32 research outputs found
The crisis of public sector trade unionism: evidence from the Mid Staffordshire hospital crisis
This article contends that there is a growing, if uneven, crisis in public sector trade unionism masked by relatively high membership figures that obscure a weakening of trade unions in the workplace, leaving hollowed out organisation vulnerable to further legislative and employer-led onslaughts. The weakening is not inevitable but to overcome it requires a refocusing of organising efforts on the everyday concerns of members such as understaffing and the provision of better public services. Only with an engaged membership will national issues and wider campaigns have material force. Having outlined a general argument, the article takes as illustrative the nature and performance of trade unions, and particularly UNISON, during the Mid Staffordshire hospital crisis
The leadership component of Kellyâs Mobilisation Theory : contribution, tensions, limitations and further development
This reassessment of Kellyâs analysis of the relationship of activist leadership to collective action within the overall jigsaw of mobilisation theory draws on social movement literature, studies by industrial relations scholars utilising aspects of Kellyâs approach â including this authorâs own work â and related research on union leadership within collective mobilisation. In the process, it identifies and celebrates how Kellyâs work, whilst contributing a distinct and substantive actor-related approach, recognised that leadership is one ingredient amongst other factors, including important structural opportunities and constraints. It considers three potential ambiguities/tensions within Kellyâs conceptualisation of leadership related to the social construction of workersâ interests, spontaneity of workersâ action and the âleader/followerâ interplay. The review also identifies two important limitations, related to the union member/bureaucracy dynamic and the role of left-wing political leadership, and concludes by signalling different forms of leadership relationships on which further refinement and development would be fruitful
Smooth goodness of fit tests for categorised composite null hypotheses
In this paper we construct a class of smooth goodness of fit tests of a composite multinomial null hypothesis. This class includes the Pearson--Fisher X2 test and its components, composite extensions of Rayner's (1987) overlapping tests and cell focusing tests. Simulations are given for a Poisson null.Components goodness of fit Pearson--Fisher X2 test score test size smooth alternatives
Inquiry-based project learning in early childhood: Time to develop localised understanding of this pedagogical approach
Ko te tamaiti te pƫtake o te ao The child is the centre of the universe
Who is the child in the 21st century?
Industry 4.0
He kakano i ruia mai i Rangiatea
What does the 21st Century child need to know?
Inquiry based project work
The issues and rationale for the research
Aim of the study
Data collection
Findings: The dominance of the international discourse
Evidence of localised curriculum and the influence of National discourse
A need for further guidance on processes
Discussion, cultural knot