Employee Relations: Volume 32 Issue 1

UK industrial relations state agencies

John Gennard

The purpose of this Editorial is to outline the main functions of the UK industrial relations state agencies – the Certification Officer, the Central Arbitration Committee and The…

The roles and functions of shop stewards in workplace partnership: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland

Yasmin Rittau, Tony Dundon

The purpose of this paper is to examine the roles and influence of shop stewards under workplace partnership regimes in five case study firms in the Republic of Ireland. It aims…

Between the state and market: Multiple roles of the Chinese trade unions from the perspectives of shop stewards

Jian Qiao

The purpose of this paper is to study the changing perspectives of Chinese trade unions towards labour rights and interest, through exploring the nature of Chinese trade unions…

Employees' attitudes towards diversity in a non‐western context

Bakr Ahmad Alserhan, Ingo Forstenlechner, Ahmad Al‐Nakeeb

The purpose of this paper is to examine attitudes towards diversity in an emerging Gulf economy whose workforce is dominated by expatriates and is under significant pressure to…

The changing nature of the traditional expatriate psychological contract

Judy Pate, Hugh Scullion

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether traditional conventions of the expatriate psychological contract have altered from both employer and employee perspectives. In…

Changing the (im)balance of power: high‐performance work systems in Brazil

Robson Sø Rocha

The purpose of this paper is to present the research findings of a longitudinal case study of a Brazilian company which changed its work system from a highly Taylorist to a…

How much would US union membership increase under a policy of non‐exclusive representation?

Mark Harcourt, Helen Lam

In light of the low‐union density and a huge representation gap in the US representation system. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of the system under…

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh