The culture of skilled work in a Norwegian shipyard, 1945-90

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Økland, Gunnar Magne and Croucher, Richard. (2017). The culture of skilled work in a Norwegian shipyard, 1945-90. Labor History. 58(3), pp. 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2017.1255533
AuthorsØkland, Gunnar Magne and Croucher, Richard
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We anatomise the culture of skilled work in the Solheimsviken shipyard in Bergen, Norway, from 1945 to 1990, linking it to democratic impulses within the workforce. This independent culture had strong if bounded democratic elements that were ultimately reflected in the institutions of a worker’s cooperative which operated from 1985. However, a shift away from shipbuilding immediately preceded the cooperative’s foundation and eroded the position of the older skilled workers who had carried the culture, undermining it even before the cooperative’s collapse.

Keywordswork culture; skilled work; industrial democracy; worker; cooperatives; employee; ownership; shipyard
Year2017
JournalLabor History
Journal citation58 (3), pp. 271-287
PublisherRoutledge
ISSN0023-656X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2017.1255533
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85000398893
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