Mobilisation Flashcards
What is collective action/mobilisation
An expression of conflict that shows strength in numbers, is usually coordinated across sites and can include wider issues.
What leads to mobilisation
Conflict
What type of ideology are you likely to see mobilisation in?
unitarist
Why are you more likely to see mobilisation in unitarist organisations?
Build up of conflict
Why do pluralist orgs have less mobilisation
Conflict is dealt with continuously
What is a Marxist approach to mobilisation
Embedded in the ideology
What are the 6 stages (senses) of mobilisation in Kellys 1998 model?
- Sense of injustice
- Sense of attribution
- Sense of efficacy
- Sense of collective identity
- Sense of presence of leaders
- Collective action
Why is a sense of injustice important in mobilisation
Workers will only engage if there is a sense of injustice
What are the 3 types of injustice?
Procedural, distributive and interactional.
Interactional injustice
How you are treated by a manager
Procedural injustice
Outcomes are fair in relation to others.
Do a large number of employees need to be involved in the injustice to spark a sense of injustice
No, it could be a small number of employees that everybody feels are being treated unfairly.
Relative deprivation
When looking at what another group has we feal deprived
Sense of attribution
To be able to attribute the reason to something or someone
Casual attribution
To be able to attribute the injustice to somebody or something. Sometimes this is not easy is it a person or is it technology (just eat)?
What is the issue with agency workers and attribution
Might not know who their employer is
Sense of efficacy
The belief that the group will succeed in finding a solution to a specific task
What builds solidarity
Workers have a stronger sense of belief the more of them are involved
What sectors have high senses of efficacy and why?
Transport sector because their services are nessacary
Shared collective identity
The shared definition of a group is derived from its member’s common interests, experiences and solidarity.
What creates a stronger sense of collective identity
The more similarities
Where makes higher interconnectedness?
Groups that socialise,
What do group leaders create?
Greater group cohesion
What influences the likelihood of collective action happening in the workplace.
Power balance
