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Perspectives on Work
Begun in 1997 as part of the Association's 50th Anniversary, Perspectives on Work magazine was created to look at the critical issues confronting workers and employers now and in the future. Founding editors included Thomas A. Kochan, Peter Cappelli, Walter J. Gershenfeld, Marlene Heyser, Magdalena Jacobsen and Hoyt Wheeler. In 2003, Charles J. Whalen was named editor and an Editorial Advisory Board of scholars and practitioners in the field of labor and employment relations was created. In 2009, Susan Cass assumed the editorship. Perspectives is published twice each year (June and December).
Perspectives Online Companion:
In 2004, the first issue of Perspectives on Work Online Companion was posted at the LERA web site. The electronic publication featured mini-forums addressing timely issues of interest to the member community. Published each spring and fall, the Online Companion provides a complement to the print version
of Perspectives. The Perspectives on Work Online Companion Spring 2009 10th edition is now available, and features perspectives on the Employee Free Choice Act, non-compete agreements, and a book review of On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston 5.
Current Issue: 
The latest issue of Perspectives on Work (Vol. 13, No. 1) examines approaches for improving and understanding global labor standards. Other articles include a series on the changing nature of work in the field of education (including K-12 and higher education) and one on executive compensation, as well as other features. The issue also includes reviews of four books and one film. Members can read the issue in the Members Library in PDF format. (You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Not a Member? Become one here
Read Excerpts from Perspectives on Work (Volume 13):
Understanding Child Labor in India
Akshay Mangla
The Consequences of NCLB: The Demise of Labor/Management Partnerships for Reform and Hopes for Renewal
Louise A. Sundin and Julia E. Koppich
The Corporate Pay Gap: Do We Need a Maximum Wage?
Sam Pizzigati
Last Issue:
The Winter 2009 double issue (Vol. 12, Nos. 1-2) of Perspectives on Work examines innovative approaches to facilitating organizational change. Other features address labor in American politics and the connection between religion and work. The issue also reviews three books on occupational change and includes an article on the LERA doctoral consortium.
Excerpts from our Winter 2009 double issue:
Organizational Change Capability: Undervalued and Deeply Needed
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
Prospects for Labor Law Reform
Taylor E. Dark III
Religion and Work: Introduction to a Symposium
David C. Jacobs
Other complimentary issues and articles:
 Perspectives Winter
2004 Issue in PDF format, compliments of a grant from the
GE Foundation. The issue features articles on Turbulence in Airlines
and Aerospace, Work and Employment Relations in China, Workplace
Bullying, a Policy Forum on Union Negotiated Work Rules and the Law,
and a review of recent publications.
Select
Perspectives articles
are available to read online or as complimentary downloads in PDF
format.
Other Information:
Order print copies of Perspectives on Work from the University of Illinois Press.
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