Railway labour and the geography of collective bargaining: the Midland Railway strikes of 1879 and 1887

Revill, George

doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2003.10.002

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“…Together these cross-currents weave together the physical progress of the train through the landscape and the social and cultural world it inhabits. 24 Revill goes further when he writes that because Villa-Lobos 'was central to the awakening of a national cultural consciousness in Brazil …this music and his work can be interpreted more broadly as an attempt to bind the nation together culturally and politically. 25…”

Section: Heitor Villa-lobosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Railway music in Paris between the wars

Winterson¹

2022

Railways and Music

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Section: Heitor Villa-lobosmentioning

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Railway music in Paris between the wars

Winterson¹

2022

Railways and Music

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“…Historically, signal workers (i.e. now evolved into signaller or train controller roles) were paid according to the importance of their signal box and the density of traffic they were responsible for coordinating, and staff were recruited at the most junior levels and trained and promoted through the organisation (Revill 2005).…”

Section: Hierarchical Organisational Influence and Other Key Construcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Authority gradients between team workers in the rail environment: a critical research gap

Luva

Naweed

2021

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

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Communication errors feature prevalently as causal and contributory factors in accident analysis within rail. While matters of phraseology and protocol in communication have been used to categorise communication error, formal inquiries into major rail accidents point to an underlying "authority gradient" as an influencing factor. The aim of this paper was to understand how the influence of authority gradients on communication error has been explored by communities of research and practice in rail. To achieve a holistic understanding and identification of key research gaps, this paper also reviewed prevalent tools and frameworks applied in rail human factors, as well as other sectors impacted by power disparities between teams. The review found that while evidence from industry reports is suggestive of an authority gradient in rail, no research has been conducted to support or refute this conclusion. Moreover, an absence of authority gradients in applied research draws attention to current methodological capabilities vs research foci. The relationship between the authority/power and status/ value of core rail operational functions is conceptualised, and application of Hofstede's theory of power distance to rail is considered. A number of research gaps are identified which indicate future research opportunities. Relevance statement Industry reports and Inquiries into major rail accidents draw attention to an underlying "authority gradient" as an influencing factor in communication error, resulting in near misses and fatalities. A number of human factors tools, methodologies and frameworks have been applied in the context of communication error in rail, but there is little to indicate that the influence of authority gradients has been uncovered or has been the focus of research activity to date. Consequently, power disparities between team workers are being addressed using individual-level training approaches, which means the nature of communication error is not being accurately represented. The prevailing theory for authority gradients, Hofstede's power distance dimension of cultural relativity theory, has not been applied to rail previously and is considered in relation to research gaps for understanding

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“…Conflicts over skill levels and workplace control drew -and still draw -on arguments relating to both worker identity and the economics of labour supply. 37 For this reason, the split between studies of workplace culture and identity on the one hand and those of politics and collective action on the other is unhelpful. To examine these areas of overlap requires a pluralism of methodologies and evidence which may include landscapes, technological artefacts, archival documents, literary and visual accounts, all of which is suggested by, but rarely realised in, studies concerning socio-material hybridity.…”

Section: Transport Technologies As Mediation Between the Imaginable Amentioning

confidence: 99%