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Economics
Nana Wesley Hansen
Summary: This article explores the relationship between sector-level conflict and local-level cooperation. Based on data collected before and after a sector-level lockout of teachers in 2013, the article argues that management and labor at the local level enter a process of cultural script adaptation when faced with radical change. The rigidity of the ritualized interaction, or the script, explains why conflict at the central sector level does not easily spread. The article also finds that the cultural script underpins trust production and cooperation, and can adapt even during low trust.
WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Maria Isabel Barba-Aragon, Raquel Sanz-Valle, Maria Eugenia Sanchez-Vidal
Summary: This study extends existing research on reverse knowledge transfer (RKT) by examining the absorptive capacity of headquarters and emphasizes the importance of HRM practices. The results indicate that a parent firm's absorptive capacity positively influences RKT, and specific HRM practices can enhance this absorptive capacity.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Margaret E. Blume-Kohout
Summary: The Affordable Care Act improved access to non-employer-based health insurance in the US, leading to an increase in self-employment among adults with higher demand for health insurance. However, the effects were temporary and self-employment rates returned to pre-ACA levels as uncertainty about the future of the health insurance exchanges grew.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo
Summary: The authors explore complete-count data from the 1930 Census and find that Census enumerators frequently misidentified Mexican Americans as white, leading to a significant understatement of their socioeconomic attainment. The propensity for enumerators to identify Mexican Americans as white varied greatly across US counties and was associated with the educational attainment of Mexican Americans and the amount of return migration by Mexican immigrants. This variation may help identify local environments that were more favorable for the integration of Mexican Americans.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Joanna Bell
Summary: This article discusses the UK Government's enactment of Regulations in June 2022 and the subsequent unlawful decision-making process leading to the quashing of the Regulations by the High Court.
INDUSTRIAL LAW JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Yanlong Zhang, Dong Yan
Summary: This empirical study examines the legal rights and protections for gig workers' availability time on one of China's largest take-out platforms during COVID-19. The findings suggest the need for a specific method to define availability time, taking into account the characteristics of gig work in the take-out sector.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
(2023)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Nakiwala Dorothy, Benjamini Niringiyimana, Wekiya Enock, Ocung Guido, Kabugo Joel, Adam Isa, Anita Katuramu, Orena Beatrice, Christine Nansubuga Korsah, Lillian Kyomugasho, Denis Oola, Kenneth Musisi, Eunjung Kim, Nayeong Yu, Ruth Kaliisa, Yeni Lee, Bounggui Kim, Ssenyonga Ronald, Noah Kiwanuka, Katamba Achilles, Moses L. Joloba
HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Nunzia Nappo, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera
Summary: This study examines gender differences in job satisfaction in Europe using data from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey. The findings show that women report higher job satisfaction than men, particularly at the middle levels of the distribution. This study contributes to the understanding of job satisfaction determinants in the European labour market by applying a novel form of decomposition technique.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
(2023)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Antti Kauhanen
Summary: This study examines the effects of collective bargaining decentralization on wage levels and dispersion using the Finnish forest and IT services industries as case studies. The findings suggest that despite significant changes in the level of collective bargaining, the impact on wage levels and dispersion is generally muted, with only blue-collar workers in the paper industry experiencing significant effects.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
(2023)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Michael Kroth, Susan Yelich-Biniecki, Steven Schmidt
Summary: This article provides practical tips for early-career scholars to turn their research ideas into publications, emphasizing the connection and importance between conference presentations and publications. It offers guidance for promoting research dissemination and scholarly growth.
