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McBride, Anne. "Re-shaping trade union democracy : developing effective representation for women in UNISON." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1997. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3677/.
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The under-representation of women and over-representation of men in trade unions raises questions as to why it occurs, its consequences for women and how it can be overcome. This thesis engages with these questions. It indicates the dominant ideologies and institutions which underpin the dominant male model of trade unions and discusses strategies designed to change the 'rules of the game'. The creation of UNISON on 1st July 1993 provides a research site in which to study the extent to which trade union democracy can be deliberately re-shaped so as to reflect the interests of women. UNISON represents 1.3 million workers within the public service sector, two-thirds of whom are women. It has been the express intention of UNISON to achieve gender democracy through empowering its women members to participate in its representative structures. In particular, the adoption of three key principles in the rule book: proportionality for women, fair representation at all levels and self-organisation for four disadvantaged groups, is intended to have a significant impact on the nature of women's involvement in the union. This thesis contains extensive case study material collected within UNISON over a two year period, ending November 1995. It reveals the opportunities which the three rule book commitments provide for effective representation by women in UNISON. By excluding men so that women can take the majority of representative positions, proportionality and fair representation change the predominant values and beliefs of trade union democracy. By providing opportunities for women to determine their own agenda, in the absence of men, self-organisation challenges the ideology that union strength is based on unity and common interests. However, the dominant model of trade unionism is not being re-shaped without tension or resistance. This thesis argues that ideologies and institutions remain which prevent women's access to representative structures being translated into the discussion of women's concerns in UNISON's decision making arena. VII
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Ekström, Erik. "Implied Constraints for the Unison Presolver." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-175838.
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Unison is a compiler back-end that differs from traditional compiler approaches in that the compilation is carried out using constraint programming rather than greedy algorithms. The compilation problem is translated to a constraint model and then solved using a constraint solver, yielding an approach that has the potential of producing optimal code. Presolving is the process of strengthening a constraint model before solving, and has previously been shown to be effective in terms of the robustness and the quality of the generated code. This thesis presents an evaluation of different presolving techniques used in Unison’s presolver for deducing implied constraints. Such constraints are logical consequences of other constraints in the model and must therefore be fulfilled in any valid solution of the model. Two of the most important techniques for generating these constraints are reimplemented, aiming to reduce Unison’s dependencies on systems that are not free software. The reimplementation is shown to be successful with respect to both correctness and performance. In fact, while producing the same output a substantial performance increase can be measured indicating a mean speedup of 2.25 times compared to the previous implementation.Unison är kompilatorkomponent för generering av programkod. Unison skiljer sig från traditionella kompilatorer i den meningen att villkorsprogrammering används för kodgenerering i stället för giriga algoritmer. Med Unisons metodik modelleras kompileringsproblem i en villkorsmodell som därefter kan lösas av en villkorslösare. Detta gör att Unison har potentialen att generara optimal kod, något som traditionella kompilatorer vanligtvis inte gör. Tidigare forskning har visat att det går att öka Unisons möjligheter att generera högkvalitativ kod genom att härleda extra, implicerade, villkor från villkorsmodellen innan denna löses. Ett implicerat villkor är en logisk konsekvens av andra villkor i modellen och förstärker modellen genom att minska den tid som lösaren spenderar i återvändsgränder. Denna avhandling presenterar en utvärdering av olika tekniker för detektering av implicerade villkor i den villkorsmodell som används av Unison. Två av de mer effektiva teknikerna för detektering av dessa villkor har även omimplementerats, med syfte att minska Unisons beroenden på annan icke kostadsfri programvara. Denna omimplementation har visats inte bara vara korrekt, det vill säga generera samma resultat, utan också även väsentligt snabbare än den ursprungliga implementationen. Experiment utföra under arbetet med denna avhandling har påvisat en uppsnabbning (med avseende på exekveringstid) på i medeltal 2,25 gånger jämfört med den ursprungliga implementationen av dessa tekniker. Detta resultat gäller när båda implementationerna generar samma utdata givet samma indata.
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Haunch, Paul. "The position of blue-collar workers in UNISON : trade union merger and governance in the public services." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392552.
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Beatty, Rodger James. "Unison Canadian choral compositions, selection and analysis for schools." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0007/NQ41058.pdf.
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Karlström, Patrik. "A Systematic Approach to Automated Software Diversity Using Unison." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-232080.
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Unison is a tool that combines instruction scheduling and register allocation as a single combinatorial problem and solves it using constraint programming, which is a programming paradigm for systematically solving combinatorial problems. Automated software diversity is the process of automatically providing diverse executables in an effort to break so called gadgets, which are short instruction sequences that together make up an attack vector. Attacks that utilize gadgets rely heavily on the arrangement of the code in the executable. By providing a population of executables with equivalent functionality but different arrangements an adversary must construct a unique payload for each executable. The idea is to mount a proactive defense against adversaries and limit the reusability of each constructed payload. The results when using Unison to systematically generate diverse executables show that the number of possible pairwise distinct executables is often larger than 1000000, even for small functions (less than ten instructions). Using Unison to force the executables to differ in a particular way is simple to implement, only a handful lines of code. One strategy evaluated in the experiment resulted in that the most frequent gadget only appeared in 24% of versions, and 82% of the gadgets only appeared in one program version each. However, future work is required before anything consumer oriented can be evaluated, in part because Unison does not support the x86 architecture.Unison är ett verktyg som kombinerar instruktionsschemaläggning och registerallokering som ett enat kombinatoriskt problem och löser det med villkorsprogrammering, vilket är en programmeringsparadigm för att systematiskt lösa kombinatoriska problem. Automatiserad mjukvarumångfald innefattar att generera varierade exekverbara filer i en ansats att bryta så kallade gadgets, vilket är korta instruktionssekvenser som tillsammans utgör en attackvektor. Attacker som utnyttjar gadgets förlitar sig mycket på kodens interna struktur. Genom att generera en population av exekverbara filer med ekvivalent funktionalitet men strukturella skillnader så måste en motspelare konstruera en unik attack för varje exekverbara fil. Målet är att begränsa varje specifikt konstruerade attack till så få mål som möjligt och därmed bryta datasäkerhetens annars reaktiva karaktär. Att använda Unison för att systematisk generera varierade exekverbara filer visar att antalet möjliga, parvis distinkta exekverbara filer är ofta större än 1000000, även för små funktioner (mindre än 10 instruktioner). Att använda Unison för att tvinga de exekverbara filerna att skilja sig på specifika sätt är enkelt att implementera, bara en handfull rader kod. En utvärderad strategi i experimentet resulterade i att den gadget med högst frekvens återfanns i 24% av alla programversioner, och 82% av alla gadgets återfanns i endast en programversion var. Dock så krävs mer arbete innan något konsumentorienterat kan utvärderas, delvis för att Unison inte stödjer processorarkitekturen x86.
