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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 2149 Activities and Power of Workplace Representatives on the Railway : a Comparative Study, 1979-1980 214910.5255/UKDA-SN-2149-1 Edwards, C. Y., North East London Polytechnic, Department of Sociology No information recorded Economic and Social Research Council UK Data Service 23 December 1986 ATTITUDESDECISION MAKINGEMPLOYMENTINTERPERSONAL INFLUENCELABOUR RELATIONSMANAGERSPOLITICAL POWERRAILWAY TRANSPORTSTRIKESTRADE UNION OFFICIALSTRADE UNIONSWORKERS PARTICIPATION Labour relations/conflictBusiness/industrial management and organisation Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research replicates a study of the activities and power of workplace union representatives already completed in the coal industry. The objectives of the study on the railway are as follows: 1. Firstly, to test further the methodology for the comparative analysis of workplace power developed in the coal study. 2. Using this methodology to identify the range and amount of power of Local Departmental Committee representatives (managers and `shop stewards') over workplace activity. 3. To compare their activities and power with that of local NUM representatives in the coal industry. 4. To compare the activities and power of the NUR Local Departmental Committee (LDC) representatives with those of ASLEF LDC representatives. 5. To identify the structural, economic and attitudinal factors related to their activities and their power in order to explore further the relationships identified in the coal industry study.Main Topics: Variables The data consists of a set of secondary variables created from a number of primary data sets:- (1) Measures of power derived from a decision analysis. (2) Measures of size, performance, industrial action from background data collected for each location. (3) A questionnaire on attitudes to work, union and the LDC., etc., sent to a sample of ordinary railmen (i.e. not LDC representatives). (4) Questionnaires sent to all LDC representatives on their role, relationships, attitudes, etc. (5) A questionnaire handed to a spokesman representative from each LDC concerning role, relationships, attitudes, etc. (6) A questionnaire handed to management chairman of LDCs concerning role, relationships, attitudes, etc (7) An interview schedule administered to the management chairman and LDC spokesman about their involvement and influence in decision making. Measurement Scales For measurements of power, see Edwards, C.Y., 'Measuring union power: a comparison of two methods applied to the study of local union power in the coal industry', British Journal of Industrial Relations V. 16 (1) 1978 and Edwards, C.Y., 'Power and decision making in the workplace: a study in the coal mining industry', Industrial Relations Journal V. 14 (1) 1983 September 1979 - August 198001 September 197901 August 1980 Great Britain Institutions/organisationsSubnationalTrade union officersManagers Local Departmental Committee representatives of British Rail in England, Scotland and Wales and the local managers with whom they bargain. Cross-sectional (one-time) study Forty locations were chosen at random from five operational British Rail Regions. An attempt was made to sample all LDC representative and managers at these locations. Face-to-face interviewPostal survey The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Edwards, C. (1981) Progress report to the SSRC [Research report], : SSRC. Progress report to the SSRC Edwards, C. (1987) 'Formal industrial relations and workplace power : : a study on the railway', Journal of Management Studies Formal industrial relations and workplace power : Edwards, C. (1981) Formal procedure and bargaining power : : an examination of workplace industrial relations in the railway industry [Research report], : North East London Polytechnic, Department of Sociolog. Formal procedure and bargaining power : Edwards, C. (1981) The role of LDC representatives in industrial relations : : report to NUR, ASLEF and BRB [Research report], : NUR, ASLEF and BRB. The role of LDC representatives in industrial relations : Edwards, C. (1982) End of grant report to the SSRC [Research report], : SSRC. End of grant report to the SSRC https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 2149 2024-11-28T07:21:49Z ddi:codebook:2_5