The Workplace Employment Relations Survey series is a tremendously useful source of data for industrial relations researchers. But, like all large-scale secondary datasets, it has a number of design problems. These have not been articulated previously in much depth. Looking at the 2004...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the recruitment and selection procedures employed in the body art sector. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative interviews were conducted with the owners/managers of eight body art studios located across the USA and the UK. Findings –...