TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article is principally a case study establishing
the existence of an internal labour market in
British Rail, and its significance for the long‐term
wage structure. Drawing on the work of Doeringer
and Piore it outlines the advantages that internal
labour markets would be expected to offer both
employers and employees, and the implications
which these have for the process of wage
determination. It briefly reviews previous case
studies supporting the importance of the role of
comparisons, both internal and external, in wage
bargaining; and then turns to the study of British
Rail. Finding the characteristics expected of an
internal labour market, it then establishes that the
wage structure of the industry has demonstrated
a considerable degree of stability over the period
1950‐85, despite considerable changes in relative
productivities. This degree of consistency is
regarded as being difficult to reconcile with the
dominance of market forces in wage determination.
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SN  - 0143-7720
DO  - 10.1108/01437729110143665
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729110143665
AU  - Dearden Stephen
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - British Rail′s Internal Labour Market
T2  - International Journal of Manpower
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 19
EP  - 29
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -