Officers of the IRRA
Preface
Alphabetical List of Authors
IRRA Membership Information
I.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
John F. Burton, Jr., Presiding
IRRA: On-Line and On-Message
Magdalena Jacobsen
II.
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Robert Pleasure, Presiding
Rebuilding Market Share: Strategic Dilemmas and Institutional Realities in Market Recovery Efforts
David Weil
III.
HUMAN RESOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL SECTIONS REFEREED PAPERS
David Lewin, Presiding
The Effect of Employee Suggestions and Union Support on Plant Performance Under Gainsharing
Jeffrey G. Arthur and Dong-One Kim
Estimating Returns to Managers from Employee Unionization
Todd Fister
Injured Workers and Lost Time: Do High-Performance Workplace Practices Make a Difference?
Karen S. Markel and Karen Roberts
Discrimination in the Workplace: Perceptions and Responses of People with Disabilities
Lisa Schur
IV.
JOB SEARCH IN THE NEW ECONOMY: WHAT ARE WORKERS DOING AND WHO IS HELPING THEM?
Eileen Appelbaum, Presiding
Tracking Internal Labor Market Shifts in Four Industries
Hal Salzman, Phillip Moss, and Chris Tilly
V.
BARGAINING IN FLUX: LABOR AND MANAGEMENT RESPONDS TO A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY
Michael Belzer, Presiding
Post-Strike Effects of Labor Conflict on Retail Consumers: Preliminary Evidence from the 1998 Northwest Airlines and General Motors Strikes
Richard N. Block and Brian D. Silver
Workers of the World Wide Web Unite!: The Newspaper Guild and Online Newspaper Ventures
Howard R. Stanger
Instability and the Failure of Labor-Management Cooperation at S.D. Warren Michael Hillard
VI.
UNION AND MANAGEMENT COOPERATION AND APPROACHES TO MULTI-EMPLOYER PLANS
Wei Sun, Presiding
Health Care Cost and Quality: Prospects for Mutual Gains
Stephen R. Sleigh
Multi-employer Pension Plans and the Pension Coverage Problem
Teresa Ghilarducci
Defining Responsibility: Exploring Government's Role in Regulating Multi-Employer Arrangements
Heather Grob
Joint Labor-Management Apprenticeship Programs: The Issue of Access to Multi-Employer Training Programs in Chicago's Construction Industry
Helena Worthen
Discussion
Bruce Nissen
VII.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (AA)/ EMPLOYMENT EQUITY (EE) POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE
U.S., CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AND NETHERLANDS
John Lawler, Presiding
Contrasts and Contradictions in Employment Equity Practices in EU Countries John Wrench
The Challenge of Equality in Employment in South Africa
Harish C. Jain
Employment Equity in Canada and the U.S.
Morley Gunderson, Douglas Hyatt, and Sara Slinn
Discussion
Trevor Bain
VIII.
ASSOCIATIONS, UNIONS, AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF PROFESSIONAL WORK
Gregory Woodhead, Presiding
Changes in Employment and Working Conditions Among Technical & Professional Workers
Danielle D. van Jaarsveld and Rosemary Batt
Professional Associations and Collective Bargaining: Motivations and Difficulties
Matthew M. Bodah, M. Catherine Lundy, and Patrick P. McHugh
Charting Their Own Future: Independent Organizing by Professional Workers Richard W. Hurd and Elizabet Tenenholtz
IX.
INCENTIVES IN THE PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT SECTORS:
DO HIGH PERFORMANCE WORKPLACE PRACTICES WORK?
Kathryn Shaw, Presiding
Teacher Performance Incentives, Collective Bargaining, and Student Outcomes
Randall W. Eberts, Kevin M. Hollenbeck, and Joe Stone
Local Union Political Competition and Bargaining Performance
Morris M. Kleiner and Adam M. Pilarski
X.
LABOR STUDIES/LABOR UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, DISPUTE RESOLUTION
AND LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW REFEREED PAPERS
Eileen Hoffman, Presiding
The NLRA’s “No-Man’s Land” in Partial and Intermittent Strikes: Research and Policy Implications
Michael H. LeRoy
The Evolving Intellectual Core of Industrial Relations
Paula B. Voos and Haejin Kim
Private Justice and Public Policy: Whose Voice Prevails in Arbitration?
Michael H. LeRoy and Peter Feuille
Discussion
Bruce Nissen
XI.
UNION EXCLUSION IN THE U.S., U.K., AND WESTERN EUROPE
Sanford Jacoby, Presiding
Union Avoidance and Employer Hostility to Union Organizing in the UK
Tony Dundon
Employer Opposition to Union Recognition in Britain
Gregor Gall
Discussion
Sheldon Friedman
XII.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRIVATIZATION
OF STATUTORY DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Arnold Zack, Presiding
Circuit City is to Workplace Justice as Voting in Florida is to Democracy
John L. Zalusky
XIII.
INVITED INTERNATIONAL
Trade Unions Under Bargained Corporatism: The Case of Ireland
Patrick Gunnigle and Michelle O’Sullivan
XIV.
POSTER SESSION I
Stephen Havlovic, Presiding
Avoiding the Common Problems in the Boundaryless Career: The Role of Employability Obligations
Harry J. Van Buren III
The Effect of Interpersonal Trust on Union Member Commitment
Robert C. Hoell
The Work Incentive Provisions of the Social Security Disability Benefits and Beneficiaries' Return-To-Work
Wei Chi and Dennis Ahlburg
Voting in Local Union Officer Elections: A Model and Test
James E. Martin and Michael P. Sherman
Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Sector: Different Wages and Different Workers?
Mary E. Taber
Information and Communications Technology Use in British Unions
Jack Fiorito
XV.
POSTER SESSION II
Stephen Havlovic, Presiding
The Beneficial Role of Union Involvement in Dispute Resolution Systems Design
Corinne Bendersky
Labor Unions for Physicians: An Idea Whose Time is Coming?
Wei-chiao Huang and Edwin W. Lai
Women and Community Coalitions in Industrial Disputes
Karaleah Reichart
Determinants of Mediation Success: A Survey of FMCS Mediators
Patrice M. Mareschal
Collective Bargaining and Knowledge-Driven Work: A Preliminary Look
Betty J. Barrett
Contributions of Tangible and Intangible Factors in Creating Social Capital: Do Unions Make a Difference?
Shobha Ramanand, Michael L. Moore and John H. Schweitzer
XVI.
IRRA ANNUAL REPORTS
Executive Board Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Executive Board Meeting in Atlanta
General Membership Meeting in Atlanta
Audit Report for 2001
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