O. Stuart’s scientific contributions

... The takeover had not been without problems, and there had been considerable concern about the plant's future within the group up until about two years before the start of this study. The historic presence of the plant on the site has given it an intimate association with local culture, which has continued regardless of the plant's changes in ownership and gradual changes in the area's ethnic makeup (Schofield and Noble, 1993, Ward et al., 1993), and socially the plant continues to be a focus for organised activity. The staff of the Final Assembly Area (generally known as " associates " ) fall into two categories: (1) those with a permanent contract; and (2) those hired through a temporary labour agency. ...

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Culture against cohesion: Global corporate strategy and employee diversity in the UK plant of a German MNC