TOWARDS USEFUL THEORISING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

To be useful in practice, industrial relations theory must: 1. not be banal, 2. go futher than merely codifying practice, and 3. cope with the multi-faceted character of industrial relations. Industrial relations theory might be useful to practitioners. It could help them to: 1. understand the prese...

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Published in:British journal of industrial relations 1977-11, Vol.15 (3), p.307-316
Main Author: Walker, Kenneth F.
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