Year: 1968
Type: article
Abstract: Recently in this journal, Peter Kilby demonstrated the absence of the institutional prerequisites for the operation of the "Anglo-Saxon model" of industrial relations and wage determination for Nigeria.'One can hardly take issue with this general point, made by numerous writers on the subject in other contexts.2 But Mr. Kilby goes beyond this to reject the "Anglo-Saxon model" as a "failure."Such an assertion has two aspects: (1) definition of the "Anglo-Saxon model" and (2) the sense in which it has failed.Presumably, the "Anglo-Saxon model" is the tradition of voluntary trade union associations and the freedom of such associations to bargain collectively for wages and conditions of service."Failure" of this system is a more elusive concept.Clearly, the absence of the institutional prerequisites does not imply failure.Failure implies that the system has worked to the detriment of the general good of society.This seems to be Mr. 1Peter Kilby, "Industrial Relations and Wage Determination: Failure of the Anglo- Saxon Model," Journal of Developing Areas, I (July 1967), 489-519.All future references will be to "Kilby" with the appropriate page(s).
Author: John F. Weeks
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W142573641