Legacies, Conflict and ‘Path Dependence’ in the Former Soviet Union
| Autor: | Claudio Morrison, Richard Croucher, Olga Cretu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
business.industry Romanian media_common.quotation_subject Clothing General Business Management and Accounting language.human_language Negotiation Management of Technology and Innovation Political economy Political science language Factory Meaning (existential) Economic system business Industrial relations Articulation (sociology) Path dependence media_common |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Industrial Relations. 50:329-351 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1080 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00840.x |
| Popis: | This article analyses management–union–worker relations in a foreign-owned Moldovan clothing factory. Studies of post-socialist industrial relations have focused on explaining labour quiescence, advancing ‘path dependence’ and ‘Soviet legacy’ arguments. These draw attention to strong links between management and unions, and weak relations between the latter and workers. We show how the union has, in one case, drawn creatively on Soviet legacies to develop strong articulation between itself and women workers. This was part of a wider adaptive strategy within which the union transformed the meaning of previous functions and developed novel ones. The outcome is a well-organized representative union capable of challenging management at the negotiating table, as well as on the shop floor. This seems unlikely to be universal but equally unlikely to be unique. |
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