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Unitarism and employer resistance to trade unionism

Cullinane, Niall
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Dundon, Tony
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/3479
 https://doi.org/10.13025/23148
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2012
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Unitarism, Ideology, Employer resistance to unions
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N. Cullinane and T. Dundon (2012) 'Unitarism and employer resistance to trade unionism'. International Journal Of Human Resource Management, iFirst .
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Active employer resistance to trade union recognition is often explained through the rubric of the unitary ideology. Yet, little attention has been devoted to an examination of unitarism as an explanatory construct for active employer hostility. This paper contributes to current knowledge and understanding on contemporary ideological opposition to unions, by placing unitarism under analytical scrutiny. Using empirical data from the Republic of Ireland, the paper applies a conceptual framework to a sample of non-union employers who actively resisted unionisation. The paper concludes by examining the ideological commitments uncovered and relevant implications.
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