Ensuring external activist employability by mobilizing social capital: the case of ex-full time unionists after a professional transition outside of their unions/Assurer son employabilite militante externe par la mobilisation du capital social: le cas des expermanents syndicaux lors d'une reconversion en dehors du syndicat/Asegurar su empleabilidad militante externa a traves de la

Based on qualitative research involving 48 former unionists who worked for more than 80% of their time for the union, 10 human resource directors and three union organizations, one employers' organization and one outplacement company specialized in this type of transition, this article consider...

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Published in:Relations industrielles (Québec, Québec) Québec), 2017-03, Vol.72 (2), p.345
Main Authors: de Becdelievre, Pauline, Grima, Francois
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activists
Analysis
Employability
Employment
France
Labor unions
Professional development
Social aspects
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Summary:Based on qualitative research involving 48 former unionists who worked for more than 80% of their time for the union, 10 human resource directors and three union organizations, one employers' organization and one outplacement company specialized in this type of transition, this article considers the transition of ex-activists to work outside the trade union sphere. Based on the French context and the existing literature on the transition of trade union activists, our work highlights the strategies mobilized by ex-unionists to ensure their external activist employability.
ISSN:0034-379X