This chapter reviews and discusses approaches to the so-called associational power
resources of workers. Workers derive their power from their ability to create “unity of action” …

Much scholarship in the nascent field of climate crisis and labour assumes that trade unions
can readily become agents of “just transition” to post‑carbon energy systems but simply lack …

The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused labor market disruptions at an unprecedented scale
and is akin to a stress test for industrial relations institutions. Drawing on a large‐scale (n …

Consumers play an integral role in the labor process of app‐based food delivery services
through their consumption behaviors and performance ratings of workers. Some therefore …

The paper advances a new society–actors–processes–policy (SAPP) framework to aid
policy-makers and management scholars in addressing big societal challenges. A new …

This article argues that a renewed version of power resource theory can make an important
contribution to analysing developments in contemporary capitalist economies. Workers and …

This article investigates how the British trade union movement sought to challenge the
politics of austerity after the North Atlantic financial crisis of 2008 by founding a union‐led …

The opening chapter outlines the propositions and core elements of power resource theory.
The theory's basic casual argument is that societal development is driven primarily by the …

This article addresses workplace collective action. Through a discussion of instrumental and
norm‐driven motivations for workers' collective action, it is argued that most workers are …

Purpose The paper reviews Fox's frames of reference against subsequent changes in the
composition of the labour force, shifts in social values and the arrival of the politics of …