Recently added articles from Industrial and Labor Relations Review:
How industrial relations affects plant performance: The case of commercial aircraft manufacturing.(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 01, 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 United States. The authors find that ...
When unions "mattered": The impact of strikes on financial markets, 1925-1937.(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 01, 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 such as inventories and shipments. In ...
Why do contractors contract? The experience of highly skilled technical professionals in a contingent labor market.(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 01, 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 viewpoint. The authors report three general ...
Work safety in the context of temporary employment: The spanish experience.(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 01, 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, working conditions, and the likelihood ...
Determinations of firm workplace health and safety and claims management practices.(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 01, 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 injury finds that experience-rated ...