Historical Studies in Industrial Relations最新文献

The British Printers’ 40-Hour-Week Strike of 1959: Background, Dispute, and Aftermath 1959 年英国印刷商每周工作 40 小时的罢工：背景、争议和后果

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.2

Dave Lyddon, Alan Roe, Jim Telford

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Undermining the ‘Polder Model’: Workers’ Militancy and Trade-Union Leadership in Four Dutch Wildcat Strikes, 1963–1970 破坏 "围垦地模式"：1963-1970年荷兰四次 "野猫 "罢工中的工人战斗力和工会领导力

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.3

Ad Knotter

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AGENDUM 5 For the Board of Social Studies Meeting, 3rd June, 1970 For the Board of Arts Meeting, 4th June, 1970 A Note on Business Schools, 1970 议程项目 5 社会科学委员会会议，1970 年 6 月 3 日艺术委员会会议，1970 年 6 月 4 日关于商学院的说明，1970 年

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.7

John Rex

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‘The Limits of Austerity’ 紧缩的限度

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.12

Jim Tomlinson

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Reflections on the Committee of Inquiry on Industrial Democracy, 1975–1977, Chaired by Alan Bullock 对 1975-1977 年工业民主调查委员会的思考，由艾伦-布洛克主持

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.11

George Bain

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Girls, Wives, Factory Lives : Fifty Years On 女孩、妻子、工厂生活：五十年后的今天

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.9

Anna Pollert

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Business Schools: Rex 1970 商学院：雷克斯 1970

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.6

Martin Parker

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George Bain and Memories of the Bullock Committee on Industrial Democracy 乔治-贝恩与布洛克工业民主委员会的回忆

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.10

Jim Phillips

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Canteen Workers’ Wages and Collective-Bargaining Arrangements in British Coal 英国煤炭公司食堂工人的工资和集体谈判安排

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.5

Kathy O’Donnell

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A Sociological Imagination at Work: An Appreciation of the Contribution of John Eldridge 工作中的社会学想象力：约翰-埃尔德里奇的贡献赏析

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.3828/hsir.2023.44.8

Tony Elger

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