Social partnership and the mutual gains organization: Remaking involvement and trust at the British workplace
This article explores the development of partnership-based approaches to industrial relations at the British workplace. Drawing empirically from a unique data set of Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union (MSF) workplace representatives and a workplace case study, the article explores the attitudes and experiences of trade unionists to partnership and assesses the level of support and voice mechanisms open to them in furthering the partnership agenda. The study shows that while MSF representatives appear open to the responsibilities placed upon them in the rhetoric of partnership, there is little evidence to suggest that management has reciprocated.
Comparing construction enterprises alliances to firm and market from contract features, we studies the risks of enterprises alliances, such as assets specialty and knowledge leakage risk. To ensure the stability of the alliances, Third-party guarantee mechanism is a suitable choice which is adopted on alliances.