Industrial Relations Journal

1981 - 2025

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Volume 46, issue 5-6, 2015

Labour under the law: a new law of combination, and master and servant, in 21st-century Britain? pp. 345-364

Paul Smith

Redefining retirement: age equality and the rise of performance management pp. 365-380

Glynne Williams and Vanessa Beck

Beyond informality: effectiveness of a new actor for representing call centre workers in Turkey pp. 381-397

Şafak Tartanoğlu

Pharmaceutical drug misuse: are industry of employment and occupation risk factors? pp. 398-417

Sarah Brown, Mark Harris, Jake Prendergast and Preety Pratima Srivastava

Revitalising young workers' union participation: a comparative analysis of two organisations in Quebec (Canada) pp. 418-433

Mélanie Dufour-Poirier and Mélanie Laroche

Antecedents of concession bargaining in the Great Recession: evidence from Ireland pp. 434-445

William K. Roche and Paul Teague

Volume 46, issue 4, 2015

Networks of injustice and worker mobilisation at Walmart pp. 259-274

Alex J. Wood

Critical social science and emancipation: II, development and application pp. 275-292

Paul Edwards

The emergence of a dual system of dispute resolution: private facilitators in Irish industrial relations pp. 293-311

William K. Roche

Industrial relations and the management of whistleblowing after the Francis report: what can be learned from the evidence? pp. 312-327

David Lewis, Alessio D'Angelo and Lisa Clarke

Nobody's responsibility: the precarious position of disabled employees in the UK workplace pp. 328-343

Deborah Foster and Peter Scott

Volume 46, issue 3, 2015

Industrial relations, critical social science and reform: I, principles of engagement pp. 173-186

Paul Edwards

Joining UNISON: does the reform of a union organising strategy change how members perceive their recruitment? pp. 187-207

Jeremy Waddington and Allan Kerr

Organising migrant workers: the living wage campaign at the University of East London pp. 208-221

Ana Lopes and Timothy Hall

The right-to-manage default rule pp. 222-235

Mark Harcourt, Helen Lam and Richard Croucher

Austerity, labour market segmentation and emigration: the case of Lithuania pp. 236-253

Arunas Juska and Charles Woolfson

The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Geoffrey Wood and Richard Deeg (eds) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014, 762 pp., ISBN 978-0-19-969509-6, £95.00 hardback pp. 254-257

Gary Slater

Equality: The Legal Framework by Bob Hepple Hart Publishing Ltd, 2014 ( 2nd edn ), 254 pp., £24.99 pp. 257-258

Sean Butt

Volume 46, issue 2, 2015

Relied upon for the heavy lifting: can employment protection legislation reforms lead the EU out of the jobs crisis? pp. 81-99

Jason Heyes and Paul Lewis

In from the cold? Ben Roberts and Conservative industrial relations reform pp. 100-116

John Kelly

What influences the progression of employment rights disputes? pp. 117-133

Bernard Walker and R.T. Hamilton

A strike of ‘unorganised’ workers in a Chinese car factory: the Nanhai Honda events of 2010 pp. 134-152

Dave Lyddon, Xuebing Cao, Quan Meng and Jun Lu

Devolution and disabled workers: the experiences of union equality representatives in Wales pp. 153-168

Deborah Foster

Holding the Shop Together: German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era by Stephen J. Silvia ILR Press, 2013, 264 pp., $79.95 (hardcover), $29.95 (paperback) pp. 169-170

Michael Gold

The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor by Chris Rhomberg Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2012, 398 pp., $44.90 pp. 170-172

Ian Greenwood

Volume 46, issue 1, 2015

An overview of Bill McCarthy's academic and political engagement with industrial relations pp. 1-6

Roger Undy

Trade unions at the workplace pp. 7-11

William Brown

Trade union organisation pp. 12-19

Roger Undy

Engaging with management pp. 20-26

Ian Kessler and Sidney Kessler

Industrial Relations and Labour Law pp. 27-30

Paul Davies and Mark Freedland

The Labour Party pp. 31-33

David Lipsey

A personal appreciation pp. 34-36

Lord John Monks

Deviant typicality: gender equality issues in a trade union that should be different from others pp. 37-53

Deborah Dean

Neoliberal reform for greater competitiveness: labour market deregulation in Japan and Italy pp. 54-76

Hiroaki Richard Watanabe

Offshoring by John Urry Polity Press, 2014 ( Cambridge ), 212 pp., £14.99, ISBN 9780745664866 pp. 77-78

Alison J. Glaister

Transnational Trade Unionism: Building Union Power by Peter Fairbrother, Marc-Antonin Hennebert and Christian Lévesque Routledge, 2013 ( 1st edn ), 304 pp., £85.00 pp. 78-80

Andy Hodder

Volume 45, issue 6, 2014

The Ghent effect for whom? Mapping the variations of the Ghent effect across different trade unions in Denmark pp. 469-485

Laust Høgedahl

The antecedents of union commitment and participation: evaluating moderation effects across unions pp. 486-506

Tom Redman and Ed Snape

Widening the ‘representation gap'? The implications of the ‘lobbying act’ for worker representation in the UK pp. 507-523

Brian Abbott and Steve Williams

Explaining cross-national variations in the prevalence of envelope wages: some lessons from a 2013 Eurobarometer survey pp. 524-542

Colin Williams

Career lesbians. Getting hired for not having kids? pp. 543-561

Stijn Baert

The Future of the International Labour Organization in the Global Economy by Francis Maupain Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd., 2013, 300 pp + xix, ISBN: 978-1-84946-502-1, £50.00 hardback pp. 562-563