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El-Far, Naim R. "Unison: A generic framework for hapto-visual application development." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10841.
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Given the advancements in computer input and output via visual and auditory media, the next natural progression is to include the sense of touch via what is called haptic media. In this thesis, we review the evolution of auditory, visual, and haptic media since the 1940s, within the context of human-computer interaction, as a historical backdrop to our examination of current practices in hapto-visual application development. Assessing the fragmented, non-standardized development processes in use today to write hapto-visual applications, we try to find similarities and common denominators within the aforementioned processes, in order to come up with a generic framework that the application developer needs to be concerned only with, regardless of underlying technologies. In this work, we introduce Unison as a viable, extensible solution to standardize hapto-visual application development and detail its workings and implementation issues. We also present a scenario which has been used as a development tool for a hapto-visual e-commerce application, and conclude with suggestions for future work.
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Haunch, Paul. "Against the grain : the position of bluecollar workers in Unison : trade union merger and governance in the public services." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412663.
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Gibbs, Elizabeth Stephanie. "Unison, workplace learning and enhancing learning network theory : a case study." Thesis, Open University, 2011. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54229/.
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Following a review of the UK's long term skill requirements in 2006 (Leitch 2006), the government has been looking at ways to increase the UK's skills base through employer engagement in training and education. Trade unions and higher education institutions have had a vital role in this process through the establishment of a wide variety of collaborative projects aimed at enhancing basic, intermediate and higher skills. One example of such a partnership is the Learning Partnership Route (LPR) to Social Work qualification. Whilst a number of authors have detailed the role of trade unions in work-based learning partnerships with public sector organisations, including in social care (see, for example, Sutherland and Rainbird 2000), there is a shortage of academic literature relating specifically to UNISON's role in informal learning in these organisations. This research study uses a case study method applying a critical realist approach, to look in depth at one social care organisation in which the LPR was run. The key theory utilised for data analysis is the Learning Network Theory (LNT) (Poell et al 2000). The LNT is one theory which has been put forward to describe organisational learning in the literature and uses the actors, structures and processes to interpret and describe how learning is organised. The case study findings revealed how Unison's trusting relationship with the social care employer and their coherent notion of the concept of a learning organisation, enabled them to become involved in both formal and informal aspects of workplace learning. Evidence is also presented to critique and enhance the LNT, extending the LNT to incorporate the concepts of formal and informal learning.
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Håll, Jonas. "Den sociala sången : Unison sång i sociala relationer vid Uppsalas studentnationer." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för musikvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-313503.
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En stark tradition vid Uppsalas studentnationer är att hålla så kallade sittningar, det vill säga sittande middagar. På dessa sittningar har den unisona sången en stark ställning. I det här arbetet har jag utfört deltagarobservationer på tre olika sittningar vid tre olika studentnationer. Detta i syfte att öka kunskapen om den unisona sångens roll i sociala relationer. Genom att anlägga ett ANT-perspektiv (aktörs-nätverksteorin) har jag betraktat sången som en icke-mänsklig aktör bland de mänskliga aktörerna i ett nätverk där samtliga aktörer definieras av att de har agens, vilket innebär att de har en påverkande roll. Jag har sedan utifrån teoretiska utgångspunkter diskuterat kring aktörernas habitus och kapital. Min undersökning har visat att den unisona sångens roll utgör en central del i studenternas socialisationsprocess och hur den unisona sången och sittningsdeltagarna interagerar med varandra.
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Föger, Niko. "Costimulatory function of CD44 : acting in unison with the T cell receptor." kostenfrei, 2000. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-1186.
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Persson, Martin. "Evaluating Unison's Speedup Estimation : An experimental study of the estimated speedup of code generated by Unison for the Hexagon DSP." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-210647.
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Unison is a code generator integrated into the LLVM compilation chain which solves the problem of instruction scheduling and register allocation in conjunction as a constraint optimization problem, producing possibly optimal code. The solution from LLVM of the very same problem acts as a baseline for the code generated by Unison, and along with an improved version of the code is an estimation of the speedup compared to the baseline given by Unison.This thesis investigates the accuracy of this estimation for the Hexagon v4 DSP by executing the code produced by LLVM and Unison on a simulation platform. The results show that the estimations is not accurate, but there is a strong correlation between the given estimation and the observed speedup. The main reason for inaccuracy is hardware stalls of which the code produced by Unison suffers more of compared to the code produced by LLVM.Unison är en kodgenerator integrerad i LLVMs kompileringskedja som löser problemen med instruktionsschemaläggning och registerallokering tillsammans som ett optimeringsproblem, vilket möjligen resulterar i optimal kod. Lösningen av LLVM för samma problem agerar måttstock för koden som Unison genererar, och tillsammans med en förbättrad version av koden ger Unison ifrån sig en uppskattning om hur mycket snabbare dess kod är.Den här avhandligen undersöker precisionen för denna uppskattning för Hexagon v4 DSP genom exekvering av kod producerad av LLVM och Unison på en simuleringsplattform. Resultaten visar att upskattningen är oriktig, men att det är en stark korrelation mellan en given uppskattning och observerad förbättring. Den största orsaken till felaktigheter i uppskattningen beror på uppehåll i hårdvaran, vilket kod från Unison lider mer av jämfört med kod från LLVM.
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Thacker, Gary W., Peter C. Ellsworth, Leon Moore, and Jack Combs. "Cotton Producers Working in Unison: The Multi-Component IPM Program in Marana, AZ." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/209636.
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Cotton growers in Pima County, Arizona are working together to implement a community-wide Integrated Pest Management program. Participation is voluntary; and is unanimous in at least some components of the program. The IPM program employs many control components aimed at the pink bollworm, the principle cotton insect pest in the area. Growers time the deployment of the control components to act in unison throughout the community. Insecticide applications in the area have trended downward since the program began in 1991, indicating that we are making progress toward our goal of reducing the reliance on pesticides.
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Park, Tae-ju. "In and beyond the workplace : the search for articulated trade unionism in UNISON." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325823.
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Almgren, Mikael. "Evaluation and Implementation of Dominance Breaking Presolving Techniques in the Unison Compiler Back-End." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-175835.