NEW HORIZONS IN ADULT EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Tomasz Zajac, Wojtek Tomaszewski, Francisco Perales, Ning Xiang
Summary: This study examines the labor market trajectories of graduates from different social backgrounds using large-scale linked administrative data in Australia. The findings reveal significant heterogeneity in income and unemployment benefit receipt among graduates, highlighting the importance of improving social equity in labor market policies.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW
(2023)
Review
Industrial Relations & Labor
Xu Huang, Adrian Wilkinson, Michael Barry
Summary: This paper investigates the boundaries of employee voice research and proposes a model to integrate the mechanisms of organizational behavior, human resource management, and industrial and employment relations in promoting employee voice.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
History
Adwitiya Mishra, Aasheerwad Dwivedi
Summary: This study comprehensively examines the changing landscape of labor laws in India, with a focus on the recently introduced labor codes in 2020. The analysis reveals that the Indian government has been enhancing labor market flexibility through less visible means rather than outright amending protective labor legislations. The new labor codes continue to exclude a significant portion of the workforce and weaken trade unions, leading to precarious working conditions.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Nada Matta
Summary: This article explains the rise of labor unrest in Egypt in the early 2000s, particularly led by public-sector workers. Through two case studies in the textile and transport sectors, the author demonstrates that workers' perceptions of sector potential influenced their ability to protest and compensated for the decline in their sectors' roles in the economy. The perceived underutilization due to corruption and squandered profits helped explain the workers' militancy and their capacity to sustain prolonged protests. These perceptions were informed by the criticism of the state's adoption of neoliberal policies associated with privatization. Despite the decline, workers in these sectors were able to maintain these perceptions because of their continued relevance in the economy. This analysis contributes to the Power Resource Approach by highlighting how perceptions of sector potential can enhance the capacities of workers in declining sectors in the Global South. The author also engages with labor scholarship on Egypt, focusing on grievances rather than solely on workers' economic position and sources of power.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Sebastian Fossati, Joseph Marchand
Summary: This study analyzes the effects of implementing a $15 minimum wage policy in the Canadian province of Alberta. The findings show that while workers experienced wage increases, employment among younger workers declined. Additionally, the study reveals the significance of regional heterogeneity in shaping the employment effects of the policy.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Hadyn Bennett, Martin McCracken, Paula O'Kane, Travor Brown
Summary: Human resource business partnering is a mature mechanism for advancing strategic HR. While relationships between partners (HRBPs) and line managers have been extensively researched, the relationships between partners and other aspects of HR, as well as the interplay between HRBP-LMP and HRBP-HR, are less understood. Using paradox theory and case study methodology in a large public sector healthcare authority, we found that these two sets of relationships operate paradoxically within an operational frame of reference, thus constraining the establishment of strategic partnering.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Akanksha Jaiswal, Neethu Prabhakaran
Summary: This study examines the impact of employee well-being on performance in the context of remote work and explores the moderating role of boundary control and professional isolation in this relationship. The findings suggest that well-being has a significant positive impact on employee performance in remote work, and that boundary control and professional isolation moderate this relationship.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
(2023)
Article
History
Tingting Qian, Jiale Bian, Jianing Chen
Summary: This study analyzes the employment status and causes of employment difficulties for college graduates from the perspectives of fresh graduates and non-fresh graduates, finding that the mismatch between supply and demand, as well as gender barriers, are two key issues.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Seow Ling Ooh, Yee Chii Chua, Soon Aun Tan, Su Wan Gan, Pit Wan Pung, Xi Yao Teoh
Summary: This study examines the relationship between emotional exhaustion, organisational citizenship behaviour, and psychological capital. The findings show that emotional exhaustion is negatively correlated with organisational citizenship behaviour, and psychological capital moderates this negative relationship.
EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
History
Ban Lee
Summary: This article tells the story of the rise of the local labour legislation agenda in post-war Hong Kong between 1969 and 1981. It reveals that workers in Hong Kong had no influence on labour legislation due to the lack of channels for their participation in the government, weak and divided union movement, and unions' prioritization of external political agenda over workers' welfare. The article highlights the role of non-governmental organizations in mobilizing workers and developing local labour agenda, contributing to the understanding of the autonomous labour movement in post-war Hong Kong.
