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- Title
NORMATIVE CONSENSUS, CONSTITUTIONALISM AND ASPECTS OF IDEOLOGY IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THE CASE OF THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.
- Authors
Armstrong, E. G. A.; Goodman, J. F. B.; Wagner, A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on values and ideological beliefs expressed by employer leaders and national trade unions in Great Britain's footwear industry. It states that the objectives of peace and efficiency are not always compatible, as peace is easily achieved with secure and unchanging situations, and the pursuit of increased efficiency has an implication of change and resultant uncertainty. It comments about the fact many employees in the industry are working for small companies that often are family-owned in a region with a strong footwear culture. It suggests that there is a general awareness among these employees of time margins between economic survival and collapse for their employers, and the fact employers are not remote figures but rather known individuals.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; NORMATIVE theory (Communication); CONSTITUTIONALISM; IDEOLOGY; FOOTWEAR industry; INDUSTRIAL relations; GOAL (Psychology); LABOR unions; INDUSTRIAL efficiency; UNCERTAINTY; CORPORATE culture
- Publication
Journal of Management Studies (Wiley-Blackwell), 1978, Vol 15, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0022-2380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00907.x