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Constraint-based compiler back-ends use constraint programming to solve some of the translation stages that a compiler back-end typically is constructed of. Using constraint programming enables the compiler to generate optimal target code that is faster and more robust compared to code generated by a traditional compiler back-end. With constraint programming, problems are modeled and automatically solved by a constraint solver. A method to make the solving less time-consuming is presolving. Presolving derives new information about a problem that can be applied to its model before the actual solving. This thesis focuses on evaluating a set of dominance breaking presolving techniques in a constraint-based compiler back-end. A dominance relation in constraint programming is two assignments that are in some sense equivalent. Based on the evaluation some of the presolving techniques are re-implemented in an open source constraint-solving toolkit, to remove dependencies on proprietary, but commonly available, systems inside the constraint-based compiler. The re-implemented techniques show similar or better performance than the original implementations of the techniques. In the best case, the re-implemented techniques shows an efficiency increase of 50 % compared to the original implementations.Villkorsprogrammeringsbaserade kompilatorer använder villkorsprogrammering för att lösa vissa delar av översättningsprocessen som en traditionell kompilator-back-end typisk är konstruerad av. Genom användningen av villkorsprogrammering kan kompilatorn generera kod som är optimal och snabbare än kod genererad av en traditionell kompilatorback- end. Med villkorsprogrammering modelleras problem som sedan löses automatiskt av en constraint solver. En metod för att göra lösningsprocessen mindre tidskrävande är presolving. Presolving härleder ny information om ett problem och adderar informationen till problemets modell innan det löses. Denna masteravhandling evaluerar en grupp av dominansbrytande presolving-tekniker i en villkorsprogrammeringsbaserad kompilator. Baserat på denna utvärdering är några av dessa tekniker om-implementerade i ett open source villkorsprogrammerings-toolkit för att ta bort beroenden av proprietära, men tillgängliga, system. De om-implementerade teknikerna har samma eller bättre effekt som originalimplementationerna. I det bästa fallet visar om-implementationerna en effektivitetsökning på 50 % jämfört med originalimplementationen.
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Humphrey, Jill C. "Self-organisation within the British trade union movement." Thesis, University of Essex, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243352.
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Gasperini, Marco. "Sincronizzazione e condivisione di file system tra sistemi operativi." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2010. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/1432/.
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La necessità di sincronizzare i propri dati si presenta in una moltitudine di situazioni,
infatti il numero di dispositivi informatici a nostra disposizione è in continua crescita e,
all' aumentare del loro numero, cresce l' esigenza di mantenere aggiornate le multiple
copie dei dati in essi memorizzati.
Vi sono diversi fattori che complicano tale situazione, tra questi la varietà sempre maggiore
dei sistemi operativi utilizzati nei diversi dispositivi, si parla di Microsoft Windows,
delle tante distribuzioni Linux, di Mac OS X, di Solaris o di altri sistemi operativi UNIX,
senza contare i sistemi operativi più orientati al settore mobile come Android.
Ogni sistema operativo ha inoltre un modo particolare di gestire i dati, si pensi alla
differente gestione dei permessi dei file o alla sensibilità alle maiuscole.
Bisogna anche considerare che se gli aggiornamenti dei dati avvenissero soltanto su di
uno di questi dispositivi sarebbe richiesta una semplice copia dei dati aggiornati sugli
altri dispositivi, ma che non è sempre possibile utilizzare tale approccio.
Infatti i dati vengono spesso aggiornati in maniera indipendente in più di un dispositivo,
magari nello stesso momento, è pertanto necessario che le applicazioni che si occupano di
sincronizzare tali dati riconoscano le situazioni di conflitto, nelle quali gli stessi dati sono
stati aggiornati in più di una copia ed in maniera differente, e permettano di risolverle,
uniformando lo stato delle repliche.
Considerando l' importanza e il valore che possono avere i dati, sia a livello lavorativo
che personale, è necessario che tali applicazioni possano garantirne la sicurezza, evitando
in ogni caso un loro danneggiamento, perchè sempre più spesso il valore di un dispositivo
dipende più dai dati in esso contenuti che dal costo dello hardware.
In questa tesi verranno illustrate alcune idee alternative su come possa aver luogo la
condivisione e la sincronizzazione di dati tra sistemi operativi diversi, sia nel caso in cui
siano installati nello stesso dispositivo che tra dispositivi differenti.
La prima parte della tesi descriverà nel dettaglio l' applicativo Unison.
Tale applicazione, consente di mantenere sincronizzate tra di loro repliche dei dati, memorizzate
in diversi dispositivi che possono anche eseguire sistemi operativi differenti.
Unison funziona a livello utente, analizzando separatamente lo stato delle repliche al
momento dell' esecuzione, senza cioè mantenere traccia delle operazioni che sono state
effettuate sui dati per modificarli dal loro stato precedente a quello attuale.
Unison permette la sincronizzazione anche quando i dati siano stati modificati in maniera
indipendente su più di un dispositivo, occupandosi di risolvere gli eventuali conflitti che
possono verificarsi rispettando la volontà dell' utente.
Verranno messe in evidenza le strategie utilizzate dai suoi ideatori per garantire la sicurezza
dei dati ad esso affidati e come queste abbiano effetto nelle più diverse condizioni.
Verrà poi fornita un' analisi dettagiata di come possa essere utilizzata l' applicazione,
fornendo una descrizione accurata delle funzionalità e vari esempi per renderne più chiaro
il funzionamento.
Nella seconda parte della tesi si descriverà invece come condividere file system tra sistemi
operativi diversi all' interno della stessa macchina, si tratta di un approccio diametralmente
opposto al precedente, in cui al posto di avere una singola copia dei dati, si
manteneva una replica per ogni dispositivo coinvolto.
Concentrando l' attenzione sui sistemi operativi Linux e Microsoft Windows verranno
descritti approfonditamente gli strumenti utilizzati e illustrate le caratteristiche tecniche
sottostanti.
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Plašil, Petr. "Výpočtová analýza tuhosti rozváděcího mechanizmu turbodmychadla." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-230761.
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This diploma thesis deals about possibilites of using stiffness analysis in Multi body system ADAMS with Flexible bodies and its correlation with finite element method in ANSYS. There is also comparison between Multi body analysis and optical measurement test. In the beginning there is also dealing about turbochargers and ways of their regulation.
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Bridgford, J. "French trade unions and the union of the left." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234393.
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Himarios, Jane Smith. "Determinants of labor union members' satisfaction with their unions." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53531.
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This study investigates the determinants of union members' satisfaction with their unions. Two theories of member satisfaction are formulated. In the first, satisfaction is hypothesized to be a function of specific union performances. The second theory relates satisfaction to the relationship between unions and their members. Constitutional procedures, in addition to performance, are the predicted determinants of satisfaction.
A set of variables measuring union performance in various areas thought to be important to union members is constructed to test the first theory. In the second theory, labor union constitutions are viewed as explicit contracts between unions and their members, and various constitutional provisions are quantified and used as a set of satisfaction determinants.
