Measuring trade union democracy: The case of the UK Civil and Public Services Association

The Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) has experienced a substantial number of organizational changes over the last 25 years, both as a voluntary response to membership concerns and to comply with legislative demands. Have these changes made the CPSA more or less 'democratic'? An answer to this question must acknowledge that individuals interpret 'trade union democracy' in different ways. This paper evaluates the changes in the CPSA's organizational structure and internal decision-making procedures according to the emphasis of four models of trade union democracy: liberal pluralism, grass-roots activism, individual accountability and consumer trade unionism. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics 2000.

Gender differences in perceptions of organizational cultures in the banking industry in Taiwan

This article examines differences in perceptions of organizational cultures found in a survey of male and female managers in three types of banks in Taiwan. Instead of a consistent pattern of differences between male and female managers' perceptions across the three bank types, we found that each bank type was characterized by a distinct pattern of gender differences that was related to the ownership, history and type of business of that bank type. Important in explaining differences in perceptions of organizational cultures were the extent of organizational socialization and the adoption of various human resource practices, including team-working and targeted recruitment and selection, and the respondents' age and education

Trade Union Ballots and Collective Bargaining in the 1980s

The paper reports a major part of the results of a research project on trade union ballots in the 1980s, concerned with the role of ballots in collective bargaining. The project investigated the changes made by unions in the conduct of collective bargaining as a result of government legislation on ballots, through analysis of union rule books, interviews with national level officials, and case studies of collective bargaining at local level