Finance:Power resources approach

Short description: Framework in sociology

Power Resources Approach is a framework originating from Power resource theory that examines how organized labor can build power through collective mobilization to advance their interest in a structurally asymmetric and antagonistic relationship between capital and labor.

It exists as a research framework to identify different sources of worker power.

Further reading

• "Introduction to Power Resources". https://www.fes.de/themenportal-gewerkschaften-und-gute-arbeit/gewerkschaften-international/toolkit/introduction-to-power-resources. 

• Korpi, Walter (1985). "Power Resources Approach vs. Action and Conflict: On Causal and Intentional Explanations in the Study of Power". Sociological Theory ([American Sociological Association, Wiley, Sage Publications, Inc.]) 3 (2): 31–45. doi:10.2307/202223. ISSN 0735-2751. https://www.jstor.org/stable/202223. 

• Schmalz, Stefan; Webster, Edward (2024), Gall, Gregor, ed., "Union resources: the power resources approach", The Handbook of Labour Unions (Agenda Publishing): pp. 49–68, doi:10.1017/9781788215527.005, ISBN 978-1-78821-552-7, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/handbook-of-labour-unions/union-resources-the-power-resources-approach/0D70F93ABC9B404E07E069D7C05A1039, retrieved 2026-09-04 

• Schmalz, Stefan (2025-06-19), Smith, Andrew; Dibben, Pauline; Wilkinson, Adrian, eds., "The power resources approach", Theories and Concepts in Work and Employment Relations (Edward Elgar Publishing): pp. 302–307, doi:10.4337/9781035316205.00047, ISBN 978-1-0353-1620-5, https://www.elgaronline.com/view/book/9781035316205/chapter35.xml, retrieved 2026-09-04 

• Kassem, Sarrah (2023-02-28). "3 - How to Grasp Agency: The Power Resources Approach". Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy: Amazon and the Power of Organization (1 ed.). Bristol University Press. doi:10.46692/9781529226577. ISBN 978-1-5292-2657-7. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781529226577/type/book. 

• Gallas, Alexander (2024-07-01). "3 - The Challenge of Strategic Research: A Critical Engagement with the Power Resources Approach". Exiting the Factory (Volume 1): Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector (1 ed.). Bristol University Press. doi:10.46692/9781529212129. ISBN 978-1-5292-1212-9. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781529212129/type/book.