Performance variables are found to be the primary determinants of satisfaction, explaining the majority of the measured variation in satisfaction.
The constitutional variables cannot be ignored, however, because when they are combined with performance variables they do contribute significantly, in a statistical sense, to the explanatory power of the union satisfaction model.
It appears that constitutional "contracts" which specify officer removal and officer election procedures do help to solve union members' agency problems and thus increase their satisfaction with their unions.Ph. D.
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Pazour, Martin. "Analýza odvalování rolny na čepu turbodmýchadla." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-230482.
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The subject of the diploma thesis is a description of movement of a roller which is a part of turbocharger. The diploma thesis is created in cooperation of the research department of Honeywell in Brno. The thesis consists of review concerning operating of turbochargers and possibilities of solving contact problems. Then static and dynamic conditions in contact are treated in the following part. Contact pressures are generated using numerical simulation in Ansys software. In the conclusion sizes and coefficients of friction which are recommended as the most suitable to achieve minimal wear of the components in contact.
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Oh, Wonsun. "Craft versus industrial unions : union organization within the work place." Connect to resource, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1262877143.
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Tai, Hsiao-Hui. "The transition of trade unions in Taiwan : from paternalistic autonomy to responsibility for collective union and non-union representation." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2017. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3545/.
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Paternalistic employment relations have been a tradition supported by the government in Taiwan whilst trade unions were brought in to support political development and economic growth. The government promulgated a ‘harmony culture’ in order to control employment relations, and in the 1980s set up the campaign of the ‘factory as one family, factory as one school’ to encourage employers to inculcate paternalistic beliefs in their employees’ everyday working lives. Authority, benevolence and morality, the characteristics of paternalistic management, make workers docile and loyal to management and stunt the sense of collective identity. This qualitative research selects one primary case, a privatised enterprise SteelCo and its union Steel-U, to conduct participant observation, in-depth interviews with union officers, labour representatives and management, surveys of union members, and documentary analysis of official documents and meeting minutes. One supplementary case is a state-owned enterprise SugarCo with its union Sugar-U; this mainly involved in-depth interviews with union representatives and limited access to some documents. Corporate trade unions take advantage of the paternalistic tradition to gradually develop their organisations as recognised by employers. Implementing nonunion representation is a practice of paternalistic ideology, offering trade unions another platform on which to work with management. Workers identify both themselves and the trade union as parts of the enterprise family rather than seeing the union as an agent of collectivity. The union has to be a service provider offering welfare and benefits to attract members before triggering any mobilisation. To conclude, paternalism has helped corporate trade unions to establish themselves in state-owned and privatised workplaces, and empowered trade unions to engage legitimately, effectively and autonomously in workplace affairs. To revitalise themselves from the paternalistic ideology, trade unions are expected to take the route of partnering unionism with the manipulation of nonunion representation in a top-down process of shaping labour’s collective identity.
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Lee, Fa-Hsien. "Trade unions and privatisation in Taiwan : a case study of the railway union." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55757/.
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This thesis explores Taiwanese privatisation in the context of global neo-liberalisation. It is a study of the relationship between the state, capital and trade unions in relation to privatisation and the policy-making process in Taiwan and the Taiwan Railway in particular. It pays attention to exploring the three dimensions: first, how the state plays its role in the privatisation process second, what private capital does in order to extend its financial interests and third, whether trade unions have capacity to shape privatisation policies. The thesis draws upon extensive fieldwork that took place in Taiwan and the Taiwanese railway industry in particular between May 2005 and November 2007. It documents how Taiwanese public sector unions, dependent on the party-state system, sought to transform themselves into independent unions during the period of privatisation. Using qualitative and participant observation methods, including semi- structured interviews, fieldnote taking, and documentary analysis, this thesis provides, for the first time first-hand, rich, deep, holistic and contextual data on issues that had previously been hidden from public debate. These are discussed and analysed with particular reference to British and former Soviet Union's experience in the context of privatisation. Although the research was explicitly located in the context of Taiwan and the Taiwan Railway, it is hoped that it has more general significance. Taiwan's experience, until now neglected in debates on privatisation, could extend contemporary debates on the topic especially in relation to the various roles of the state, capital and trade unions. In particular, it raises for discussion the finding that under certain circumstances, instead of being marginalised by privatisation, certain trade unions could gain strong bargaining capacity, weakening the role of the state and private capital, and significantly shaping the policy process.
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Obel, Camilla. "Unions, Leagues and Franchises: The Social Organisation of Rugby Union in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/914.
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The thesis analyses the amateur game of rugby union by focussing upon the struggles for control between national and local unions and players. Using historical material and interviews with administrators, current players in the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, and Canterbury, a local provincial union, I show how the game of rugby union consolidated as the national game. I follow these actors through the shift to a global professional game sponsored by television networks and show how the local advantages in the New Zealand game come to be reconfigured in this context.
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Egan, Noomi. "Communicating the Union: an examination of how three trade unions communicate with youth." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21205.
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This thesis examines how trade unions are meeting the two-fold challenge of a fall in youth unionisation and a changed media usage amongst youth. The researcher attempts to answer this question by examining how three different trade unions (Sveriges Ingenjörer, SI, Kommunal and Hotell och Restaurang facket, HRF) are communicating with a younger generation for the purpose of recruiting them. The thesis is based on a theoretical framework derived from communications theories and practices specifically aimed at youth, as well as theories about union recruitment strategies, civic engagement and the logic of collective action (since unions represent collective interests). The researcher has applied a qualitative approach where the thesis rests on in-depth interviews with different respondents. The findings of the thesis reveal that all the unions have started to face up to the challenge of falling youth unionisation (by applying the advice put forward in literature on youth and health communications, and union recruitment literature). However, the findings note that the unions have applied the advice to varying extent, with Sveriges Ingenjörer being furthest ahead. In addition, the findings illustrate that the unions seem to be responding to the challenge of a changing media usage amongst youth. Yet, the researcher believes that the unions might do well in exploring a more participatory style of communication, since youth today have started to expect a higher degree of participation in their communication online. The findings also highlight that both Kommunal and HRF seem to be facing tougher challenges than Sveriges Ingenjörer in communicating with youth for the purposes of recruiting them because of differences between the sectors the unions organise.Finally, the findings reveal that the unions communicate with youth in accordance with Olson’s theory of logic of collective action (Congleton, 2015), which highlights that individuals will only join a union if there is an individual gain to offset the union fee.
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Bairstow, Samantha Jane. "'Outing the unions' : sexual identity, membership diversity and the British trade union movement." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416229.
