Regional Groupings and Labor Standards
Chairperson: Daniel J.B. MITCHELL, UCLA, USA
Invited Papers:
Frank BORGERS, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA
Global Unionism -Organizational Challenges
Marie-Ange MOREAU, University Aix-Marseille III, France, Gilles TRUDEAU, University of Montreal, Canada
The Social Effects on Mondialization on Labour Law
C.S.Venkata RATNAM, International Management Institute, India
Impact of Globalization on National and Regional Systems of Industrial Relations and Employment Relations
Paul TEAGUE, Ulster University, UK
Regional Trading Blocs and Labour Standards: The Contrasting Social Dimensions to EU and NAFTA
Mark THOMPSON, University of British Columbia, Canada
Labour Standards Under Free Trade: The Case of Occupational Health and Safety Under NAFTA
Stefan ZAGELMEYER, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany
Bargaining on Employment in Europe: The Example of the European Car Industry
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Divergence and Convergence
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Christine EDWARDS, Kingston University, UK |
Invited Papers:
James ARROWSMITH, Keith SISSON, University of Warwick, UK
The Implications of Internationalisation of Competition and Regulation for Decentralisation within European Industrial Relations Systems
Debashish BHATTACHERJEE, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India
From the National to the Local: The Effects of Globalization on Indian Industrial Relations
Michael FICHTER, Bodo ZEUNER, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
The Institutional Framework of Labor Relations in the Transformation Countries of Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Model Imports and Path Dependency
Sarosh KURUVILLA, Cornell University, USA, Christopher L. ERICKSON, UCLA, USA
The Impact of Globalization on Industrial Relations in Asia: A Comparative Review and Analysis
Richard MITCHELL, Sean COONEY, University of Melbourne, Australia
Labour Relations Practice and Law in Asian NICs: Problems and Issues in Comparative Labour Law
Erling RASMUSSEN, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Jens LIND, University of Aalborg, Denmark
Changes in Labour Market Regulation: A Comparative Study of the Impacts of Global Competition on Danish and New Zealand Labour Market Trends
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Multinational Companies: Managing across Frontiers
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Hugh WHITTAKER, University of Cambridge, UK |
Invited Papers:
William N. COOKE, Deborah S. NOBLE, Wayne State University, USA
Human Resource Management Strategies and Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.
Anthony FERNER, De Montfort University, UK, Javier QUINTANILLA, IESE, Spain, Mattias VARUL, IAAEG, TRIER/IRRU, Germany
Country-of -origin and the Management of HR/IR in Multinational Companies: Convergence and Distinctiveness in German MNCs
Wellington Kang-yen KUAN, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
An Exploratory Framework for Glocalizing Human Resource Management: Implications from the Japanese MNCs under Transformation Challenge
Chang-hee LEE, ILO, Switzerland
Transnational Labour - Management Dialogue within Multinational Companies
Hirohisa NAGAI, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Japanese MNC's HRM Strategy in EU Region - Managing Uniformity vs. Diversity -
A.V. SUBBARAO, University of Ottawa, Canada
Management Development of Professionals of a Diverse Workforce in Global Corporations
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Johngseok BAE, Hanyang University, Korea, John J. LAWLER, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Towards a Global Standardization?: Global Strategy and Cultural Differences in Employment Systems in MNC Subsidiaries in Korea
Boyd BLACK, Queen's University of Belfast, UK, National Culture: The Cement of National Industrial Relations Systems?
Joseph John CATANZARITI, Clayton Utz Laywers, Australia, The Impact of Globalization on National and Regional Systems of Industrial Relations and Employment Relations: An Australian Lawyer's Perspective
Madan K. DAHAL, Nepal Foundation for Advanced Studies (NEFAS), Nepal, Employment Relations: National Characteristics and their Changes in Nepal
Clifford B. DONN, Le Moyne College, USA, Richard MORRIS, University of Western Sydney, Australia, Impact of Global Maritime Competition on National Maritime Industrial Relations Systems : The Cases of Australia and the United States
Jesper DUE, Jørgen Steen MADSEN, Nikolaj LUBANSKI, The Danish IIRA-Association, Denmark, Towards Multi-Level Regulation of Employment-Relations
Chris ENGELS, Lisa SALAS, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Globalisation and Decentralization Simultaneously: The European Works Council, Regional Information, Consultation and Collective Bargaining
Howard GOSPEL, University of London, UK, Andrew PENDLETON, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Financial Markets, Corporate Governance, and the Management of Labour
Ulrich HOMMEL, European Business School, Petra RIEMER-HOMMEL, Universität Trier, Germany, Judicial Arbitrage as a Motive for "Mergers of Equals" and the Future of Statutory Corporate Governance and Codetermination
Elena A. IANKOVA, Cornell University, USA, Globalization, Regional Integration and Domestic Restructuring: Challenges to the Employment Relationship in Bulgaria
Hirokuni IKEZOE, The Japan Institute of Labour (JIL), Japan, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations in the Japanese Affiliated Enterprise in the U.S. - Transplantation and Modification of the Japanese Employment Practices -
Carsten Strøby JENSEN, Faos, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, The Survival of Organized Interest- Can Employer Organisations Survive the Pressure from Globalization
Haiyun LIU, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, The Adjustment of Management Strategy and Structure of EU MNCs and Its Influence on EU Labor Market
Hécetor LUCENA, Universidad Carabobo, Venezuela, Regulatory Framework and Industrial Relations
Marc MAURICE, LEST/ CNRS, France, The Interdependencies between <Globalization> and National System of Industrial Relations and Employment Relations
Kevin John McCORMICK, University of Sussex, UK, Against the Grain? Japanese Transplants in the Re-structuring of British Industrial Relations
Michael MULLER, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Employment Relations in Austria, Germany and Sweden - The Impact of Globalisation and Decentralisation
Serafino NEGRELLI, University of Brescia, Italy, Concertation and Social Pacts in Italy and in Europe
Laszlo NEUMANN, Research Institute of Labor, Hungary, Following Global Trends and Preserving State-Socialist Legacies (Decentralized Collective Bargaining in Hungary)
Jukka NIEMELÄ, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Martti KAIRINEN, Heikki UHMAVAARA, University of Turku, Finland, New Directions in Development of Local Bargaining in Finland
Ekaterina RIBAROVA, Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, The National Industrial Relations System in Bulgaria in the Context of Economical Restructuring and Privatisation
Tony ROYLE, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Workplace Democracy under Threat? The Multinational Enterprise and National Level Works Councils in the European Fast-food Industry
Lloyd M. SACHIKONYE, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Globalisation, Economic Reforms and Labour Standards in Southern Africa
Suwarno SUTANTO, Ministry of Manpower, Indonesia, The Impact of Globalization on National Industrial Relations: The Indonesian Experiences
Virginia A. TEODOSIO, Markk L. PERETE University of the Philippines, Philippines, Tripartism and the Role of the State in a Period of Restructuring under Globalization
James D. THWAITES, University of Laval, Canada, Nadine PERRON-THWAITES, College of Europe, Belgium, The North American Experience (Canada-Mexico-U.S.A.) with the Labour Side Agreement to NAFTA
Peter TURNBULL, Cardiff University, UK, Globalisation and Regime Competition in the Port Transport Industry
Guylaine VALLÉE, Jean CHAREST, University of Montreal, Canada, Globalization and the Transformation of State Regulation of Labour: The Case of Amendments to the Québec Collective Agreement Decrees Act
Ulke VEERSMA, Nijmegen Business School, Rienk GOODIJK, GITP, The Netherlands, Between Globalisation and Europeanisation. Changes in Corporate Governance and the Evolving European Works Council
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