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Damaged by Democracy : The National Union of Mineworkers and the 1984-85 Strike
Allsop, D.; Wray, D. (2011-06-01)This paper explores the democratic tensions within the National Union of Mineworkers that split the union during the 1984-85 strike over mine closures. In seeking to understand the conflict over the failure to hold a ... -
Joe Sent Me - Some Personal Reflections on the Problems of Gaining Access
Calveley, Moira; Wray, D. (University of Hertfordshire, 2002)If I say Joe sent me will you let me in behind the green door (F. Vaughan) Although fieldwork is a necessary component of qualitative research and the gaining (and maintaining) of access to an organisation is often fraught ... -
The Message is the Medium- A Case Study in Cultural Change
Wray, D. (University of Hertfordshire, 2001)In attempts to secure competitive advantage in an ever more competitive, and globalised market place, the trend in management thinking has been to introduce a number of initiatives aimed at developing a corporate culture ... -
The Rise and Fall of Autonomous Group Working in the British Coal Mining Industry
Allsop, David; Wray, D. (2012-07-01)The group organization of work in the British coal mining industry brought to the workers involved significant levels of autonomy; the ability to define the social relations of work; high levels of control over the labor ... -
The Rise and Fall of Autonomous Group Working in the British Coal Mining Industry
Allsop, D.; Wray, D. (University of Hertfordshire, 2002)Teamwork is written of in much of the literature as a comparatively recent phenomenon, usually associated with Japanese systems of work organisation. In reality, the social relations of work in many industries have at times ... -
Union Learning Representatives - A Force for Renewal or Partnership
Calveley, Moira; Healy, G.; Shelley, S.; Stirling, J.; Wray, D. (University of Hertfordshire, 2003)Whilst trade unions have a longstanding interest in the education and training of their members, this has received a major boost through the formalisation of Union Learning Representatives (ULRs) in the Employment Relations ...