Michael Gold

Gender and Leadership in Unions edited by Gill Kirton and Geraldine Healy (eds) Routledge, 2013, 300 pp., ISBN: 978-0415887045, £80 (HK) pp. 564-565

Jane Parker

Volume 45, issue 5, 2014

Organising non-standard workers: union recruitment in the Irish care sector pp. 373-388

Caroline Murphy and Thomas Turner

Do unions redistribute income from capital to labour? Union density and wage shares since 1960 pp. 389-408

Erik Bengtsson

The reform of Joint Labour Committees—the re-commodification of labour? pp. 409-423

Colin Whitston

Perfect match or missing link? An analysis of the representativeness of trade union representatives in Belgium pp. 424-442

Bram Wauters, Manu Mus, Steven Lannoo and Carl Devos

Dual careers, time-use and satisfaction levels: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey pp. 443-464

Daniel Wheatley and Zhongmin Wu

Economy and Society in Europe: A Relationship in Crisis edited by Luigi Burroni, Maarten Keune and Guglielmo Meardi (eds) Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 256 pp., £61.00 pp. 465-466

Whyeda Gill-McLure

The Spirit of Philadelphia: Social Justice vs. the Total Market by Alain Supiot Verso, 2012, 160 pp., £16.99; €19.02 pp. 467-468

Jerome Braun

Volume 45, issue 4, 2014

Relative income, absolute income and the life satisfaction of older adults: do retirees differ from the non-retired? pp. 281-299

Umar M. A. Boodoo, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson

Health-care assistants, aspiration, frustration and job satisfaction in the workplace pp. 300-312

Ian Clark

Workplace democracy in the lab pp. 313-328

Philip Mellizo, Jeffrey Carpenter and Peter Matthews

The perceived probability of job loss and future labour market outcomes pp. 329-347

Seamus McGuinness, Mark Wooden and Markus Hahn

The dark side of solidarity: social norms and social relations in the aftermath of strikes pp. 348-367

Kirsten Thommes, Agnes Akkerman, René Torenvlied and Marieke Born

Review of New Forms and Expressions of Conflict at Work by Gregor Gall Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, 254 pp., £65.00 Hardback pp. 368-370

Bill Roche

Memoirs of a Militant: Sharply and to the Point by Kevin Halpin Praxis Press, 2012 ( 1st edn ), v-201 pp., £9.99 pp. 370-375

Sheila Cohen

Volume 45, issue 3, 2014

Work, employment and industrial relations: Mrs Thatcher's legacy pp. 193-194

Peter Nolan

Shock, awe and continuity: Mrs Thatcher's legacy for the public sector pp. 195-213

Dan Coffey and Carole Thornley

‘Still too much socialism in Britain’: The legacy of Margaret Thatcher pp. 214-233

Huw Beynon

The Coalition government's reforms to employment tribunals and statutory employment rights—echoes of the past pp. 234-249

Linda Dickens

Margaret Thatcher, the Thatcherite intellectuals and the fate of Keynes pp. 250-265

John Trumpbour

Thatcherism and the public sector pp. 266-280

Peter M. Jackson

Volume 45, issue 2, 2014

Job insecurity and job satisfaction in the United States: the case of public sector union workers pp. 103-120

Benjamin Artz and Ilker Kaya

Union modernisation, coalitions and vulnerable work in the construction sector in Britain pp. 121-136

Stephen Mustchin

Macmillan's children? Young workers and trade unions in the early 1960s pp. 137-152

Glynne Williams and Martin Quinn

Organising young workers in the Public and Commercial Services union pp. 153-168

Andy Hodder

Choosing union representation: the role of attitudes and emotions pp. 169-188

Adrienne E. Eaton, Sean E. Rogers, Tracy F. H. Chang and Paula B. Voos

Reconstruction after the Crisis: A Manifesto for Collective Bargaining by Keith D. Ewing and John Hendy London, Institute of Employment Rights, 2013, 80 pp., £10 (trade unionists and students), £40.00 (others), pbk pp. 189-190

John Kelly

Employment Relations in the Shadow of Recession: Findings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study by Brigid van Wanrooy, Helen Bewley, Alex Bryson, John Forth, Stephanie Freeth, Lucy Stokes and Stephen Wood Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, 267 pp., ISBN 978-1-137-27576-9, £24.99 paperback pp. 190-191

John Kelly

Volume 45, issue 1, 2014

Workplace bullying in the context of organisational change: the significance of pluralism pp. 2-21

Premilla D'Cruz and Ernesto Noronha

The trade union response to agency labour in Sweden pp. 22-38

Kristina Håkansson and Tommy Isidorsson

All work and no … pay? Unpaid overtime in Greece: determining factors and theoretical explanations pp. 39-55

Alexis Ioannides, Eleni Oxouzi and Stavros Mavroudeas

Do cultural differences explain differences in attitudes towards unions? Culture and attitudes towards unions among call centre workers in Britain and India pp. 56-76

Santanu Sarkar and Andy Charlwood

Between consultation and collective bargaining? The changing role of non-union employee representatives: a case study from the finance sector pp. 77-97

Alan Tuckman and Jeremé Snook

Rediscovering Collective Bargaining: Australia's Fair Work Act in International Perspective edited by B. Creighton and A. Forsyth (eds) New York, Routledge, 2012, xii/250 pp., ISBN 13: 978-0-415-52927-3 Also available as an e-book pp. 98-99

Ray Fells

EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times: Skills Mismatch, Return and Policy Responses edited by B. Galgóczi, J. Leschke and A. Watt (eds) Farnham, Ashgate, 2012, 290 pp. ISBN 9781409434504 pp. 100-101

Steve French