"This research examines the relationship between the establishment and development of women's groups (WGs) in UK unions, and their wider union and environmental settings. Its timeliness is underscored by unions' ongoing search for sturdy bases for revival and greater representation of their various constituent groups, including via special representative mechanisms such as WGs. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of survey and interview data highlighted links between similar union and wider environmental conditions and WG establishment and development, as well as more complex relationships."

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