Industrial Relations Journal

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Volume 44, issue 5-6, 2013

Free riders: the rise of alternative unionism in Denmark pp. 444-461

Flemming Ibsen, Laust Høgedahl and Steen Scheuer

Activists face bureaucrats: the failure of the Israeli social workers' campaign pp. 462-478

Jonathan Preminger

Evaluating cross-national variations in the extent and nature of informal employment in the European Union pp. 479-494

Colin Williams

Similar, but still different: how US multinational companies in Germany and Switzerland use host-country training and skill practices pp. 495-513

Marlies Kluike and Kerstin Pull

National sovereignty and transnational labour: the case of Mexican seasonal agricultural workers in British Columbia, Canada pp. 514-532

Leah F. Vosko

Relational union organising in a healthcare setting: a qualitative study pp. 533-547

Richard Saundry and Mick McKeown

Collective and individual benefits of trade unions: a multi-level analysis of 21 European countries pp. 548-565

Bengt Furåker and Mattias Bengtsson

Employment relations on major construction projects: the London 2012 Olympic construction site pp. 566-583

Janet Druker and Geoffrey White

Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the 21st Century by Chris Warhurst, Françoise Carré, Patricia Findlay and Chris Tilly Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 ( 1st edn ), 280 pp., £33.99 pp. 584-585

Tony Bennett

Union Voices: Tactics and Tensions in UK Organizing by Melanie Simms, Jane Holgate and Edmund Heery Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 2012, 203 pp., £14.50 pbk, £43.50 hbk pp. 586-587

John Kelly

Making Mediation Work for You: A Practical Handbook by Kate Aubrey-Johnson with Helen Curtis LAG Education and Service Trust Ltd, 2012 (1st edn), xxvii+ 487pp., £40 pp. 587-589

Emma McAndry

Volume 44, issue 4, 2013

Special Issue. Edited by: Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege pp. 340-354

Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege

Special Issue. Edited by: Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege pp. 355-372

Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege

Special Issue. Edited by: Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege pp. 373-388

Melanie Simms

Special Issue. Edited by: Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege pp. 389-408

Catherine Le Capitaine, Gregor Murray and Christian Lévesque

Special Issue. Edited by: Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege pp. 409-424

Ingrid Artus

Special Issue. Edited by: Gregor Murray, Christian Lévesque, Christian Dufour and Adelheid Hege pp. 425-442

David Peetz and Michael Alexander

Volume 44, issue 3, 2013

The business case for equal opportunities pp. 216-239

Rebecca Riley, Hilary Metcalf and John Forth

Slowing down Social Europe? The struggle over work and employment regulation pp. 240-257

Mikkel Mailand

Implications of game theory for theoretical underpinning of cooperative relations in workplace partnership pp. 258-275

Aurora Trif and Malcolm Brady

The influence of internal union factions on union renewal strategies: the case of the Finnish Paper Workers' Union pp. 276-295

Paul Jonker-Hoffrén

Wage claims in the British private sector: 1979–2003 pp. 296-315

Peter Ingram, Neil Rickman and Jonathan Wadsworth

Transfer of labour-management partnership in multinational companies pp. 316-331

Monica Rolfsen

Diversity, Ethnicity, Migration and Work: International Perspectives – By Geraldine Healy and Franklin Oikelome pp. 332-333

Nelarine Cornelius

Industrial Relations after Pinochet-firm Level Unionism and Collective Bargaining Outcomes in Chile – By Indira Palacios-Valladares pp. 334-335

Cecilia Senen Gonzalez

Live Wire: Women and Brotherhood in the Electrical Industry – By Francine Moccio pp. 336-338

Geraldine Healy

Volume 44, issue 2, 2013

The transition from individual to collective labour relations in C hina pp. 102-121

Chang Kai and William Brown

Membership, influence and voice: a discussion of trade union renewal in the F rench context pp. 122-138

Susan Milner and Andrew Mathers

Labour solidarity in crisis? Lessons from G eneral M otors pp. 139-153

Magdalena Bernaciak

Speaking up: employee voice and attitudes to unions in a non-union US multinational firm pp. 154-170

Thomas Turner and Michelle O'Sullivan

Voluntary organisations and marketisation: a dynamic of employment degradation pp. 171-188

