Effect of Strike/ Industrial Action on Organizational Conflict

Strikes are the  most  significant  aspect  of  industrial conflict.  Strike  is  defined  as  the  temporary stoppage  of  work  in  the  pursuance of  grievance or demand. In practice however, it  has been  difficult  to separate  strike  from  other  forms  of  expression  of industrial dispute as employer lock out workers and workers themselves embark on strike action. It is more useful to view both phenomena as part and  parcel  of the conflict  situation,  not  as  opposite. Rarely  does a  strike  occur  over  a  single  issue  for  an  obvious cause may be linked with several other issues that not immediately apparent  to the observation that have caused  dissatisfaction because  solutions to  them have been  long in  coming.  The  actual  occurrence  of  strike depends  on  several  factors  including  prevailing circumstances (Adetiba, 2012)

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