... and collective actions will be evaluated. Finally, the role that the state plays in labour relations and whether it has changed will be identified and assessed. Primary sources of research material used to formulate this essay were books, journals, class handouts and the Internet. John Kelly's analysis of industrial relations produces a wide-ranging attempt to examine the principles of Mobilization of the workforce. His theory identifies how individuals acquire and are converted into a collective force, how they then formulate effectively in order to address their grievance, and also the logistics and circumstances that are necessary for collective action to take place. It is Tilley (1918) who first proposed a model for Mobilization based on Marxist ideas, Kelly uses Tilley's concept and develops it further. Tilley's theory of collective action is broken down into five components. Firstly, interests - this area addresses how and the ways in which workers come to define ...

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