Field guide to researching employment and industrial relations / edited by Jane Parker (Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Department of Management, Massey Business School, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; and Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium), Noelle Donnelly (Associate Professor, School of Management, Faculty of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Susan Ressia (Senior Lecturer, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith Business School, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, Queensland) and Mihajla Gavin (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, Jane, editor.

Donnelly, Noelle, editor.

Ressia, Sue, editor.

Gavin, Mihajla, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar field guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment (Economic theory).

Employment in foreign countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"The field of employment and industrial relations explores a myriad of complex topics, themes and phenomena, and this book provides a guide for researching this fascinating area. Investigating micro-, meso-, macro- and cross-national forms of analysis, it is a crucial toolkit for researchers to consult in their studies. The Field Guide to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations is a vital examination of emerging and established methodological approaches, from qualitative research to transdisciplinary methods. Vignettes throughout the chapters showcase research methods in action, paired with experience-based reflections from expert researchers. The book is an accessible compendium of methodologies - perfect for any stage of the research process. Early career researchers focusing on employment and industrial relations, human resources and labour economics will find this book to be an important resource. An indispensable repository of established and emerging research methods, it is also beneficial to experienced researchers and academics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to researching employment and industrial relations

1. Part I: The evolution of employment: Industrial relations research methods

1. The evolution of industrial relations research methods: A review of key union effects studies from the late 20th to early 21st century / Kwon Hee Han, J. Ryan Lamare and Tingting Zhang

Part II: The changing fortunes of qualitative methods in employment/industrial relations research

2. Archival methods / Chris Forde

3. From guinea pigs to agents: The potential of participatory action research in union revitalisation and worker participation studies / Pedro Chaves and Sara Lafuente

Part III: Towards multi- and mixed methods in employment/industrial relations research

4. Using multi- and mixed methods research designs / Mark N.M.K. Saunders and Fariba Darabi

5. Researching unpaid labour within paid employment: A mixed method exploratory sequential approach / Hyojin Seo, Valeria Pulignano, Bart Meuleman and Markieta Domecka

Part IV: Employment/industrial relations methods encouraging a focus on certain themes and topics

6. Oral history interviewing in employment/industrial relations research / Mihajla Gavin

7. Autoethnography as a research method / Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Jane Alver, Kristy Ward and Primatia Romana Wulandari

Part V: Information technology and transnational advancements in employment/industrial relations research

8. Computational annotation and database developments for European works councils and law / Ruta Liepina, Marcus Meyer-Erdmann, Pedro Hernn̉dez Serrano and Walter Simoncini

9. The advantages and disadvantages of important datasets in the field of comparative employment relations / Bernd Brandl

10. Researching trade union movements through the lens of social movements and shades of activism: Fault lines, industrial guerrilla and spontaneous disruption from below / Stp̌hane Le Queux, Anne Ngoc Cox and Ivan Sainsaulieu

Part VI: Co-design and transdisciplinary in employment/industrial relations research

11. Feminist approaches to research co-design: Evaluating gender equality initiatives / Helen Taylor and Sue Williamson

12. Transdisciplinary research on equity in the workplace / Janet Sayers and Jane Parker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035313891 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.