The past century has seen the rise and, in the United States and several other indus trialized
nations, the decline of the field of industrial relations. The Global Evolution of Industrial …

Employee participation encompasses the range of mechanisms used to involve the
workforce in decisions at all levels of the organization-whether direct or indirect-conducted …

Unions can be an instrument of social change, but even when they play a larger role in
society, their core activity remains in the workplace. Studies conducted in the early 1980s …

The diverse conceptual perspectives and practical experiences with non‐union employee
representation (NER) in the USA and Canada are reviewed. We first propose a six …

Examines the history, contemporary practice, and policy issues of non-union employee
representation in the USA and Canada. The text encompasses many organizational devices …

This chapter addresses the current debates concerning NER arrangements from an
international context. In particular, it examines the conceptual issues surrounding NER …

It is apparent from existing research in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia that little is
known about how forms of nonunion employee representation (NER) are composed, their …

There is a small number of terms in the lexicon of labor history that are indelibly marked with
opprobrium: among them are ª blacklist, º ª open shop, º and ª yellow dog contract. º Also …

As described in this unique case study, Delta Air Lines operates one of the most advanced,
high‐level employee involvement programs in the nation. Based on in‐depth field study and …

This book informs debates about worker participation in the workplace or worker voice by
analysing comparative historical data relating to these ideas during the inter-war period in …