Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations: (25 Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations)

Volume 25 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains eight new peer-reviewed papers highlighting key aspects of employment relations from a global perspective.  Topics discussed include dispute resolution through ombud and arbitration arrangements, union organizing in an informal economy, domestic and foreign firm labor market competition, occupational safety in coal mining, work and social protections in a platform economy, workforce training for older workers, and right-to-work law effects on the stock market.  Consistent with previous AILR volumes, the papers in Volume 25 reflect a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods. These range from primary research methods such as case studies, survey, interviews and historiography to longitudinal and cross-sectional research designs and theory building.  Some of the research included in this volume was first presented at the 70th annual meeting of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) held in Baltimore, Maryland (USA) during June 2018.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction; David Lewin and Paul J. Gollan  Chapter 2. Complaining to the Ombudsman: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Brazilian Organizations; Paulo Marzionna  Chapter 3. Labor Standards Violations and Employment Arbitration: An Empirical Assessment; Michael D. Maffie  Chapter 4. Irreconcilable Differences: Union Organizing in the Informal Sector in Ghana; Yvonne A. Lamptey  Chapter 5. The Effects of Ownership on Labor Standards in China: A Comparison of Foreign Multinationals and Indigenous Firms; Weihao Li and Ying Chen   Chapter 6. Occupational Safety in China’s Coal Mining Industry: The Roles of Regulations, Human Resources and Labor Relations; Yujie Cai  Chapter 7. Work and Social Protection in the Platform Economy in Europe; Simon Joyce, Mark Stuart, Chris Forde and Danat Valizade  Chapter 8. Workforce Training for Older Workers: Toward a Better Understanding of Older Worker Needs After the Great Recession; Ting Zhang  Chapter 9. New Evidence from the Stock Market on Right-to-Work Laws; Steven Abraham and Paul B. Voos

About the Author :
David Lewin is the Neil H. Jacoby Professor Emeritus of Management, Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management. He is the author of many published works on industrial relations and human resource management and is a member of the editorial boards of numerous peer-reviewed journals. Professor Lewin previously served as President of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) and as professor, director of the Ph.D. Program, and director of the Human Resources Research Center at Columbia University Business School. He is a Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Human Resources. Paul J. Gollan is a Senior Professor of Management in the Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong, Australia. He is also Pro-Vice Chancellor (South East Asia) and Dean of Academic Programs (INTI). He has published extensively in the fields of management, human resources and industrial relations. Professor Gollan is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK), and Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute.