Since the publication of Rethinking Industrial Relations in 1998, John Kelly's mobilization
theory has been used by many scholars attempting to understand union organizing–often …

This paper examines the mediating effects of social identification on the relationship
between high performance work systems (HPWS) and psychological empowerment and the …

Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an
understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of …

This article investigates the effect of union organizing as a mobilizing strategy on the
collectivism of union members. We examine the impact of a worker's social identification with …

This article, using empirical data from cases of mobilisation in 1996 in Argentina, offers new
evidence to build on the theory of mobilisation as recently proposed by John Kelly. The use …

This article examines the gap between the unionization rate of local and migrant workers in
14 Western European countries. The analysis reveals that the lower unionization rate of …

Purpose Despite the utility of social identity and social climate theories in explaining
individual and group behaviour within organizations, little research has been conducted on …

This article examines two cases of successful efforts by UK trade unions to mobilise
contingent workers. The evidence strongly illustrates the explanatory potential of Kelly's …

This paper argues that the 'turn to organising'in British unions over the past decade has
largely ignored the broader questions of the purpose of such activity. As a consequence …

Does digital transformation make worker power impossible? Many seem to think so,
especially those who see the Silicon Valley model as the best chance for economic growth …