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Rethinking Regional Innovation Systems in the Age of De‐Globalisation

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Since a few years, the international economic system has been experiencing the risk of growing fragmentation and uncertainty. However, research on Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has yet to comprehensively engage with this phenomenon, despite its (spatial) significance. The paper contributes to addressing this gap, in particular by exploring
Francesco Molica   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable HRM in the Public Sector: A Question of Viability or Legitimacy?

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 401-413, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent research has underlined the growing importance of sustainability in HRM policy and practice, taking into account long‐term multi‐stakeholder goals. However, few studies have specified the drivers and outcomes of sustainable HRM practices, nor the contradictions that arise when managers attempt to satisfy the demands of both internal and
Mathew Johnson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Futures of Transit Work: Contesting Devaluation and Neoliberal Automation in Bus Transit

open access: yesAnthropology of Work Review, Volume 47, Issue 1, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Being a bus operator has long meant access to middle class wages, quality benefits, and union membership, forms of security increasingly rare amid growing precarity. But transit is in trouble. In the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic and decades of disinvestment, bus operators face mounting time pressure, frequent violence, and eroding job ...
Hunter Akridge, Sarah E. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

CROSS-NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT ON THE BASIS OF INSTITUTIONS [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2017
This study deals with an issue of collective action theory. Its question is related to the activity of trade unions. According to the literature on collective action, large organisations, such as trade unions, have problems with organising themselves ...
Elek Nora Ilona
doaj  

Invisible Architects of Labour Internationalism: How Professional Experts Shape Cross‐Border Union Relations in Turkey

open access: yesGlobal Networks, Volume 26, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how local trade unions in Turkey have cultivated global partnerships over the past two decades, with particular attention to how cross‐border interactions are organized and sustained in practice. Although agency‐centred explanations of labour internationalism emphasize the role of progressive union leaders, I shift ...
İrem Yıldırım
wiley   +1 more source

Informalization from Above, Informalization from Below: The Options for Organization

open access: yesAfrican Studies Quarterly, 2010
The paper examines different strategies for the collective organization of informal workers, on the basis of a number of empirical illustrations from South Africa.
Jan Theron
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Trade Unions and Union Representatives

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Abstract Trade unions (TUs) play a vital role in the labor market, serving as civil society advocates for workers' rights and employment conditions. While TUs primarily represent employed individuals ("insiders") rather than those seeking employment, their focus on workplace conditions can also benefit marginalized groups (“outsiders”), such ...
openaire   +1 more source

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