Opening doors as well as banging on tables: an assessment of UNISON/employer partnerships on learning in the UK public sector

Munro, Anne; Rainbird, Helen

Abstract

The academic debate on partnerships has so far mainly focused on whether there are mutual gains for both unions and employers and whether they support or undermine branch organisation. This debate is here assessed in relation to learning partnerships, which are considered to be a distinctive form of partnership and represent a process of institution-building.

Citation

Munro, A., & Rainbird, H. (2004). Opening doors as well as banging on tables: an assessment of UNISON/employer partnerships on learning in the UK public sector. Industrial Relations Journal, 35(5), 419-433. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00324.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 18, 2004
• Publication Date: 2004-09
• Deposit Date: Feb 4, 2008
• Journal: Industrial Relations Journal
• Print ISSN: 0019-8692
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2338
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 419-433
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00324.x
• Keywords: learning partnerships; Unison/employer partnerships; UK; public sector; learning
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2053
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00324.x