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        Contemporary workplace occupations in Britain : Motivations, stimuli, dynamics and outcomes

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        Gall, Gregor
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        2299/7604
        Abstract
        Purpose: This paper aims to examine the more militant response of a minority of workers to collective redundancy and restructuring in Britain since 2007. Design/methodology/approach: The paper deploys secondary sources to develop a series of grounded micro-factors to help explain the presence and absence of the deployment of the occupation tactic. Findings: Some headway is made in explaining why only a limited number of occupations took place against redundancy and restructuring. Practical implications: The method of occupation was not shown to be as effective as might have been thought in opposing redundancies. Social implications: These concern union strategies and tactics for resistance to redundancy and restructuring. Originality/value: The paper provides a grounded explanation of the phenomenon and incidence of worker occupations against collective redundancy and closure.
        Publication date
        2011-10-01
        Published in
        Employee Relations
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1108/01425451111174094
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/7604
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