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Changing the Rules of the Game

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  • Dermot Christopher McCarthy
  • Eoin Reeves
  • Tom Turner

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This article examines the impact of privatization on the relative bargaining strength of management and trade unions. Findings are based on a study of Ireland's largest telecoms provider, Eircom, which has been privatized since 1999. The privatization of Eircom adopted a stakeholder approach, under which employee share-ownership and management--union partnership played an important role in firm restructuring. Findings show that despite this approach privatization has resulted in a significant decrease in the perceived bargaining strength of unions and an increase in the perceived bargaining strength of management.

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  • Dermot Christopher McCarthy & Eoin Reeves & Tom Turner, 2011. "Changing the Rules of the Game," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(6), pages 845-860, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:13:y:2011:i:6:p:845-860
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.539114
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