The Global Evolution Of Industrial Relations (events, Ideas And The Iira)

Essential reading for all those concerned with the history and practice of industrial relations,this landmark volume chronicles the evolution of the field to date. It focuses on the largely untold story of how the globalization of industrial relations took hold, and explores in depth the pivotal events, ideas and people behind it.
About Author :
Bruce E Kaufman is Professor of the W.T Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. He has written or edited 14 books and numerous scholarly articles on labour economics, industrial relations and human resource management. Professor Kaufman is past president of the University Council of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Programs (US) and is currently co-chair of the IR Theory and IR as a Field Study group of the Internaitonal Industrial Relaitons Association.
Contents :
Foreword Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Roots of Industrial Relations The Birth and Early Development of Industrial Relations Early Industrial Realtions in Europe American Industrial Relations in the Golden Age The Institutionalization of Industrial Realtions in Australasia, Canada and the United Kingdom The IIRA: Taking the Industrial Relaitons Field Global Industrial Relations in the United States --------etc