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Recent years have seen British trade unions regain some of the membership and influence lost during the 1980s and 1990s. During the same period, sexual orientation activism and other 'new' social movements have become increasingly prominent on the world stage. This thesis is an empirical examination of British unions' responses to the issues, concerns and priorities of lesbian and gay workers seeking to further their agendas through collective action. In response to the paucity of academic research in this area, this thesis presents an analysis of six unions' attempts to organise and represent diverse lesbian and gay interests within class-focused bureaucratic structures. Establishing a context for this study, the thesis considers historical and contemporary accounts of union organisation, the fusion of class with status-based identities and examples of gender, 'race' and disability action within British trade unions. Through interviews with key actors, the research uncovers the existence of separate 'safe spaces' for lesbian and gay organisation, structures connecting action to 'mainstream' activities, and top-down initiatives designed to promote acceptance of organisational diversity. This thesis examines anticipated 'pockets of resistance' within the unions to sexuality action, but finds the bureaucratic and hierarchic nature of union organisation a larger barrier to the effectiveness of action than any internal opposition. The need to recognise intra-group diversity and the dangers of centralised 'servicing' to the unions' future plans are discussed, in light of contemporary trends towards workplace organisation, partnership and the requirement to address members' heterogeneous needs, as are the questions such an analysis raises for conceptualisations of democratic practice. Through the examination of the unions' organisation of sexual minorities, this thesis refines and extends Kelly's (1998) mobilisation theory and presents an alternative framework of trade union action as 'mobilisation within mobilisation'. It closes by considering the implications for both social movements and continued union 'renewal' of organised labour's attempts to negotiate 'the bigger picture'.
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Fischer, Sylvia. "Dass Hämmer und Herzen synchron erschallen. Erkundungen zu Heimat in Literatur und Film der DDR der 50er und 60er Jahre.May hammers and hearts ring out in unison. Exploring Heimat in GDR literature and film of the 1950s and 1960s." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406068794.
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Bagci, Abdullah. "Application Of Total Quality Management In Teacher Unions From The Perspectives Of Union Members." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611116/index.pdf.
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APPLICATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN TEACHER UNIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF UNION MEMBERS
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M.S., Department of Educational Administration and Planning
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hasan SimSek
September 2009, 123 pages
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the functioning of teacher unions and provide feedback to union managements, members of the unions, teachers, academics and education officials concerning TQM applications in teacher unions by investigating the implementation degree of TQM principles in teacher unions in Ankara. Several studies have been done on the implementation of TQM in the field of education mainly for state/private schools and state/private universitiesnevertheless, no researches have been carried out regarding TQM applications in teacher unions which is an important stakeholder in Turkish education system with more than 400.000 members. A Total Quality Management Questionnaire was developed by the researcher based on the existing literature on basic TQM principles to be applied to union members in state schools in Ankara. Descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the data obtained. The results revealed no difference between Egitim-Sen and Tü
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perceptions concerning the application of 38 TQM proposals in their unions. However, Mann-Whitney U results yielded significant differences on the application of 16 TQM proposals included in the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics results also revealed that more than half of the union members were not aware whether the TQM proposals were applied in their unions or not and about 40% of the members participated in the study perceive that TQM principles are implemented in their unions. Keywords: Total Quality Management, Teacher Unions, Egitim-Sen and Tü
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Parodi, G. "Microeconomic approach to the analysis of trade unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress." Thesis, University of York, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356151.
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Badinger, Harald, and Kemal Türkcan. "Currency unions, export margins, and product differentiation: an empirical assessment for European Monetary Union." Wiley, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roie.12094.
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This paper reconsiders the trade effects of the euro, providing a decomposition into its effects on the extensive margin and intensive margin. Furthermore, it relates the more disaggregated estimates for 93 two-digit HS product groups to the elasticity of substitution, thereby testing a key hypothesis of recent trade theory. The estimates for the period 1996-2011 suggest a trade effect of the euro of some 28 percent, which has mainly materialized through the intensive margin. For several product groups, we find a negative net effect of the euro on the extensive margin, supporting anecdotal evidence that firms have consolidated their product varieties in response to the elimination of exchange rate variability. Finally, the disaggregated estimates are in line with recent trade theory, suggesting that a large elasticity of substitution dampens the effect of a trade cost reduction on the extensive margin and amplifies its effect on the intensive margin.
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Mavrikiou, Petros Andreas. "Aspects of European economic integration : the single market and the single currency." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23724.
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This paper considers two major issues in the evolution of the European Union, the Single Market and the Single Currency. The first chapter deals with the projected effects of the 1992 Programme, and the second chapter deals with the collapse of the Exchange Rate Mechanism of the European Monetary System and examines the prospects for European Monetary Union given this collapse. The third chapter revolves around the concept of Central Banking under Monetary Union and focuses on the European Monetary Institute and the European System of Central Banks. Chapter four presents data regarding the progress of the European Union towards the target of the Single Currency, as well as other macroeconomic indicators.
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Forsén, Sven Johan Richard. "Investigating Swedish Trade Unions’ Labor Market Preferences: the role of union member labor market risk exposure and the white-collar/blue-collar union divide." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-380569.
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In the literature on the emergence of the welfare state, the strength of trade unions and the organized working class is often touted as the primary driving force behind the welfare state project. Furthermore, much of the previous literature has tended to assume union homogeneity across countries, federations, industries and professions. What is conspicuously lacking from the current political science literature is a systematic analysis of real-world trade unions’ choice of labor market advocacy focus. Using a qualitative approach and studying both published union material as well as conducting a number of elite interviews with high-level union officials, this thesis studies the degree to which Swedish trade unions’ labor market policy preferences are defined by the union members’ labor market risk exposure and whether the union adheres to white-collar or blue-collar unionism. While the conclusions indeed suggest that labor market risk and blue-collar/white-collar unionism do have a systematic impact on cartain aspects of trade unions’ labor market advocacy, future “large N” studies utilizing alternative methodological approaches will be required to draw more easily generalizable conclusions.
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Brown, Karen M. "Trade union international solidarity, exploring the uneven development of grassroots solidarity funds within Canadian unions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0018/MQ49323.pdf.
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Lohe, Tanya. "The changing legitimate ambit of the union movement : politics, trade unions and the new assault /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arl833.pdf.
