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Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute (2023)
Thesis
Gallagher, R. (2023). Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute. (Thesis). Keele University

The purpose of this thesis is to add to the industrial relations literature on strikes by conducting a case study of the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet – BA industrial dispute and answer the principal research question: How do trade union workplace representati... Read More about Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute.

Employee perceptions of work-life balance and formal and informal approaches to work-life management: a case study of China's pharmaceutical sector (2019)
Thesis
Xu, M. (2019). Employee perceptions of work-life balance and formal and informal approaches to work-life management: a case study of China's pharmaceutical sector. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414940

This thesis examines Chinese employees’ perceptions and experience of work-life balance (WLB) and the relationship between management’s formal application of WLB policies and practices, and the reality experienced by the employee. WLB in China has be... Read More about Employee perceptions of work-life balance and formal and informal approaches to work-life management: a case study of China's pharmaceutical sector.

Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom (2019)
Thesis
Plummer, R. C. (2019). Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414419

This study analyses and compares the nature and extent of employers’ demand for EU migrant workers in the food manufacturing and transportation and storage sectors in Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK). The research uses the theoretical framework pro... Read More about Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom.