This post is a collection of literature in industrial relations (IR), as well as an introduction of IR-related work to readers from the outside. I will continuously update this collection and occasionally write brief reviews for important and interesting work in IR. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact me via email.
What is industrial relations?
Budd, J. W. (2010). Labor relations: Striking a balance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Hyman, R. (1975). What is industrial relations? A Marxist introduction. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Kaufman, B. E. (2003). John R. Commons and the Wisconsin School on industrial relations strategy and policy. ILR Review, 57(1), 3-30.
Tapia, M., Ibsen, C. L., & Kochan, T. A. (2015). Mapping the frontier of theory in industrial relations: the contested role of worker representation. Socio-Economic Review, 13(1), 157-184.
Comparative industrial relations
The United States
Artz, B., Blanchflower, D. G., & Bryson, A. (2022). Unions increase job satisfaction in the United States. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 203, 173-188.
Budd, J. W. (1996). Union wage determination in Canadian and US manufacturing, 1964–1990: A comparative analysis. ILR Review, 49(4), 673-689.
Card, D. (1996). The effect of unions on the structure of wages: A longitudinal analysis. Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 957-979.
Card, D. (2001). The effect of unions on wage inequality in the US labor market. ILR Review, 54(2), 296-315.
Freeman, R. B., & Medoff, J. L. (1979). The two faces of unionism. NBER Working Paper Series
Freeman, R. B. (1980). The exit-voice tradeoff in the labor market: Unionism, job tenure, quits, and separations. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 94(4), 643-673.
Sojourner, A., & Yang, J. (2022). Effects of union certification on workplace-safety enforcement: regression-discontinuity evidence. ILR Review, 75(2), 373-401.
Sojourner, A. J., Frandsen, B. R., Town, R. J., Grabowski, D. C., & Chen, M. M. (2015). Impacts of unionization on quality and productivity: Regression discontinuity evidence from nursing homes. ILR Review, 68(4), 771-806.
VanHeuvelen, T. (2018). Moral economies or hidden talents? A longitudinal analysis of union decline and wage inequality, 1973–2015. Social Forces, 97(2), 495-530.
VanHeuvelen, T. (2020). The right to work, power resources, and economic inequality. American Journal of Sociology, 125(5), 1255-1302.
VanHeuvelen, T., & Brady, D. (2022). Labor unions and American poverty. ILR Review, 75(4), 891-917.
China
Budd, J. W., Chi, W., Wang, Y., & Xie, Q. (2014). What do unions in China do? Provincial-level evidence on wages, employment, productivity, and economic output. Journal of Labor Research, 35(2), 185-204.
Chen, F. (2003). Between the state and labour: The conflict of Chinese trade unions’ double identity in market reform. The China Quarterly, 176, 1006-1028.
Chen, F. (2009). Union power in China source, operation, and constraints. Modern China, 35(6), 662-689.
Chen, P., & Gallagher, M. (2018). Mobilization without movement: How the Chinese state “fixed” labor insurgency. ILR Review, 71(5), 1029-1052.
Friedman, E. D. (2014). Economic development and sectoral unions in China. ILR Review, 67(2), 481-503.
Hui, E. S. I. (2022). Bottom‐Up Unionization in China: A Power Resources Analysis. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 60(1), 99-123.
Liu, M. (2010). Union organizing in China: Still a monolithic labor movement?. ILR Review, 64(1), 30-52.
Liu, M., & Kuruvilla, S. (2016). The state, the unions, and collective bargaining in China: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Comp. Lab. L. & Pol’y J., 38, 187.
Lu, Y., Tao, Z., & Wang, Y. (2010). Union effects on performance and employment relations: Evidence from China. China Economic Review, 21(1), 202-210.
Song, Y., Yang, J., & Yang, Q. (2016). Do firms’ political connections depress the union wage effect? Evidence from China. China Economic Review, 38, 183-198.
Yao, Y., & Zhong, N. (2013). Unions and workers’ welfare in Chinese firms. Journal of Labor Economics, 31(3), 633-667.
Zhuang, W., & Chen, F. (2015). “Mediate First”: The revival of mediation in labour dispute resolution in China. The China Quarterly, 222, 380-402.
Europe
Blanchflower, D. G., & Bryson, A. (2022). Union membership and job satisfaction over the life course. Industrial Relations Journal, 53(5), 411-429.
Others
Anner, M., & Liu, X. (2016). Harmonious unions and rebellious workers: A study of wildcat strikes in Vietnam. ILR review, 69(1), 3-28.
Trade unions and politics
Budd, J. W., & Lamare, J. R. (2021). The importance of political systems for trade union membership, coverage and influence: Theory and comparative evidence. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(3), 757-787.
Budd, J. W., & Lamare, J. R. (2021). Worker voice and political participation in civil society. In Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (pp. 1-20). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Budd, J. W., Lamare, J. R., & Timming, A. R. (2018). Learning about democracy at work: Cross-national evidence on individual employee voice influencing political participation in civil society. ILR Review, 71(4), 956-985.
Flavin, P. (2018). Labor union strength and the equality of political representation. British Journal of Political Science, 48(4), 1075-1091.
Lamare, J. R. (2010). Union influence on voter turnout: Results from three Los Angeles county elections. ILR Review, 63(3), 454-470.
Lamare, J. R. (2016). Labor Unions and Political Mobilization: Diminishing Returns of Repetitious Contact. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 55(2), 346-374.
Lamare, J. R. (2016). Union experience and worker policy: Legislative behavior in California, 1999–2012. ILR review, 69(1), 113-141.
Lamare, J. R., & Budd, J. W. (2022). The relative importance of industrial relations ideas in politics: A quantitative analysis of political party manifestos across 54 countries. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 61(1), 22-49.
Sojourner, A. J. (2013). Do unions promote members’ electoral office holding? Evidence from correlates of state legislatures’ occupational shares. ILR Review, 66(2), 467-486.
Industrial relations and identities
Intersectionality theory
Choo, H. Y., & Ferree, M. M. (2010). Practicing intersectionality in sociological research: A critical analysis of inclusions, interactions, and institutions in the study of inequalities. Sociological theory, 28(2), 129-149.
Cho, S., Crenshaw, K. W., & McCall, L. (2013). Toward a field of intersectionality studies: Theory, applications, and praxis. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 38(4), 785-810.
Lee, T. L., & Tapia, M. (2021). Confronting race and other social identity erasures: the case for critical industrial relations theory. ILR Review, 74(3), 637-662.
Suzuki, S., Morris, S. L., & Johnson, S. K. (2021). Using QuantCrit to advance an anti-racist developmental science: Applications to mixture modeling. Journal of Adolescent Research, 36(5), 535-560.
Gender
Budd, J. W., & Mumford, K. (2004). Trade unions and family-friendly policies in Britain. ILR Review, 57(2), 204-222.
Lurie, L. (2014). Do unions promote gender equality. Duke J. Gender L. & Pol’y, 22, 89.
Park, T. Y., Lee, E. S., & Budd, J. W. (2019). What do unions do for mothers? Paid maternity leave use and the multifaceted roles of labor unions. ILR Review, 72(3), 662-692.
Williamson, S., & Baird, M. (2014). Gender equality bargaining: Developing theory and practice. Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(2), 155-169.
Race
Frymer, P., & Grumbach, J. M. (2021). Labor unions and white racial politics. American Journal of Political Science, 65(1), 225-240.
Immigrants
Alberti, G., Holgate, J., & Tapia, M. (2013). Organising migrants as workers or as migrant workers? Intersectionality, trade unions and precarious work. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(22), 4132-4148.
Bedaso, F. J., Jirjahn, U., & Goerke, L. (2022). Immigrants and Trade Union Membership: Does Integration into Society and Workplace Play a Moderating Role? (No. 1169). GLO Discussion Paper.
Intersectionality research
Fan, W., & Moen, P. (2022). Working more, less or the same during COVID-19? A mixed method, intersectional analysis of remote workers. Work and Occupations, 49(2), 143-186.
Conflict and dispute resolution
Avgar, A. C. (2021). Relational exchange in non-union firms: A configurational framework for workplace dispute resolution and voice. ILR Review, 74(3), 607-636.
Budd, J. W., Colvin, A. J., & Pohler, D. (2020). Advancing dispute resolution by understanding the sources of conflict: Toward an integrated framework. ILR Review, 73(2), 254-280.
Budd, J. W., Sojourner, A., & Jung, J. (2017). Are voluntary agreements better? Evidence from baseball arbitration. ILR Review, 70(4), 865-893.
Campolieti, M., & Riddell, C. (2020). Does mediation-arbitration reduce arbitration rates? Evidence from a natural experiment. ILR Review, 73(1), 211-235.
Colvin, A. J. (2004). The relationship between employee involvement and workplace dispute resolution. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 59(4), 681-704.
Colvin, A. J. (2011). An empirical study of employment arbitration: Case outcomes and processes. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 8(1), 1-23.
Lipsky, D. B., Avgar, A. C., & Lamare, J. R. (2020). Organizational conflict resolution and strategic choice: Evidence from a survey of Fortune 1000 firms. ILR Review, 73(2), 431-455.
Political theory of work
Fraser, N. (2013). Fortunes of feminism: From state-managed capitalism to neoliberal crisis. Verso Books. (Book Reivew)
Marx, K. (2004). Capital: A critique of political economy (Vol. 1). Penguin Classics.
Weeks, K. (2011). The problem with work. Duke University Press.
Weeks, K. (2017). Down with love: Feminist critique and the new ideologies of work. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 45(3/4), 37-58.