@article{49dac27284a34228a9eaa8ef1fe283c0,
title = "Does Modernizing Union Administrative Practices Promote or Hinder Union Revitalization? A Comparative Study of US, UK and Australian Unions",
abstract = "Can a union be both democratic and administratively efficient, or are these goals always at odds? Building on the Webbs{\textquoteright} focus on this critical question, this article analyses and compares the changing administrative policies and practices of US, UK and Australian trade unions over a 25-year period. We conducted surveys of unions in all three countries to gather information on union policies and practices involving the unions{\textquoteright} human resources, hiring, budgeting and strategic planning. Using these novel longitudinal data, we contribute to industrial relations scholarship by showing that unions have increasingly adopted formal, systematic practices in these areas. The article is grounded in theory and also has practical relevance given the important implications that our findings may have for the revitalization of unions in the three countries and beyond.",
author = "Clark, {Paul F.} and Bamber, {Greg J.} and Whitehead, {Paul V.} and Gray, {Lois S.} and Sandra Cockfield and Kay Gilbert",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions to the research that we discuss herein by the late Lois S. Gray and the late Sandra Cockfield; we miss them both very much. We dedicate this article to them. The BJIR's reviewers and Associate Editor, Rebecca K. Givan, made helpful comments on an earlier version of this article. We also thank Brian Cooper, Bob Fryer, Marjorie Jerrard, Elvira Luca and Rod Martin for their astute advice. We acknowledge also the great help from the ACTU, AFL-CIO, TUC and the union people who completed our surveys and allowed us to interview them. We acknowledge helpful funding from the Economic & Social Research Council (Grant No. L000660/1) and the International Consortium for Research in Employment & Work, Centre for Global Business, Monash Business School. Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions to the research that we discuss herein by the late Lois S. Gray and the late Sandra Cockfield; we miss them both very much. We dedicate this article to them. The BJIR's reviewers and Associate Editor, Rebecca K. Givan, made helpful comments on an earlier version of this article. We also thank Brian Cooper, Bob Fryer, Marjorie Jerrard, Elvira Luca and Rod Martin for their astute advice. We acknowledge also the great help from the ACTU, AFL‐CIO, TUC and the union people who completed our surveys and allowed us to interview them. We acknowledge helpful funding from the Economic & Social Research Council (Grant No. L000660/1) and the International Consortium for Research in Employment & Work, Centre for Global Business, Monash Business School. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Industrial Relations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1111/bjir.12526",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "59",
pages = "370--397",
journal = "British Journal of Industrial Relations",
issn = "0007-1080",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",
}