Industrial and Labor Relations Review articles from January 1 2002

Industrial and Labor Relations Review archives from January 1 2002

How industrial relations affects plant performance: The case of commercial aircraft manufacturing.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... MORRIS M. KLEINER, JONATHAN S. LEONARD, and ADAM M. PILARSKI (*) This analysis examines how changes in major industrial relations policies affected productivity over the years 1974-91 at one of the most important manufacturing plants in the...

When unions "mattered": The impact of strikes on financial markets, 1925-1937.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... JOHN DINARDO and KEVIN F. HALLOCK (*) Given our focus on strikes, our paper is directly related to two literatures. In one (see Neumann and Reder 1984), the effect of strikes on industry-wide output is measured using industry-wide measures...

Why do contractors contract? The experience of highly skilled technical professionals in a contingent labor market.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... GIDEON KUNDA, STEPHEN R. BARLEY, and JAMES EVANS (*) This study examines 52 highly skilled technical contractors' explanations, in 1998, of why they entered the contingent labor force and how their subsequent experiences altered their...

Work safety in the context of temporary employment: The spanish experience.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... CATALINA AMUEDO-DORANTES (*) A rise in work injuries in Spain that has coincided with increased employment flexibility has fired debate among unions, employers, and policy-makers. This paper examines the relationships among temporary work,...

Determinations of firm workplace health and safety and claims management practices.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... TERRY THOMASON and SILVANA POZZEBON (*) The authors examine workplace health and safety practices and workers' compensation claim management at some 450 Quebec firms in 1995. An analysis controlling for factors such as firm size and risk of...

Adolescent workers in third world export industries: Attitudes of young Brazilian shoemakers.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... J. LAWRENCE FRENCH (*) Child labor is widely condemned, but recently there have been calls to distinguish between acceptable and harmful work for adolescents. This study, based on data gathered in 1988 in Brazil's export-oriented shoe...

Reflections on six decades in industrial relations: An interview with John Dunlop.(Interview)
January 1, 2002... BRUCE E. KAUFMAN (*) I think it is fair to say that if people in industrial relations were asked to name the single greatest living name in the field, John Dunlop would win hands down. A number of other people have made a significant mark...

Contests for Corporate Control: Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany. (Industrial Relations Theory).
January 1, 2002... Contests for Corporate Control: Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany. By Mary O'Sullivan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 332 pp. ISBN 01-9829-346-1, $70.00 (cloth); 01-9924-486-3, $24.95...

Employment Relations in France: Evolution and Innovation. (Labor-Management Relations).
January 1, 2002... Employment Relations in France: Evolution and Innovation. By Alan Jenkins. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2000. 209 pp. ISBN 0-306-46333-4, $65.00 (cloth). In the field of industrial and labor relations, France is probably still the...

Worker Activism after Successful Union Organizing. (Labor-Management Relations).
January 1, 2002... Worker Activism after Successful Union Organizing. By Linda Markowitz. Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 1999. 216 pp. ISBN 0-76560492-2, $58.95 (cloth). In this book, Linda Markowitz explores the nature of participatory democracy in a new...

Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety under Alternative Insurance Arrangements. (Economic and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions).
January 1, 2002... Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety under Alternative Insurance Arrangements. By Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, and John F. Burton, Jr. Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001. 457 pp. ISBN...

A Working Nation: Workers, Work, and Government in the New Economy. (Labor Economics).
January 1, 2002... A Working Nation: Workers, Work, and Government in the New Economy. By David T. Ellwood, Rebecca M. Blank, Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, William A. Niskanen, and Karen Lynn-Dyson. New York: Russell Sage, 2000. xiv, 188 pp. ISBN 0-87154-264-3,...

The Impact of International Trade on Wages. (Labor Economics).
January 1, 2002... The Impact of International Trade on Wages. Edited by Robert C. Feenstra. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2000. x, 406 pp. ISBN 0-226-23963-2, $62.00 (cloth). Fact (1): imports as a share of gross domestic product in the United States...

Commitment to Full Employment: The Economics and Social Policy of William S. Vickrey. (Labor Economics).
January 1, 2002... Commitment to Full Employment: The Economics and Social Policy of William S. Vickrey. Edited by Aaron W. Warner, Mathew Forstater, and Sumner M. Rosen. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2000. 246 pp. ISBN 0-7656-0632-1, $65.95 (cloth). William S....

Compensation in Organizations: Current Research and Practice. (Human Resources, Management, and Personnel).
January 1, 2002... Compensation in Organizations: Current Research and Practice. Edited by Sara L. Rynes and Barry Gerhart. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. xxix, 418 pp. ISBN 0-78795274-5, $46.95 (cloth). I can summarize my recommendation concerning...

The Global Economy, National States, and the Regulation of Labour. (International and Comparative Industrial Relations).
January 1, 2002... The Global Economy, National States, and the Regulation of Labour. Edited by Paul Edwards and Tony Elger. New York: Continuum, 2000. 261 pp. ISBN 0-7201-2370-4, $85.00 (cloth). Globalization and Patterns of Labour Resistance. Edited by...

Facing up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO, 1979-93. (International and Comparative Industrial Relations).
January 1, 2002... Facing up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO, 1979-93. By Mike Ironside and Roger Seifert. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxiv, 420 pp. ISBN 0-19-924075-2, $60.00 (cloth). The past two decades have not been happy ones for the...

Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Third World. (International and Comparative Industrial Relations).
January 1, 2002... Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Third World. Edited by sarosh kuruvilla and bryan mundell. Stamford, Conn.: JAI Press, 1999. viii, 311 pp. ISBN 0-7623-0496-0, $82.00 (cloth). This...

Trade Union Activists, East and West: Comparisons in Multinational Companies. (International and Comparative Industrial Relations).
January 1, 2002... Trade Union Activists, East and West: Comparisons in Multinational Companies. By Guglielmo Meardi. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2000. 320 pp. ISBN 0-75461-426-3, $79.95 (cloth). Thirty months of field research in Poland and a comparable effort...

Social and Economic Transformation in East Central Europe: Institutions, Property Relations and Social Interests. (International and Comparative Industrial Relations).
January 1, 2002... Social and Economic Transformation in East Central Europe: Institutions, Property Relations and Social Interests. By Terry Cox and Bob Mason. Cheltenham, U.K., and Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar, 1999. xviii, 230 pp. ISBN 1-85898-427-0,...

Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England, 1815-1865. (History).
January 1, 2002... Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England, 1815-1865. By James A. Jaffe. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2000. ix, 273 pp. ISBN 0-7190-4952-0, $74.95 (cloth). James Jaffe's new book will be of...