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Wildeman, Russell Andrew. "Trade union reaction to privatisation : the case of the congress of South African trade unions." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52037.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The assignment examines the policy positions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on restructuring and privatisation. The assignment's theoretical point of departure is found in the work of Levitsky and Way (1998). Levitsky and Way (1998) examines the alliance between a political party and its labour ally in the context of neo-liberal economic reform. The context is usually a political party that has come to power with the aid of a powerful trade union federation. The authors are interested in establishing if the party-union alliance would be sustained if the political party embarks on drastic economic reforms that have the potential to undermine trade union federations. The two cases that are investigated are Poland and Argentina, because in both these cases, a political party has been swept into power with the aid of a powerful trade union federation. Against the background of neo-liberal economic reforms, both trade union federations initially supported the economic reforms. In the medium and long term however, labour defected from the alliance in Poland, whereas the alliance was sustained in Argentina despite the enormous costs to workers. Levitsky and Way (1998) then posit a number of material and institutional factors that explain both the initial convergence and the later divergence between the two test cases. The factors that are included in this framework are social linkages, party strength, leadership overlap, union competition and the degree of autonomy from either party leadership or the rank-and-file. These factors are hypothesised to explain the policy positions and behaviour of the trade union federation. It is this theoretical framework, which will be tested to establish if the framework permits enough conceptual leverage to explain the past and present policy positions of COSATU on privatisation. These factors have been given prominence because of its actual bearing on the status of the alliance relationship. The present study will therefore be using these factors of the framework, and barring one exception, it will be conceptualised in the same way. The second component of the study is to use the South African National Opinion Leader Survey of 1997/98 to study the actual attitudes and opinions of COSATU leaders on a range of privatisation issues. The survey is going to be used to determine if there is any degree of continuity between formal congress resolutions and the attitudes of COSATU leaders in the survey. This is also an indirect way of verifying the ideological loyalty of leaders to the official positions of the trade union federation. The second question returns to the alliance relationship by examining differences, if any between COSATU and ANC leaders on privatisation related issues. Factor analysis is used to build two indexes, namely a "privatisation index" and a "gear index." An interesting finding from the data is the relatively greater policy cohesion amongst COSATU leaders. These results permit speculations that do not necessarily indicate an imminent breaking up of the alliance, but rather continued discussions with possibly various policy compromises by COSATU and the ANC.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die werkstuk ondersoek die beleidsposisie van die Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) oor herstrukturering en privatisering in Suid Afrika. Die werkstuk se teoretiese uitgangspunt word in die werk van Levitsky en Way gevind (1998). Hierdie skrywers ondersoek die alliansie tussen 'n politieke party en sy arbeidsvennoot in die konteks van neo-liberale ekonomiese hervorming. Die konteks is 'n politieke party wat aan bewind gekom het met die steun van 'n kragtige vakbondfederasie. Die skrywers wil vas stel of die party-vakbond-alliansie sal voortgaan wanneer die politieke party drastiese ekonomiese hervorming aanpak wat die potensiaal het om vakbond federasies te ondermyn. Twee gevalle, naamlik Pole en Argentinië word ondersoek. In albei gevalle het die regerende politieke party aan bewind gekom met die hulp van die vakbond federasie. Teen hierdie agtergrond van neo-liberale hervorming het albei vakbond federasies in Pole en Argentinië aanvanklik die proses gesteun. Gedurende hierdie tydperk het vakbonde in Pole weggebreek van die alliansie, terwyl die alliansie in Argentinië ten spyte van die groot koste vir die werkers voortgesit was. Levitsky en Way (1998) verskaf 'n aantal materiële en institusionele faktore wat die aanvanklike samevloeiing en die latere uiteenvloeiing in hul twee voorbeelde kan verduidelik. Die faktore wat in die ontleding gebruik word is sosiale verbindinge, partysterkte, leierskap oorvleueling, vakbond kompetisie en outonomie van of party leierskap en gewone werkers. Volgens die skrywers se hipotese sal hierdie faktore die beleidsposisies van die vakbond federasie verklaar. Dit is hierdie teoretiese raamwerk wat in die studie gebruik word. Daar word gepoog om vas te stel of hierdie raamwerk genoegsame konseptuele reikwydte het om COSATU se privatiserings beleid te verduidelik. Die tweede komponent van die studie is die gebruik van die Suid Afrikaanse Nasionale Menings Opname van 1997/98. Dit word gebruik om die houdings en die opinies van COSATU leiers oor n breë spektrum van privatiserings kwessies te ondersoek. Die doel is om vas te stel of daar enige graad van kontinuïteit tussen formele kongres resolusies en houdings van COSATU leiers bestaan. Dit is ook 'n manier om die "ideologiese getrouheid" van COSATU leiers te verifieer. Tweedens word daar teruggekeer na die alliansie verhouding deur die verskille tussen ANC en COSATU leiers betreffende privatiserings verwante kwessies te ondersoek. Faktor ontleding word gebruik om twee indekse te bou, naamlik 'n "Privatiserings indeks" en 'n "Gear-indeks". Interessante bevindinge wat dui op 'n groter beleidskohesie by Cosatu-meningsvormers as by ANC-meningsvormers kom na vore. Na aanleiding van bogenoemde model word daar gespekuleer dat hierdie meningspatrone nie noodwendig op 'n uiteenval van die alliansie dui nie, maar eerder op voortgesette gesprekke met verskeie beleidskompromisse by Cosatu sowel as die ANC-leierskap.
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Goth, P. J. "Issues in credit union corporate governance : a comparative analysis of Canadian and irish credit unions." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419436.
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Smale, Robert George. "Trade union identities and the role of niche unionism : exploring contemporary United Kingdom trade unions." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2017. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/trade-union-identities-and-the-role-of-niche-unionism(1f450289-63f8-45ad-9467-70c0b539611b).html.
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This thesis explores three closely related questions in order to further the understanding of contemporary United Kingdom trade unionism and make an original contribution to knowledge. The first relates to understanding the distinct identities which trade unions project in the public domain. The second relates to those trade unions that display what will be called a niche union identity in order to organise a sector of the labour market, and which are therefore axiomatically not general in character. The third relates to what will be called niche unionism, which is a broader concept incorporating those unions that seek to organise niches through sectionalised structures. The work both acknowledges extant literature and advances knowledge in the field of industrial relations, and draws upon contributions from other disciplines where these inform the intellectual discussion. It is argued that existing theoretical approaches are inadequate for understanding the identities projected by contemporary UK Certified trade unions, and that the concept of niche in relation to trade unions has received minimal consideration in industrial relations literature. Therefore it is argued that a new conceptual framework is required. The methodological approach adopted was empirical pragmatism, with data being collected using mixed methods. The work was limited to certified unions operating within the United Kingdom and to data collected between October 2008 and August 2015. The work makes an original contribution to knowledge by introducing a multidimensional framework for the analysis of trade union identities based upon a limited number of ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ sources that determine the territories within which unions organise, together with certain ‘additional’ sources. This framework then facilitates the recognition of both niche union identity and the practice of niche unionism.
