ESRC Collaborative (CASE) +3 year PhD StudentshipCollective trade union organisation among professional and white-collar managerial workersWorking Lives Research InstituteWe invite applications from potential UK/EU research students who have a good Masters qualification and meet the eligibility criteria for ESRC doctoral funding. Suitably qualified candidates from a wide range of social science disciplines - including geography, sociology, politics, anthropology, management and economics - are encouraged to apply. ESRC meets the tuition fees and pays a basic (tax free) maintenance grant of £17,290 p.a. The collaborating organisation pays an additional £2,000 p.a. The research will analyse the nature of collective organisation among professional and white-collar managerial workers. Over the last 10 years there has been considerable interest in approaches to understanding collectivisation among different groups of workers and whilst there has been research on this topic among low-paid and migrant workers, there is an omission when it comes to looking at white collar managerial grades and professional workers. This is despite the fact that both in the UK and the US there has been an increase in the unionisation of professional and managerial workers. The studentship will aim to help fill this gap by asking such questions as: Why is it that jobs or occupations that are characterised as individualised are perceived to have little in the way of a collective spirit have comparatively high trade union densities? Why have professional and managerial unions been successful in increasing membership among managerial staff? What are the factors that cause these groups of workers to cohere? To answer these, the research will be conducted through three case studies of professional and managerial trade unions chosen to provide a contrast between workers who are categorised as 'managerial and professional' but who perform sufficiently different jobs to draw out a range of factors influencing the individual decision to collectivise. The three unions collaborating on this project are the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, Nautilus UK and Prospect. A CV, letter of application (making a case why you should be appointed) and the names of two referees, should be sent to Dr. Jane Holgate, Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, 31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY by Friday 15 June 2009 and short-listed candidates will be interviewed in the week beginning 9 July. The successful candidate will be expected to take up the studentship on 1 October All nominees must satisfy the ESRC's academic and residential eligibility requirements which can be downloaded from: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/How/For_Postgrad_Students/index.aspx?ComponentId=28093&SourcePageId=19742 For informal discussion and further details about the project, contact Dr Jane Holgate, 07960 798399 j.holgate@londonmet.ac.uk. Dr Jane Holgate Working Lives Research Institute Companies Act 2006 : www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo Click here for Employer Profile
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