Bargaining Power and Industrial Relations

Abstract

This article will attempt to argue and demonstrate that the existing and extensive literature on bargaining power in industrial relations focuses almost exclusively on two central aspects of power. Whilst both these approaches throw valuable light on some aspects of power, we shall seek to argue that the predominance of these constrained perspectives has resulted in the relative neglect of other important aspects. Thus we shall identify several lacunae in the literature and seek to raise some hitherto unexamined questions. We shall also argue that, because of the partial nature of the existing literature, there is a need to develop a more coherent and comprehensive model of power which is capable of integrating the multiple facets and incorporating the existing insights.

Citation

Kirkbride, P.S. and Durcan, J. (1987), "Bargaining Power and Industrial Relations", Personnel Review, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055557