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| Author: | Phillips, J. |
| Title: | Business and the limited reconstruction of industrial relations in the UK in the 1970s |
| Journal: | Business history
2009 : NOV, VOL. 51:6, p. 801-816 |
| Index terms: | industrial relations capitalism industrial democracy united kingdom |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Industrial relations were reconstructed in the UK in the 1970s, but the reconstruction was limited. This paper analyses how business preserved ultimate managerial prerogative in the organisation of the firm and the workplace by constraining the process of reconstruction. The analysis improves the understanding of business in the 1970s and varieties of capitalism literature on comparative political economy by suggesting that changes in industrial relations were accepted by business only where congruent with corporate strategy. |
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