New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment

by Whalen, Charles J.

• ISBN13: 9781847204523
• ISBN10: 184720452X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-31
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Summary

'Where is the field of industrial relations going? How can it be rejuvenated? How can it be reformulated to deal with current problems? These are among the difficult questions this stimulating book addresses.¿ ¿ George Strauss, University of California, Berkeley, US 'This book deserves to be widely read. The academic study of industrial relations has recently struggled to adjust to the brave new world of work and employment relations. Too often there has been a retreat into the study of very small issues and insufficient emphasis on the big picture. The chapters in this volume make a valuable contribution to filling this gap. Most important of all, the book is forwardlooking.¿

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables
New directions in the study of work and employment	p. 1
Rethinking Industrial Relations
Reconceptualizing industrial relations in a global, knowledge-driven economy	p. 15
The original industrial relations paradigm: foundation for revitalizing the field	p. 31
A meta-paradigm for revitalizing industrial relations	p. 48
An institutional environments approach to industrial relations	p. 68
Reconstructing Institutions
Social capital and the labor movement	p. 89
Industrial relations and the law	p. 110
How industrial relations is marginalized in business schools: using institutional theory to examine our home base	p. 123
Let a thousand journals bloom: the precarious landscape of labor and employment publishing	p. 142
Reenergizing Practice
Revitalizing industrial relations	p. 163
Varieties of capitalism and employment relations under globalization: evidence from the auto industry	p. 173
Evolving labor relations in the women's apparel industry	p. 194
Immigrant workers and the new American labor movement	p. 211
Conclusion: the future of industrial relations, a.k.a. work and employment relations	p. 225
Index	p. 237
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