CONTENTS
I.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Marlene K. Heyser, Presiding
Democracy and Industrial Relations
Paula B. Voos
II.
INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Sanford Jacoby, Presiding
High Involvement Work Systems and Political Efficacy: A Tale of Two Departments
Lisa Schur, Adrienne Eaton, and Saul Rubinstein
III.
LABOR OVER-SUPPLY
Dale Belman, Presiding
Overemployed Workers in the U.S. Labor Market
Lonnie Golden
IV.
WORKPLACE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEMS
John T. Delaney, Presiding
Dispute Resolution in the Changing Workplace
David B. Lipsky and Ronald L. Seeber
V.
LABOR/EMPLOYMENT LAW, LABOR UNIONS/LABOR STUDIES, AND INTERNATIONAL/COMPARATIVE
REFEREED PAPERS
Gordon Pavy, Presiding
Low Road Convergence: Diversity or the Beginning of the End for National Industrial
Relations Systems?
Tony Royle
Utilization of Contingent Workers and Firm Performance
Paula Alexander Becker
VI.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND DEMOCRACY IN ASIA
Mahmood Zaidi, Presiding
Political and Workplace Democracy in Taiwan
Joseph S. Lee
Industrial
Democracy in the Rough Seas: Case of Philippine Seafarers
Maragtas S.V. Amante
VII.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FINANCE, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND LABOR
Harry Katz, Presiding
Mandated
Codetermination and Firm Performance: The Productivity Effects of German Works
Councils Revisited
Bernd Frick
Discussion:
The Relationship between Finance, Corporate Governance and Labor: An International
Perspective
Jacques Rojot
VIII.
WORKERS' DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL WORKPLACE: PIPE-DREAMS OR MISSION TO
MARS?
Richard Block, Presiding
The Role
of National Governments in International Labor Standards
Anil Verma and Sarosh Kuruvilla
IX.
HISPANIC EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
Mark Thompson, Presiding
Out of the
Barrio: Do Young Hispanics Benefit from Residential Job Training Programs?
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Arturo Gonzalez, and Todd Neumann
X.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN IR UPON ENTRY INTO THE EU
Marc Weinstein, Presiding
Evolution
of Social Dialogue in Poland
Juliusz Gardawski
XI.
THE FUTURE OF UNIONS IN MODERN BRITAIN
Richard B. Freeman, Presiding
Union Relative
Wage Effects in the United States and the United Kingdom
David G. Blanchflower and
Alex Bryson
XII.
LABOR ECONOMICS/LABOR MARKETS AND HUMAN RESOURCES REFEREED PAPERS
Haejin Kim, Presiding
The Instability
of Unskilled Earnings
Michael Mamo and Wei-Chiao
Huang
The Impact
of Unions on Workplace Financial Performance: An Empirical Study in the French
Context
Patrice Laroche
What Do Unions
Do? Unionization, Work Innovations and Firm Performance in Jamaica
Gangaram Singh
How Did Unions
Protect Workers Right After the 1997 Economic Crisis in Korea?
Young-Myron Lee and In-Gang Na
XIII.
POSTER SESSION
Stephen Havlovic, Presiding
The Impact
of U.S. Union on Productivity: A Bootstrap Meta-analysis
Christos Doucouliagos and
Patrice Laroche
An Analysis
of Contingency Theory as a Determinant of Union Decline
Steven Lance Popejoy
World Survey
of Nurses' Unions and Associations: Results and Analysis
Paul F. Clark and Darlene Clark
Balancing
Efficiency, Equity, and Voice Through Employee Empowerment Unionism
John W. Budd
Labor Arbitration
Is a Matter of Contract . . . Or Is It?
Rebecca Bernhard
Partnerships
Between Community-Based Organizations and Construction Trades Unions
Helena Worthen
Organizational
Impact of Work-Life Practices
Karen S. Markel
The Rise
and Fall of Employee Involvement Practices in Manufacturing Establishments
Wei Chi, Morris M. Kleiner, and Richard B. Freeman
Social Networking
for Employment Purposes Among Mexican Undocumented Immigrants
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Kusum Mundra
Profit Sharing
and Firm Innovation Performance: An Empirical Investigation of the High-Tech
Industry in Taiwan
Mei-Ling Wang and Nien-Chi Liu
Do High Involvement
Work Practices Make Workers Work Harder, Smarter, and/or Nicer?
Haejin Kim
Organizing
Home Health Care Workers: A Case Study in Social Movement Unionism
Patrice M. Mareschal
Variation
Among Regions of Unfair Labor Practice Charges: How Much and Why?
Michele M. Hoyman and Diane Schmidt
XIV.
2003 IRRA BEST DISSERTATION COMPETITION
Expert Judgment in the Mediation of Collective Bargaining Disputes (Summary)
Anthony Zumbolo
XV.
IRRA ANNUAL REPORTS
Executive Board Meeting in Rosemont, IL, June 14, 2003
Executive Board Meeting in San Diego, CA, January 2, 2004
General Membership Meeting in San Diego, CA, January 4, 2004
Annual Report for 2003