Trade Union in the Making: a change of social exchange principles

• Authors: Ostrowski P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents three case studies relating to the establishment of trade unions in private greenfield sector in Poland. Peter Blau's structural theory of social exchange constitutes the study's theoretical background. Labour relation is treated as a exchange relation of resources accessible both to the employer and employees and the trade union as a factor of change of that exchange rules. The change occurs with taking the influential factors into consideration, i.e. core and periphery sector distinction, managerial approach and employees' leader appearance.

Keywords

EN

SOCIAL EXCHANGE PRINCIPLES; TRADE UNION

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 9(390)
• Pages: 16-23
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ostrowski P.

• P. Ostrowski, c/o Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Karowa 18, 00-324 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02034327