The Future of the Labor Movement
Chairperson: Joseph ROSE, McMaster University, Canada
Invited Papers:
A.V. JOSE, ILO, Switzerland
The Future of Labor Movement—The ILO Studies
Sookon KIM, Kyunghee University, Korea
Korean Trade Unions, Manpower Policy and the Labor Market
Yasuo KUWAHARA, Dokkyo University, Japan
The Future of Labour Movement in Japan: Experiments and Possibilities
Elena PISANI, United States Embassy, Italy, Cecilia BRIGHI, Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions, Italy
The Future of Labor Movement in Italy
Jacques ROJOT, University of Paris, France
The Future of the Labor Movement in France
Hoyt N. WHEELER, University of South Carolina, USA
The Future of the Labor Movement in the USA
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Trade Union Structure and Roles in an Era of Globalization
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Gary CHAISON, Clark University, USA |
Invited Papers:
Carola M. FREGE, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Andras TOTH, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary
Union Weakness and Collective Interests in Eastern Europe: Recent Evidence from Hungary and Poland
Sigrid KOCH-BAUMGARTEN, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Globalization and International Industrial Relations in Maritime Transport: The Multinational Collective Bargaining System in Flag-of-Convenience Shipping
Mari SAKO, University of Oxford, UK, Hiroki SATO, University of Tokyo, Japan
Union Networks in the Extended Enterprise in Japan
John SALMON, Rick DELBRIDGE, Edmund HERRY, Melanie SIMMS, Dave SIMPSON, Cardiff University, UK, Hirokuni TABATA, University of Tokyo, Japan
The Strategic Revival and Renewal of Labour Movements: The Contrasting Experiences and Lessons from Britain and Japan
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Industrial Relations Developments in Asia, Oceania and Africa
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Keisuke NAKAMURA, University of Tokyo, Japan |
Invited Papers:
Jenny FLEMING, David PEETZ, Griffith University, Australia
Essential Service Unionism and the New Industrial Relations
Mark HARCOURT, Aaron CRAWFORD, Victoria University, New Zealand, Geoffrey WOOD Coventry University, UK
Is There A Future For A Labour Accord In South Africa?
Jooyeon JEONG, Korea University, Korea
The Recent Evolution of Enterprise Bargaining Agreements in Korea: An Analysis from a Comparative Perspective
Christo VAN WYK, Hugo PIENAAR, Potchefstroom University, South Africa
Workplace Change in South Africa: Labour and Management Participation in Implementing Change in the Plastic Conversion Industry at the Workplace Level-A Cluster Initiative
Michael M. WEI, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
The Role of Union in the Two-stage Privatization of State-owned Enterprise -A Case Study of the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation
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Brian ABBOTT, Kingston University, UK, Conflict Resolution in the Absence of Trade Unions
Nurudeen ALLIYU, Ogun State University, Nigeria, Organised Labour and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria: Pattern, Problems and Prospects
Lars ANDERSEN, SINTEF Institute of Social Research in Industry (IFIM), Norway, Operative Work: Autonomy and Coordination
Cesario A. AZUCENA, University of the Philippines, Philippines, An Emerging Pattern of Industrial Relations? The Philippine Airlines Experience
Wolhuter BACKER, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa, Future Roles of Trade Unions in South Africa and Israel
Allan Claudius Queiroz BARBOSA, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, The Labor Union's Manager and Management: Profile, Dilemmas, Perception, View - A Study with the Thirty Greatest Labor Unions of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Franco BARCHIESI, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, The Changing Role of Labour in South African Democratization - Globalization, Flexibility, and the Challenge of Social Citizenship
Thérèe BEAUPAIN, Instituté de Sociologie de l'Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, Steve JEFFERYS, Keele University, UK, European Works Councils: A New Institution but with What Content?
