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The politics of partnership? Innovation in employment relations in the Scottish spirits industry

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Abigail Marks, Professor Alan McKinlay

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Abstract

Perspectives that emphasize links between workplace innovation and broader HR policies, particularly of a 'mutual gains' nature, have become increasingly influential. This paper analyses the links and tensions between workplace change and industrial relations systems in the context of attempts to create a shop-floor politics of partnership during a period of corporate restructuring in two spirits companies. We argue that interface tensions between the employment relationship, the labour process and organizational governance are inextricably linked to the outcomes of partnership initiatives. While there are positive outcomes to more integrated approaches to partnership, a range of industrial relations issues, notably the ambivalent position of shop-stewards, remains problematic.

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Author(s): Marks A, Findlay P, Hine J, McKinlay A, Thompson P

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of Industrial Relations

Year: 1998

Volume: 36

Issue: 2

Pages: 209-226

Print publication date: 16/12/2002

Online publication date: 16/12/2002

ISSN (print): 0007-1080

ISSN (electronic): 1467-8543

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8543.00089

DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00089

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