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History
Magnus B. Rasmussen
Summary: This paper introduces a novel dataset on working-time regulation and documents how working hours have become globally standardised through public policy. The study finds that working-time reforms are global in scope and tend to reduce hours. The paper also calls for more long-term historical studies and presents two possible explanatory frameworks for working-time reforms.
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Leila Gautham, Nancy Folbre, Kristin Smith
Summary: Earnings in care services are lower and more compressed compared to other industries, particularly among professional and managerial employees. The increase in primarily female employment in care services since the 1980s has helped mitigate overall wage inequality and slow down the convergence in the gender wage differential.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Ziheng Liu, Xiaohe Li
Summary: This study re-examines the concept of Frames of Reference (FoR) in Employment Relations/Industrial Relations studies, using the case of collective contracting in China to scrutinize its embedded values and approaches. The study highlights the importance of innovative constructs and terminology in contemporary research, calls for greater attention to power dynamics, and advocates for the integration of historical insights to enhance theory generation.
LABOUR AND INDUSTRY
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Bethany J. Nichols, David S. Pedulla, Jeff T. Sheng
Summary: The concept of fit is important in understanding hiring decisions and labor market outcomes. This study explores how hiring professionals use fit as a tool to justify their decisions when they cannot or should not be justified through traditional means. The findings reveal that fit is not just an evaluative criterion, but a way for hiring professionals to navigate uncertainty and constraint. This has significant implications for the role of fit in inequality and labor market research.
WORK AND OCCUPATIONS
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Mark Friis Hau, Andrea Borello
Summary: This article demonstrates the significance of digital migrant networks in precarious working environments, showing that collective resistance can arise from these networks. It emphasizes the dynamic nature of collectivism, which is supported by strong migrant networks.
ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Simonetta Longhi, Alita Nandi, Mark Bryan, Sara Connolly, Cigdem Gedikli
Summary: This study utilized fixed-effects methods to evaluate the relationship between types of job change and wellbeing. The findings suggest that changing jobs can lead to significant fluctuations in job satisfaction, but not all job changes are equal. Changes in workplace associated with a change in job role are associated with increased job satisfaction. The strongest associations are found in changing employers, which also extend to mental health and life satisfaction to a lesser extent. Changes in broader wellbeing are particularly pronounced for women.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Nga Thi Thuy Ho, Hung Trong Hoang, Pi-Shen Seet, Janice Jones
Summary: This study examines the turnover intentions of self-initiated repatriates (SIRs) in Vietnam and the factors influencing their intentions. The results show that both work and life repatriation adjustment difficulties have an impact on turnover intentions, and cultural distance also influences both adjustment difficulties and turnover intentions. Additionally, job embeddedness and off-the-job embeddedness moderate the effects of repatriation adjustment difficulties on turnover intentions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Gesine Stephan, Matthias Duetsch, Christopher Osiander
Summary: This study investigates the perception of short-time work benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that respondents believe the benefits should slightly decrease with the duration of reduced working hours.
JOURNAL FOR LABOUR MARKET RESEARCH
(2023)
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Health Policy & Services
Meg E. Morris, Natasha K. Brusco, Rachael Mcaleer, Stephen Billett, Lisa Brophy, Rosemary Bryant, Leeanne Carey, Amy Conley Wright, Christine East, Marion Eckert, Kristina Edvardsson, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Sally Fowler-Davis, Margarita Frederico, Richard Gray, Doug Mccaskie, Carol Mckinstry, Rebecca Mitchell, Brian Oldenburg, Nora Shields, Karen Smith, Evelien Spelten, Nicholas Taylor, Claire Thwaites, Suzanne Young, Irene Blackberry
Summary: In the care economy, there are significant shortages in the health and care workforce, leading to high attrition rates and ill-defined career pathways. This study evaluates evidence on methods to improve care worker recruitment, retention, safety, and education for the professional care workforce.
HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Wei Wei
Summary: This article examines the behaviour of front-line managers in employment relations practices by conducting a qualitative case study of McDonald's stores in China. The findings reveal that the behaviours of front-line managers are influenced by role conflict, pressure from corporate human resource management/employment relations policies, and the external ER regulatory context.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Johan Alfonsson, Tomas Berglund, Patrik Vulkan
Summary: This article examines the growth of low-paid jobs in Sweden from 2005 to 2020 and tests four definitions of low-paid jobs. The findings show a slight decrease in the number of low-paid jobs over time, despite policy changes suggesting growth. The authors argue that the Nordic wage-setting model and industrial relations system help limit the increase of low-paid jobs. Low pay in Sweden is partly attributed to working less than full-time or having unstable employment, with service workers and individuals with low education increasingly occupying these positions.
ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Marina Ferent-Pipas, Dorina Lazar
Summary: This study examines the relationship between flexicurity policies and work-life balance and finds that the between-country differences in work-life balance are narrowing and that higher scores on flexicurity policies are associated with better perceptions of work-life balance among employees.
ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Lijing Zhao, Phillip M. Jolly, Shuming Zhao, Hao Zeng
Summary: This study is one of the first to investigate the effects of inclusive leadership at the team level and responds to recent calls to investigate the mechanisms linking leadership-related constructs to team-level proactivity. The authors also identify an important boundary condition to the effects of inclusive leadership in team power distance.
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History
Oded Marck
Summary: This article focuses on the Palestinian quarry workers in the Southern Triangle region of Israel between 1949-1952, aiming to explore the origins and motivations behind the political and economic inferiority of Palestinians in Israel. It also uncovers the overlooked Palestinian labor mobilization against oppression by employers and the state.
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Economics
Jenny Collins, Julian S. Yates
Summary: This article addresses the lack of attention given to innovative structural designs in the private labour regulation of garment global production networks (GPNs) by examining the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. The authors' findings contribute to the understanding of emerging hybrid governance mechanisms that influence labour regulation in GPNs in new and contradictory ways.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW
(2023)
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History
Md Abdul Jalil, Apu Gauala
Summary: This study investigates the challenges faced by young widows in the tea estates of Bangladesh. The results reveal that these women struggle with various issues including psychological, economic, and educational difficulties, as well as sexual harassment and cultural discrimination. The study advocates for the expansion of social safety nets and land ownership among tea gardeners.
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Jiali Duan, Sunghoon Kim, Zhong-Xing Su
Summary: Gender plays an important role in career mobility, with females showing higher preference for crossing industries. The presence of female leadership in an organization reduces females' preference for crossing career boundaries. In female-dominated occupations, females have a higher preference for cross-organizational mobility.
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Pascale Lorber
INDUSTRIAL LAW JOURNAL
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Donato Di Carlo, Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Oscar Molina
Summary: This special issue explores the relationship between industrial relations in the public sector and comparative political economy's growth models, stressing the importance of the public sector in its own right.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
(2023)
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Industrial Relations & Labor
Alan Bandeira Pinheiro, Nagela Bianca do Prado, Gustavo Herminio Salati Marcondes de Moraes, Wendy Beatriz Witt Haddad Carraro
Summary: This study investigated the impact of organizational factors on disseminating LGBT information in Brazilian companies. The findings showed that companies with higher performance in CSR and financial performance tend to have greater LGBT disclosure. Additionally, companies that signed the UN Global Compact and publish environment reports annually are more engaged in LGBT disclosure.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
(2023)
