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 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.

Members can read the issue in the Members Library in PDF format. (You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.) If you are not yet a member of LERA, become a member today with our online Membership Form. Members can read the issue in the Members Library in PDF format. (You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

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:
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