Job security, unionisation, wages and privatisation: a case study in the Turkish cement industry

Cam, Surhan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5524-0429 1999. Job security, unionisation, wages and privatisation: a case study in the Turkish cement industry. The Sociological Review 47 (4) , pp. 695-714. 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1999.tb01207.x

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Abstract

In the recent years, many studies have dealt with the economic aspects of privatisation both in developing and developed countries. There is, however, a lack of systematic enquiries into employees’ opinions about privatisation, albeit a number of claims have been advanced about the impact of privatisation upon the political attitudes of employees, and about its effects on employment relations. This article aims to contribute to filling this gap by analysing employees’ attitudes towards the effects of privatisation on their job security, unionisation and wages. The study is based upon field-work conducted in the Turkish cement industry in 1996, and the research covers 150 employees. The findings of the research hardly support the idea put forward by the new right that privatisation would undermine the class contradictions between bourgeoisie and proletariat (Heller, 1984; Vickers and Yarrow, 1988).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1467-954X
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/68231

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