Mbulelo BIKWANI, Nomonde MGUMANE, Rentokil Initial, South Africa, Repositioning Trade Unionism in South Africa: A New Challenge to Face into the New Millennium's Industrial Relations
John BLACK, Univeristy of Wolverhampton, UK, Towards Social Partnership: Its Limits and Possibilities Explored through some UK and US Experience
Reynald BOURQUE, University of Montreal, Claude RIOUX, Federation of Forest and Paper Workers Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU), Canada, Case Studies of Union Participation in Work Reorganization in Metal and Paper Industries in Canada
Chris BREWSTER, Cranfield University, John LLOYD, Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, UK, Strategic Management of Trade Unions: Responding to the Challenge
Anne M BRUVIK-HANSEN, Morten MADSEN, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, Denmark, The Challenges and Responses to the Increasing Company Orientation - Denmark as a Case
Alex BRYSON, Policy Studies Institute, UK, The Impact of Trades Unions on Workplace Governance
Ozer CARMI,IIRA, Israel, Israel: A Labour Relations System in Transition
Giuseppe CASALE, ILO, Hungary, Workers' Participation in Central and Eastern Europe: Future Challenges
Andy DANFORD, Martin UPCHURCH, University of the West of England, UK, 'New Unionism' and Union Participation in the UK: Prospects for a Re-collectivisation of the Workplace?
Willem. F. DE NIJS, Erik POUTSMA, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Financial Participation in the Nineties; Dissemeniation and Challenges. A Comparison between Europe, Japan and the USA
Peter FAIRBROTHER, Cardiff University, Bob CARTER, Univerity of Leicester, UK, Changing Patterns of Union Organisation, Representation and Participation: What is Happening in Anglo-American, Australian and British Trade Union Movements?
Horacio FALCAO, CMI International Group, USA, The Alliance Between Company and Union: A New Way to Improve the Labor Climate
Friedrich FÜRSTENBERG, Bonn University, Germany, Welfare Corporatism and Co-operative Unionism. Transformation, Decline or Revival?
Laila GAD,Social Fund for Development, Egypt, Trade Union and Labor in Egypt: Challenges and Developments in a Liberalizing Economy
Paul J. GOLLAN, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Having a Voice: Non-union Forms of Employee Representation in the United Kingdom and Australia
Stanislav S. GROZDANIC, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Privatization and Economic Democracy
Tzu-Shian HAN, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, The Effects of Employee Involvement on the Control of Employees
Peter HAYNES, Manukanu Institute of Technology, New Zealand, Partnership Unionism: A Viable Strategy?
Jyrki HELIN, The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Finland, Finland: Comprehensive Collective Agreements and More Local Agreements
Owen E. HERRNSTADT, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, USA, European Works Councils: The View From North America
Stephen J. HOLOVIAK, Thomas P. VERNEY Shippensburg University, USA, Using Quality Techniques in Contract Negotiations: The ultimate in Union - Management Participation
Kim HOQUE, Mike NOON, Cardiff Business School, UK, The Impact of the Personnel Function and HRM on Organisational Performance: Evidence from WERS98
Ping-der HUANG, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Changes of Labor Protection Mechanism in Hi-tech Industry-Taiwanese Experience
Gerald HUNT, Nipissing University, Canada, The New Labour Movement in Canada: The Role of Equity Initiatives
R. B. JAIN, University of Delhi, India, Workers' Participation in Management in India: New Dimensions in an Era of Globalization
Kimmo KEVÄTSALO, Finnish Metalworkers' Uninon, Finland, Globalisation and Trade Union Competency Strategies
Herman KNUDSEN, Aalborg University, Denmark, European Works Councils - With or Without Trade Unions
Karl KOCH, South Bank University, UK, The Impact of Globalisation on Plant Level Institutions - The Transformation of Works Councils in Europe and the Advent of the European Works Council
Volkmar KREIßIG, State University of St. Petersburg, Russia, Changing Patterns of Worker Participation in East Germany and Russia - Contributions towards a New System of Industrial Relations and Co-Management or to the Decline of Traditional Forms of Union Participation?
Satu LÄHTEENMÄKI, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Merja HELKELA, ORAS Ltd, Finland, Towards Finding the Best HRM Bundle for ORAS Ltd. - Increased Worker Participation, Commitment Well-Being and Business Results
Christian LEVESQUE, HEC, University of Montreal, Canada, Gregor MURRAY, University of Laval, Canada,Connected, Democratic, Proactive: Challenges for 21st Century Unions
Caroline LLOYD, University of Warwick, UK, Marginalisation of Trade Unions? Employee Representation in High Skill Sectors
Jan Kees LOOISE, Jan DE LEEDE, Michiel DRUCKER, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Towards Pluriformity in Participation: Changing Patterns of Employee Participation in The Netherlands
Sujata MANGARAJ, Regional College of Management, India, Employee Involvement and Participation at the Workplace Level: An Indian Experience
Mary Leian C. MARASIGAN, University of the Philipppines, Philippines, Prevalence of Workers' Participation in Assembly Lines
Darko MARINKOVIC, Trade Union Confederation "Nezavusbist", Yugoslavia, Globalization as a Challenge for New Trade Union Strategy
Sérgio Silveira MARTINS, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Profits or Results Sharing - Opportunity or Challenge for the Union's Movement?
