Industrial Relations and Firm Behavior: Informal Labor Practices in the West Coast Longshore Industry.

Finlay, William

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ERIC Number: EJ356719

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Publication Date: 1987

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Industrial Relations and Firm Behavior: Informal Labor Practices in the West Coast Longshore Industry.

Finlay, William

Administrative Science Quarterly, v32 n1 p49-67 Mar 1987

Considers industrial relations policies and practices of stevedore firms in the West Coast longshore industry in terms of the social worker, worker-resource, and institutional theories. Subsidiary firms were more lenient in contract interpretation and more competitive in recruitment, supporting the worker-resource theory. Includes 2 tables and 33 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Informal Organization, Labor Relations, Labor Supply, Policy, Recruitment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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