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Hur, Chan Y. "Trade unions and productivity: the impact of union presence on labour productivity in Korean manufacturing." Thesis, Aston University, 1991. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10879/.
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This thesis examines the theoretical and empirical relationship between trade unions and productivity in the Korean auto and cement manufacturing industries, during the 1980s. It challenges the tenets of the existing debate by stressing the contingent nature of this relationship. In particular this thesis pinpoints inadequacies of econometric analysis as the only method of judging this association between union presence and productivity, because this ignores national and historical industrial relations contexts. Moreover, the polarity between positive and negative views of trade union influences on productivity is seen as needlessly limited, failing as it does to consider the full context of labour-management dynamics within the employment relationship. Empirically, this thesis focuses on the unionism and productivity during two contrasting political periods: the first a time of constraint on union action and the second a period of relative freedom. It examines these periods using a full range of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Of particular significant is the inclusion of attitude surveys of the relationship between the presence of unions and productivity conducted amongst workers, managers and trade union officials. The broad conclusion of the thesis is a rejection of the validity of continuing to examine the relationship between trade unions and productivity without locating this within national and historical industrial relations contexts.
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Rubushe, Melikaya. "Trade union investment schemes: a blemish on the social movement unionism outlook of South African unions?" Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003119.
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South African trade unions affiliated to Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) have taken advantage of the arrival of democracy and newly found opportunities available through Black Economic Empowerment to venture into the world of business by setting up their own investment companies. The declared desire behind these ventures was to break the stranglehold of white capital on the economy and to extend participation in the economic activities of the country to previously disadvantaged communities. Using the National Union of Mineworkers and the Mineworkers’ Investment Company as case studies, this dissertation seeks to determine whether unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) are advancing the struggle for socialism through their investment schemes. Secondly, the dissertation determines whether, in the activities of the schemes, internal democracy is preserved and strengthened. The theoretical framework of this dissertation emerges from arguments advanced by Lenin and Gramsci on the limitations of trade unions in terms of their role in the struggle against capitalism. In addition, the argument draws on the assertions by Michels regarding the proneness of trade union leadership to adopt oligarchic tendencies in their approach to leadership. Of interest is how, according to Gramsci, trade unions are prone to accepting concessions from the capitalist system that renders them ameliorative rather than transformative. Drawing from Michels’ ‘iron law of oligarchy’, the thesis examines whether there is space for ordinary members of the unions to express views on the working of the union investment companies. By looking at the extent to which the investment initiatives of the companies mirror the preferences of the ordinary members of the unions, one can determine the level of disjuncture between the two. The study relies on data collected through interviews and documentary material. Interviews provide first-hand knowledge of how respondents experience the impact of the investment schemes. This provides a balanced analysis given that documents reflect policy stances whereas interviews provide data on whether these have the stated impact. What the study shows is a clear absence of space for ordinary members to directly influence the workings of union investment companies. It is also established that, in their current form, the schemes operate more as a perpetuation of the capitalist logic than offering an alternative system.
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Cowgill, Kyler. "Local Teacher Unions and Their Relations with Their Members in a Context of Anti-Union Policies." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1606067396276884.
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Kgapola, Leslie Seth. "Trade unions service level and member satisfaction." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62678.
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Trade unions are juristic entities and volitional associations that have, historically and ideologically, represented the aggregate strength of labour to maximise their effectiveness in their endeavour to fulfil their core responsibilities and principal functions. However, Ceronie (2007) postulates that, in South Africa, there has been a loss of ideological support for unions since the dawn of democracy. The establishment of the democracy had the effect that a huge driving gear to belong to a union was lost. The mandate of trade unions is to, inter alia, protect, maintain, and improve the working conditions of their members. They fulfil this mandate by ensuring that they offer services that meet, if not exceed, members' satisfaction levels. Trade unions ultimately exist to protect both the work- and non-work-related interest of their members, whether these be economic, social, political, or environmental (Venter, 2003). Nel et al. (2005) asseverate that trade unions are membership organisations: They exist because of their members, they are made up of members, they serve their members' interest, and they are governed by their members. That is, they derive their authority and mandate from the members. Therefore, trade union are service providers. They must give employees enough reason to become attracted to them as members and to remain members. Simply put, trade unions, as the embodiment of workers' aspirations, owe a duty of care to their members, and thus should at all times, act in their best interests. Thus, the kind and quality of services offered by trade unions should be perceived by members as sufficient and satisfactory. Highly satisfied and committed union members are more likely to support and participate in trade union activities. Trade unions, like any other organisation that provides services, are faced with challenges of membership decline due to perceived poor services or the lack thereof, and are therefore required to devise remedial measures to mitigate the membership decline. Against the backdrop of the foregoing, the aim of the study was to examine if there is a relationship between the quality of services and benefits offered by unions to their members and member satisfaction. The sample comprised members of the three major unions within the public service of South Africa. Using the quantitative paradigm, primary empirical data were collected by distributing 500 questionnaires, which yielded a 48.9% response rate. Data were analysed using the SPSS Statistics 23 software program. The questionnaire was valid and reliable, with an overall scale reliability coefficient of α = .975. The findings revealed moderate levels of member satisfaction (56%) with low dissatisfaction (16%), and a significantly high participation rate in union activities (61%), and union effectiveness (80%). That is, the findings revealed that members were generally satisfied with their unions' performance. The findings affirm union instrumentality, union effectiveness, and member participation as antecedents of union commitment, and also confirm unions' performance and effectiveness as significant determinants of members' satisfaction with a union. Therefore, in a quest to maintain and/or increase their relevance, trade unions must examine their current services and benefits, in order to determine whether they still meet their members' preferences, and, if not, to develop and provide a new service mix that will not only appeal to unionised members, but will also attract non-unionised workers.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Eisele, Simon [Verfasser]. "What do unions do to work design? Technology, union presence, and tayloristic jobs in Britain / Simon Eisele." Paderborn : Universitätsbibliothek, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1187830356/34.
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Mikkonen, Simo. "From the Cultural Revolution to the Creative Unions. Organizing Music in the Soviet Union in the 1930s." Bärenreiter Verlag, 2012. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72019.
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Jones, John D. (John David). "Social-structural and Election Level Determinants of the Outcome of Union Certification Elections, 1981-1990." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332495/.
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The purpose of this research is to identify major factors that can be used to explain and predict the process of growth in union membership as represented by union victories in certification elections. The emphasis of this research is on organization and social-structural level factors. The logistic regression procedure reveals that organization level variables are most significant in explaining union victories in certification elections. Among the organization level variables, Unit Size, as defined by the NLRB, is the most significant variable in each year of the study and across all industrial classifications.
