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Based on published data on British & Norwegian offshore industrial relations, explanations for the deviant nature of such relations, as compared to national traditions, are examined. It is demonstratd that contrasting patterns of adaptation can be related to system properties. Industrial relations in the two countries can be viewed as ideal-type approximations of pluralism & societal corporatism, a view that has deliberately excluded cultural aspects, stressing instead structural form. Here, an argument is made for the reintroduction of culture; it is shown how British & Norwegian offshore developments reflect fundamentally different orientations toward industrial relations that stem from different histories of labor-capital relations. 1 Table, 1 Figure, 18 References. Modified HA