Table of contents - Special Issue: Trade union leadership
Guest Editors: Tom Redman
Toward better theory on the relationship between commitment, participation and leadership in unions
Gregor Gall, Jack FioritoThe aim of this paper is to give a critique of the extant literature on union commitment and participation in order to develop remedies to identified weaknesses
Women's union leadership in Barbados: exploring the local within the global
Gill Kirton, Geraldine HealyThe purpose of this article is to explore the under‐representation of women in union leadership in Barbados. The article asks if there are specific conditions faced by women there…
Trade union delegate leadership and membership commitment: a cross‐sectional analysis
Geoff Plimmer, Stephen BlumenfeldThis paper aims to identify what workplace representative behaviours are most strongly associated with members’ commitment. This is increasingly important, as decentralised…
Union leadership in UK social housing
David Preece, Carolyn WardThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the privatisation and restructuring of social housing provision upon union leadership in the sector. The paper explores how…
The importance of multiple leadership roles in fostering participation
Julie SadlerThe purpose of this study is to examine the direct and indirect effect of high and low‐level local union leaders on various forms of member participation.
ISSN:
0143-7739Online date, start – end:
1980Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Martin McCracken
- Prof Paul Humphreys