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Employer associations: collective bargaining, services and power in historical perspective: the case of the EEF in the UK by Ritson, Neil H

“…This paper makes two major contributions: firstly, following on recent research, it offers a more detailed critical analysis of the historical role and…”
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Productivity, craftwork and flexibility: the Mobil agreements by Ritson, Neil H.

“…Using original documents, this paper describes and analyses the case study of one of the productivity bargaining agreements from a leading exponent of…”
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Purposive derecognition? Empirical evidence of managerial strategy by Ritson, Neil H.

“…Various authors have referred to the use of 'purposive' or 'strategic' approach to proactively excluding trade unions from collective bargaining. The…”
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An American oil multinational in the U.K.: its formal review of industrial relations strategy by Ritson, Neil H

“…This paper is a case study chronicling and analyzing the strategic considerations given to industrial relations in a proposal to develop a coherent and…”
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Industrial relations strategy and construction in the UK oil industry: the case of the national agreement by Ritson, Neil H.

“…This paper is a case study chronicling and analyzing the strategic considerations given to industrial relations in a proposal to upgrade and renew a major…”
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Diffusion of labor agreements: evidence from the UK oil industry by Ritson, Neil H.

“…There has to date been no in-depth analysis of the way in which industrial relations practices - in particular labor agreements - diffuse vertically through an…”
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American multi-national corporations in the UK oil industry: sectoral differentiation in diffusion and adaptation by Ritson, Neil H.

“…There is a significant literature around the idea that American multi-national corporations (MNCs) diffuse a 'country of origin' effect which claims the export…”
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A Dixonian analysis of petrol retailing in the U.K. - 1880-2000 by Ritson, Neil H., Byrne, Ian W., Cohen, David A.

“…The development of the retail petroleum industry in the U.K. has received only sporadic attention by academics. Whilst the retail petroleum industry in the…”
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Trade union recognition by MNCs: evidence of an underlying rationale in UK petrochemicals by Ritson, Neil H., Wilson, Mark M.J., Maclean, Gillis

“…Recently, there has been a move to use a 'fine-grained' approach to the study of the multinational companies (MNCs). In this paper, we examine in depth a…”
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Asymmetric adjustment of diesel or petrol retail prices to crude oil price movements: New Zealand evidence by Alom, Fardous, Ritson, Neil

“…This study has twofold objectives. Firstly, to examine the short‐ and long‐run relationships between diesel or petrol retail prices in New Zealand and crude…”
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Managing engineering contractors in the UK petrochemicals industry by Ritson, Neil Henry, Wilson, Mark M.J, Cohen, David A

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate, at the industry level, the modes of governance used by multinational companies in the UK petrochemical…”
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Health and shiftworking in an administrative environment by Ritson, Neil, Charlton, Mark

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues in the shiftworking literature and to apply these to an administrative environment.Design…”
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Derecognising Unions and Centralising Bargaining: analysing dualism in the oil and chemicals industries by Korczynski, Marek, Ritson, Neil

“…There has been a recent rise in employers derecognising unions. The oil and chemical industries have been identified as critical for the analysis and practice…”
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Corporate strategy and the role of HRM: critical cases in oil and chemicals by Ritson, Neil

“…Human Resource Management in the literature has been considered a second- or third-order strategy largely related to implementation. Argues that the process of…”
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Unbinding rationality: a single-union agreement for contractors at a UK oil refinery by Ritson, Neil

“…Aims to determine why, in this "critical case", a single-union agreement was implemented in a top-down manner, affected only contractors and was unique…”
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Strategy, flexibility and human resource management: a study of the outsourcing of maintenance in uk petrochemicals by Ritson, Neil Henry

“…The thesis develops themes around eight published works and as such the thesis encompasses a coherent caucus of work within the petrochemicals industry in the…”
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Derecognising Unions and Centralising Bargaining: analysing dualism in the oil and chemicals industries by Korczynski, Marek, Ritson, Neil

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Managing change: the theory of constraints in the mental health service by Ritson, Neil, Waterfield, Nick

“…This paper presents the outcomes of a live consultancy project. It was conducted to align the delivery of mental health services to the population in a UK…”
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Strategic implementation: a comparison of three methodologies by Ritson, Neil, O'Neill, Maureen

“…This paper presents the outcomes of a live consultancy project. Since the introduction of performance measures, much of the public sector has found itself…”
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The real problem of competition in the UK petrol market: a reply to Cohen by Ritson, Neil

“…This article is a response to an article by Marcel Cohen, published in the June–July 1998 (Vol 7, No 6 ) issue. A reply by Cohen will be published in issue no…”
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