Brian B. McARTHUR, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, District Council of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Canada, Industrial Relations and the Mediation Alternative
Kalyani MOHANTY, Indian Industrial Relation Association, India, Changing Pattern of Employee and Union Participation towards New System of Industrial Relation: A Study in Indian Province
Victor Sepetiya MUHANDU, Zambia Privatization Agency, Zambia, Changing Patterns of Employee and Union Participation: Toward New Systems of Industrial Relations?
El-Khider Ali MUSA, University of Khartoum, Sudan, The Role of Employee Ownership (EO) in Privatisation in a Developing Economy: Its Progress, Problems and Prospects in Sudan
Roby NATHANSON, The Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research, Israel, The New Histadrut - The General Federation of Labour in Israel: A Case Study
Kevin P. O'KELLY, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Ireland, Participation of Employees through Share Ownership in Europe
Kwamina PANFORD, Northeastern University, USA, The Challenges of Rebuilding Trade Unions: The Case of Anglophone Africa (With Special Emphasis on Ghana)
Hugo PIENAAR, University of Potchefstroom, Christo VAN WYK Potchefstroom University, South Africa, Changing Patterns of Employee and Union Participation: Towards New Systems of Industrial Relations?
Silvana POZZEBON, École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Canada, Fusing Unionised Work Groups: Is Conflict Inevitable?
Joseph B. ROSE, McMaster University, Canada, Gray N. CHAISON, Clark University, USA, North American Unionism in the 21st Century: The Prospects for Revival
K. M. SAHOO, Utkal University, India, The Changing Pattern of Industrial Relations-The Role of the Govt. in the State of Orissa, India
Kamala SANKARAN, Jamia Millia Islamia, India, Creating a Legislative Framework to Deal with the Changing Face of Employment - the Indian Approach
Keimpe SCHILSTRA, FNV Allies, Jaap PAAUWE, Erasumus University, Evert SMIT, Basis & Beleid, The Netherlands, Contrasting High and Low Degrees of Institutionalisation: A Network Approach
Hartmut SEIFERT, Wirtschafts-und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans Böckler Stiftung (WSI), Germany, Job-Security: A New Topic of Collective Bargaining
Gangaram SINGH, San Diego State University, USA, Have Unions Outlived their Usefulness? Lessons from the Wagner Act Model in North America
B.J. STANLEY, Andhra University, B. Santhi Bushan REDDY, B. Sarath Sekhar REDDY, Andhra Medical College Visakhapatham, India, Re-energizing the Industrial Work- Force for Effective Performance at Work Place - A Therapeutic Approach
Daphne G. TARAS, Allen PONAK, University of Calgary, Canada, Managerial Attitudes to Nonunion Employee Representation Plans
Phil TAYLOR, University of Stirling, UK, Peter BAIN, University of Strathclyde, Employment Relations in the "High-tech" Workplace: Employee Representation and Communications in Call Centres
James THWAITES, University of Laval, Canada, The Canadian Experience in Strategic Level Professional Relations
Diane-Gabrielle TREMBLAY, David ROLLAND, Télé-université, Université du Québec, Canada, New Patterns of Employee Participation: Results from a Survey on Teamwork and Direct Participation Conducted in Canada
Santosh Kumar TRIPATHY, Utkal University, India, Trade Unions' Response to Changing Times
Roger UNDY, Ian KESSLER, Sid JENNINGS, Oxford University, UK, Employee Communication and Consultation: A Cross Country Study
V.K. VEDAPURI, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions-Asian and Pacific Regional Organisation (ICFTU-APRO), India, Changing Patterns of Employee and Union Participation towards New Systems of Industrial Relations?
S. VELAYUDHAPERUMAL, Madurai Kamaraj University, India, Labour Movements and Political Systems: Some Variations
Zvone VODOVNIK, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Mëria LADÓ Institute of Labour Research Hungary, Preventing and Resolving Industrial Conflicts in Countries in Transition‚“-From Sutate Regulation to State Support
Evelyn Sue WONG, National Trades Union Congress, Singapore, The Impact of Globalisation on Industrial Relations And Workers' Participation in Singapore
Xiao Hong XU, Zhejiang Union Institute, China, Chinese Employee Participation System
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