Ian Cunningham, Gary Hearne and Philip James

Workplace mediation and the empowerment of disputants: rhetoric or reality? pp. 189-209

Tony Bennett

Trade Unions in West Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Craig Phelan (ed) Peter Lang, Oxford, 2011, 282 pp., £40, ISBN 978-3-0343-0117-6 (pbk) pp. 210-211

John Stirling

China's Changing Workplace: Dynamism, Diversity and Disparity by Peter Sheldon, Sunghoon Kim, Yiqiong Li and Malcolm Warner Routledge, 2011, 326 pp., £95.00., ISBN 978-0-415–58454-8 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-203–82889-2 (ebk) pp. 211-213

Michelle Shaoling Luo

European Works Councils. A Transnational Industrial Relations Institution in the Making by Jeremy Waddington Abingdon, Routledge, 2011, 277 pp + xxi, £85.00 ISBN13: 978-0-415-87390-1 (hardback) pp. 213-214

Michael Gold

Volume 44, issue 1, 2013

Transnational labour markets and national wage setting systems in the EU pp. 2-19

Gerhard Bosch and Claudia Weinkopf

The effectiveness of socially sustainable sourcing mechanisms: Assessing the prospects of a new form of joint regulation pp. 20-37

Chris F. Wright and William Brown

Work environment and participation: the case of teachers in D enmark and N ew Z ealand pp. 38-56

Herman Knudsen, Raymond Markey and Gay Simpkin

Working hours in C hinese enterprises: evidence from matched employer–employee data pp. 57-77

Vinod Mishra and Russell Smyth

New unions in the UK: the vanguard or the rearguard of the union movement? pp. 78-94

Catharine Ross

Retail Work edited by Irena Grugulis and Odul Bozkurt (eds) Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 312pp, ISBN 978-0-230-28357-2, £32.99 pp. 95-96

Andrew Smith

Labor Relations in New Democracies. East Asia, Latin America, and Europe by José A. Alemán Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, 196 pages + xv, $89.00; £60.00. ISBN: 978-0-230-62348-4 pp. 96-98

Michael Gold

Good Jobs America: Making Work Better for Everyone by Paul Osterman and Beth Shulman Russell Sage Foundation, 2011, 181 pp., $24.95 pp. 98-100

John Trumpbour

Volume 43, issue 6, 2012

Coordinated employer bargaining and globalisation: a study of the men's clothing industry in Q uebec, 1974–2012 pp. 472-493

Mélanie Laroche and Gregor Murray

Is social movement unionism still relevant? The case of the South African federation COSATU pp. 494-510

Pauline Dibben, Geoffrey Wood and Kamel Mellahi

Retirement timing in E urope: does sector make a difference? pp. 511-526

Hanne De Preter, Dimitri Mortelmans and Dorien Van Looy

To merge or not to merge? The impact of union merger decisions on workers' representation in G ermany pp. 527-547

Martin Behrens and Andreas Pekarek

Union-division: on the paradoxes of purpose and membership scope in union mergers pp. 548-571

Rebecca Bednarek, Stephen Blumenfeld and Sally Riad

The transformation of the G erman vocational training regime: evidence from firms’ training behaviour pp. 572-591

Marius R. Busemeyer, Renate Neubäumer, Harald Pfeifer and Felix Wenzelmann

Ethical Socialism and the Trade Unions: Allan Flanders and the British Industrial Relations Reform – By John Kelly pp. 592-593

Peter Prowse

Comparing European Workers Part B: Policies and Institutions – Edited by David Brady pp. 594-595

Michelle O'Sullivan

From Argument to Agreement: Resolving Disputes through Mediation – By John Crawley pp. 595-596

Tony Bennett

Volume 43, issue 5, 2012

Editorial pp. 376-377

Peter Nolan

Wage and hour violations in urban labour markets: a comparison of L os A ngeles, N ew Y ork and C hicago pp. 378-398

Ruth Milkman, Ana Luz González and Peter Ikeler

Shrinking the state or the B ig S ociety? Public service employment relations in an era of austerity pp. 399-415

Stephen Bach

‘Nothing gets done and no one knows why’: PCS and workplace control of Lean in HM Revenue and Customs pp. 416-432

