results of which appear in a book, Rule Making and Industrial Peace. The article is an account of industrial relations in a large multiplant footwear manufacturing company and a discussion of the factors, including personnel management initiatives, which appear to make for stable industrial relations in circumstances which from experience in some other industries commonly seem conducive to conflict, e.g. a high proportion of the labour force employed on payment by results, variable piecework earnings and disparities of earnings between factories.

Citations (3)


... It is important to take initiatives in personnel management and to use factors that seem to provide stable industrial relations in circumstances that, as evidenced by experience, tend to favor conflicts. Problems are associated, for example, with the high proportion of the workforce rewarded for the results, the differentiation of earnings and the difference in earnings between factories [11]. Modern production management allows for higher efficiency of production processes. ...

Reference:

Results of Implementing ERP System in a Multi-plant Enterprise
Stabilising Industrial Relations in a Multi-Plant Footwear Company
  • Citing Article
  • December 1978

Personnel Review

... Sistema de relaciones industriales (Dunlop) Dunlop sostiene que un sistema de relaciones industriales está constituido por "un determinado contexto, ciertos actores, una ideología que mantiene unido a dicho sistema, y un cuerpo de reglas creado para gobernar a los actores en el lugar del trabajo y en la comunidad laboral" (1958, p. 7;Covarrubias, 2023). Wood, Wagner, Armstrong, Goodman y Davis (1975) han señalado que el concepto de sistema de relaciones industriales de Dunlop ha sido criticado por su ambigüedad, y que su principal aportación es apuntar en una dirección para generar teoría que pueda servir de base a una elaboración más precisa e integrada. Recono-ciendo estas limitaciones, en este texto se usa el concepto de Dunlop en una de las modalidades que el mismo autor había pretendido: como un dispositivo heurístico que sugiera pistas de análisis e interpretación (Wood et al., 1975, p. 292;Vidal, 2019). ...

The Industrial Relations System Concept as a Basis for Theory in Industrial Relations
  • Citing Article
  • January 2009

British Journal of Industrial Relations

... Limitam-se aos instrumentos normativos disponíveis no website do sistema mediador do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE). A metodologia se baseia naquela desenvolvida por Horn (2004), também inspirada nos estudos de Dunlop (1993) e Goodman et al. (1975, ou seja, na análise do escopo temático das negociações coletivas. Em relação aos trabalhadores, o número de sindicatos envolvidos nas unidades de negociação totaliza catorze. ...

Rules in industrial relations theory: a discussion*
  • Citing Article
  • July 2007