Understanding the frames before Fox: the development of unitary and pluralist views on organisations

IF 2.7 3区管理学 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

Employee Relations Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI:10.1108/er-03-2024-0188

Andy Hodder

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Abstract

Purpose

This article examines the intellectual antecedents of Alan Fox’s frames of reference and contributes to academic work that seeks to unravel the pre-Donovan roots of British industrial relations. It examines the origins of the unitary and pluralist frames of reference with a particular focus on the work of Norman Ross.

Design/methodology/approach

This article draws on published academic materials to examine the origins of the unitary and pluralist frames of reference.

Findings

The article identifies usage of the term “frame of reference” in industrial relations literature from the 1940s and demonstrates the origins of the unitary and pluralist conceptions of the firm in the works of Ross in the 1950s and 1960s.

Originality/value

The article provides a “fresh look” at the origins of the frames of reference.

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了解福克斯之前的框架：关于组织的单一和多元观点的发展

目的本文研究了艾伦-福克斯参照系的思想前身，为试图揭开英国劳资关系在多诺万之前的根源的学术研究做出了贡献。设计/方法/方法本文利用已发表的学术资料，研究了单一参照系和多元参照系的起源。研究结果本文确定了 20 世纪 40 年代以来劳资关系文献中 "参照系 "一词的用法，并在 20 世纪 50 年代和 60 年代罗斯的著作中证明了企业的单一和多元概念的起源。

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Employee Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

8.80%

发文量

期刊介绍： ■Communication, participation and involvement ■Developments in collective bargaining ■Equal opportunities ■Health and safety ■HRM ■Industrial relations and employment protection law ■Industrial relations management and reform ■Organizational change and people ■Personnel and recruitment ■Quality of working life