Bob Carter, Andy Danford, Debra Howcroft, Helen Richardson, Andrew Smith and Phil Taylor

Shifting models of equality? Union Equality Reps in the public services pp. 433-447

Sian Moore and Tessa Wright

Public service restructuring in the UK: the case of the E nglish N ational H ealth S ervice pp. 448-464

Stephanie Tailby

The Strange Non-death of Neoliberalism, Colin Crouch, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2011, xii/199 pp., £14.99 (paperback) pp. 465-466

Michael Gold

The Thought of Work. John W. Budd. Ithaca, NY, ILR Press, 2011, xi + 246 pp., $65 and $24.95 pp. 466-468

Paul Edwards

Socially Unbalanced Europe: Socio-Political Proposals in Times of Crisis. Klaus Busch, Manfred Flore, Heribert Kohl and Heiko Schlatermund (eds). Pontypool, Merlin Press, 2011, 332 pp., £15.95 (paperback) pp. 468-469

Michael Gold

Volume 43, issue 4, 2012

Professor William Brown, University of Cambridge pp. 300-301

Peter Nolan

Collective bargaining: crisis and its consequences for American society pp. 302-316

Thomas A. Kochan

The hot house and the politics of production: Piecework Bargaining in retrospect pp. 317-331

Paul Edwards

(Re)assessing the shifting contours of Britain's collective industrial relations pp. 332-347

Paul Marginson

The decline of British trade unionism: markets, actors and institutions pp. 348-358

John Kelly

Understanding the employment relationship: markets, hierarchies and power pp. 359-369

Peter Nolan

The Role of Collective Bargaining in the Global Economy: Negotiating for Social Justice – Edited by S. Hayter pp. 370-371

Jim Arrowsmith

Power in Coalition: Strategies for Strong Unions and Social Change – By Amanda Tattersall pp. 371-373

John Kelly

Equality, Inequalities and Diversity: Contemporary Challenges and Strategies – Edited by Geraldine Healy, Gill Kirton and Mike Noon pp. 373-374

Trudy Bates

Volume 43, issue 3, 2012

Sources of variation in trade union membership across the UK: the case of Wales pp. 200-221

Huw Beynon, Rhys Davies and Steve Davies

Varieties of capitalism, neoliberalism and the economic crisis of 2008–? pp. 222-241

Jason Heyes, Paul Lewis and Ian Clark

Involuntary part-time workers in Britain: evidence from the labour force survey pp. 242-259

Surhan Cam

Politics matter: changes in unionisation rates in rich countries, 1960–2010 pp. 260-280

John Schmitt and Alexandra Mitukiewicz

Transformations in Spanish trade union membership pp. 281-292

Holm-Detlev Köhler and José Pablo Calleja Jiménez

Explaining the Performance of Human Resource Management – By Steve Fleetwood and Anthony Hesketh pp. 293-294

Jim Arrowsmith

Globalization and Varieties of Capitalism: New Labour Economic Policy and the Abject State – By Dan Coffey and Carole Thornley pp. 294-295

Hazel Conley

Employment Law: An Adviser's Handbook – By Tamara Lewis pp. 296-297

Jessica Guth

Volume 43, issue 2, 2012

Tripartite adjudication—an endangered species pp. 94-109

Susan Corby and Paul Latreille

Immigration policy and market institutions in liberal market economies pp. 110-136

Chris F. Wright

Promises and practices: job evaluation and equal pay forty years on! pp. 137-151

Kay Gilbert

Obstacles to transnational trade union cooperation in Europe—results from a European survey pp. 152-170

Bengt Larsson

At the bottom of a global commodity chain––how different really are hourly wage rates and piece rates? pp. 171-191

Anand Chand

Freelancing Expertise: Contract Professionals in the New Economy – By Debra Osnowitz; Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy – By Ross Perlin pp. 192-194

Peter Scott

One Company, Diverse Workplaces: The Social Construction of Employment Practices in Western and Eastern Europe – By Marta Kahancova pp. 195-196

Chris Rees

The Outsourcing Enterprise—From Cost Management to Collaborative Innovation – By Leslie P. Willcocks, Sara Cullen and Andrew Craig pp. 197-198

Alison J. Lewis