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Palm, Johanna. "There is power in a union : Trade union organization, union membership and union activity in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-145563.
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This thesis investigates what factors affect union organization and, to some degree, union activity in the face of declining union density in the majority of Western countries. Union structures have been changing in recent decades, not only in terms of declining membership but also because women and white-collar workers are becoming a more stable part of the membership base, whereas previously highly organized groups, such as blue-collar workers, are in decline. The point of departure for this thesis is that union density changes must be understood on several different levels. Thus, we must investigate changing union density in light of changing institutional settings, changing labour market structures and changing norms and values on the individual level. The thesis consists of three empirical studies investigating union density changes and union activity in Sweden, and an introductory chapter that develops the theoretical and empirical (historical) background. The empirical studies investigate: (1) whether and how the influence of various aspects of class and ideology on union organization have changed over time, (2) the effect of structural change on union density increase and decline, and(3) what factors influence different attitudes towards industrial action among Swedish employees. Results show that union density decline in Sweden since the mid-1990s cannot be explained by any forceful shifts in the labour market structure or individuals’ opinions and/or attitudes related to trade unions to any significant degree. Union density decline in Sweden is of a general nature. However, an increasing divergence in union density across various categories of employees, including, e.g., private-sector vs. public-sector employees, young vs. older employees, employees of foreign origin vs. employees of Swedish origin, and the atypically employed vs. employees with standardized employment, is observed. Moreover, previously strong predictors of union membership, including class identity, ideology, sector of employment and type of employment contract, are in decline, but they still influence union organization and attitudes towards industrial action.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Submitted. Paper 3: Submitted.
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Jones, Lammy. "Scotland's Nordic unionists : from union to union?" Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2016. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/30186/.
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Scotland’s Future, The Scottish Government’s guide to independence proposed cooperation with the Nordic Council amongst multiple external relations objectives, a continuation of references by independence supporting elites to the region that stretch decades. Closer cooperation with Norden as pronounced in the paper implies that the Nordic Council serves at least two functions, firstly, a basis for fostering a rejuvenated Council of the British Isles based on the Nordic Council framework (Qvotrup, 2009; Bogdanor, 2009), and secondly, formal political and societal union with the Nordic region (Bailes, Þórhallsson and Johnstone 2013). Both functions permeate from the rejection of Scotland’s current union with rUK, and SNP rhetoric of ‘independence within Europe’ suggesting that senior politicians have no qualms in leaving one union for another. Scholarly references tend to narrow on discourse linking independence to the creation of a Nordic welfare model with little attention to formal regional unification through the Nordic Council. This thesis therefore studies the independence movement’s use of Norden and explores both the context and purpose of Scottish-Nordic articulations. It finds that most political groups sympathetic to independence desire cooperation with Norden but not to the detriment of future relations with rUK in the event of independence. The use of Norden is not solely a desire to replicate Nordic models of welfare as many scholars argue, but rather, Norden invokes a political and societal partner that emphasises the movement’s progressive ambitions. The pursuit of Norden as a union ultimately stems from the collapse of the UK’s welfare union and the damaging effects of a unitary and confined constitutional system, meaning that the political elite favour a societal and political approach to union like that of Norden and for some elites, an actual political and societal union with the region.
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Corrie, Joan, and n/a. "The Management of Financial Resources: Post-Merger Structural Choice in a Blue Collar Union." Griffith University. Griffith Business School, 2007. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070724.091823.
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Union mergers have occurred since unions were first established. Research on this particular aspect of the union movement is well established in the UK and the US. However, there are few studies of Australian union mergers, despite the fact that many Australian unions took part in a 'merger boom' in the 1980s and 1990s. Two of the few Australian studies, Hocking (1996) and Campling and Michelson (1998), utilised resource dependency and strategic choice theories to ascertain the why and how of union mergers. However, these Australian studies, like their UK and US counterparts, cease with the completion of the merger and, consequently, there is little known of the post-merger operation of unions. How does the integration of the merger partners - with their traditions, structures and financial arrangements - occur? This thesis rectifies the gap in the literature by means of a qualitative, longitudinal study of the merger and post-merger activities of one of the largest and most prominent unions in Australia, the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), as it moved towards complete amalgamation. The thesis examines the period 1995-2003. Four of the five pre-merger unions faced a serious and continued decline in membership and all faced mounting financial deficits. From 1995, the year the various mergers were completed, membership decline continued and financial resources dwindled further, providing the impetus for further and significant post-merger changes. The analysis demonstrates that, due to a continuing lack of financial resources, the AMWU leadership initiated a budgeting strategy which influenced the actions and changed the opinions of many of the Union's officials, guiding them towards accepting integration of the constituent divisions and near complete amalgamation. The thesis answers the questions of why and how a union moves from a negotiated federated structure towards amalgamation, post merger, with a particular focus on financial decision-making processes.
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Damaskopoulos, Panagiotis. "European Economic and Monetary Union, global finance, states and strategic concepts of monetary sovereignty." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ59126.pdf.
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Pirim, Ceren Zeynep. "Un exemple d'association à la Communauté européenne : le cas de la Turquie." Paris 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA010274.
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Quatre ans après la signature du traité instituant la CEE, en 1963, la Turquie et la Communauté concluent un accord d'association, dit accord d'Ankara, qui régit encore les relations turco-communautaires. Basé sur un calendrier prévoyant J'adoption par le pays associé de nombreuses règles et politiques communautaires, la création progressive d’une union douanière et la réalisation d’une intégration pleine et entière entre les parties contractantes, l’accord d’Ankara constitue l’un des accords les plus étroits que la Communauté a jusqu’à ce jour conclu avec un pays tiers. Hormis l’étendue de ses engagements et les particularités de son fonctionnement, cette association ambitieuse est marquée par une originalité ; la Turquie constitue aujourd’hui le seul grand pays tiers rattaché à la Communauté par une union douanière. Si les relations de la Turquie avec l’Europe communautaire occupe une place importante dans le grand public européen, les débats portent souvent sur les aspects politiques ou économiques ; les aspects juridiques des rapports semblant être dépassés. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse se propose d’étudier par une approche chronologique, le régime juridique de l’association turco-communautaire. Elle se propose d’analyser l’accord d’Ankara et ses protocoles additionnels ainsi que les implications dans le pays associé du cadre établi par le droit de l’association. Elle s’appuie d ‘un autre côté sur une méthode comparative entre l’association CEE-Turquie et les différentes associations que la Communauté a, jusqu’à ce jour, établies avec d’autres pays tiers.
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Case, Bridgette Dawn. "The Women's Protective Union: union women activists in a union town, 1890-1929." Thesis, Montana State University, 2004. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2004/case/CaseB1204.pdf.
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