Industrial Relations Theory and Research

Abstract

Introduction This paper has three related purposes or themes. Firstly, it will be argued that the dominant theory of industrial relations, the systems approach, represents an unsatisfactory attempt to explain the nature of industrial relations phenomena.

Citation

Kirkbride, P. (1979), "Industrial Relations Theory and Research", Management Decision, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001196