This study analyzes the relationship among plant-level measures of industrial relations performance, economic performance, and quality-of-working-life programs. The analysis employs pooled time-series and cross-section data from 18 plants within a division of General Motors for the years...

Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Part 1: The Strategic Level of Labor Relations -- 1. A Framework for Analyzing Labor Relations -- 2. Labor, Management, and Government Interactions -- 3. The Law and Legal Systems -- 4. The Role of the Economic, Technological, and Demographic...

In response to public-sector collective-bargaining conflict in Wisconsin and other states, Employment Policy Researcher Network researchers wrote a white paper, "Getting it Right: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from Research on Public-Sector Unionism and Collective Bargaining."