Abstract:
This paper examines the determinants of industrial disputes in
Indian manfuacturing industry. The study is in the context of drastic
decline in the number and intensity of industrial disputes in India.
Compared to the existing studies, determinants of three dimensions of
industrial disputes, namely number of disputes, number of workers
involved and number of mandays lost are examined by segregating
them into strikes and lockouts. The study shows that contract labour
and import competition have significant negative effect on industrial
disputes. It is also found that strikes are more responsive to contract
labour and lockouts are more responsive to import competition. The
study also shows that female presence in the labour force is significantly
reducing the number of strikes and lockouts.
