Author: | O'Dowd, J. Roche, W.K. |
Title: | Partnership structures and agendas and managers' assessments of stakeholder outcomes |
Journal: | Industrial Relations Journal
2009 : JAN, VOL. 40:1, p. 17-39 |
Index terms: | industrial relations trade unions employees working conditions stakeholders surveys managers Irish Republic |
Freeterms: | partnerships |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | According to the workplace partnership (hencefroth as: p-ship/s) theory p-ship/s structures combining strategic and operational arrangements and addressing substantively significant agendas of broad scope should lead to positive outcomes for the main stakeholder (as: s-h.) groups: employers, employees and unions. Based on survey data on managers involved in all known p-ship/s in unionized companies of the Republic of Ireland in 2000, 'integrated business partnerships' (here as: i-b-ps.) are distinguished from 'exploratory partnerships' characterized by operational or strategic structures. Managers involved in i-b-ps. are shown to assess more positively a range of current and expected outcomes of significance for each s-h. group. However, managers' assessments and expectations also point towards a bias in favour of employer interests in the outcomes of i-b-ps. |
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