Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard McIntyre, University of Rhode Island

Sanford M. Jacoby, University of California-Los Angeles

Ron Blackwell, AFL-CIO

Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine

Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Nancy MacLean, Duke University

Peter Lazes, Cornell University; Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University; Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; and Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente—Accountable Care Organizations, Patient Centered Medical Homes and the Implementation of IT: Provider Responses to Health Policy Reforms

James R. Bialke, Service Employees International Union-Healthcare Minnesota; Joslyn Williams, Washington DC Metro Labor Council; Linda Ewing, United Auto Workers; and Christine Bishop, Brandeis University—New Challenges at the Bargaining Table and Innovations in Worker Representation: Union Responses to Health Policy Reforms

Søren Kaj Andersen, Jørgen Steen Madsen and Jesper Due, University of Copenhagen—The Transformation of Employment Relations in Scandinavia and Germany: Flexicurity Rules OK?

Valeria Pulignano, Katholieke University Leuven and Paul Stewart, University of Strathclyde—Company Restructuring in Europe and Local Union Influence: On the Management of Change

Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University—Locating US Employment Relations: Paradigmatic Model or Characteristic Divergence?

Marian Baird, University of Sydney

Silvia Spattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia—Effectiveness of the Anti-crisis Labor Market Measures in the E.U.

Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland—Short-Time Compensation as a Tool for Mitigating Job Loss

Richard N. Block and Dale Belman, Michigan State University—Economic & Social Costs of Misclassified Workers in Michigan

Michael P. Kelsay, James I. Sturgeon and Kelly D. Pinkham, University of Missouri-Kansas City—Economic & Social Costs of Misclassified Workers in Illinois

James A. Parrott, Fiscal Policy Institute—Employee Misclassification in New York: Economic and Fiscal Implications

Bruce E. Kaufman, Georgia State University—The Institutional Paradigm of Labor and Employment Law

Samuel Estreicher, New York University and Zev Eigen, Northwestern University—The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University—Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance

John W. Budd, University of Minnesota

Edward Potter, The Coca-Cola Company—ILO Conventions and the U.S. Labor Law

Owen E. Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers—Workers' Rights and Core Conventions

Gabriele Plickert, Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession—After Law School: The Comparative Careers of Young Lawyers from Berlin, Frankfurt, New York, and Washington, DC

Forrest Briscoe, Pennsylvania State University and Kate Kellogg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Career Success for Flexible Work Program Users: Evidence from Personnel Records in a Large Law Firm

Greg Murray (inv.), International Association of Machinists—N/A session is interactive workshop

Wendy Fields-Jacobs, United Auto Workers

Barbara Byrd, University of Oregon

Scott Moss, University of Colorado—Employment Discrimination Law

Raja Raghunath, University of Denver—Collectively Bargained Health Care

Robert Covington, Vanderbilt University—Workplace Health and Safety

Jane Korn, University of Arizona—The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008

Yvonne Gloria-Johnson, EEOC

David B. Lipsky, Cornell University and Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign—Caregivers and Computers: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Employment and Labor Relations in Nursing Homes

Sharona Hoffman and Andy Podgurski, Case Western Reserve University—E-Health Hazards: Provider Liability and Electronic Health Record System

Prasanna Tambe, New York University—TBD

Scott White, SEIU 1199

Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, LERA President and Program Chair and Rosemary Batt, Cornell University—The Financing of Firms' Activities: Implications for Work and Employment Relations

Stephen Sleigh, The Yucaipa Companies—Capital Matters

Stephen Lerner, Service Employees International Union—Financialization and Employment

Daniel Pedrotty, AFL-CIO—Finance and Employment Relations: A View from the AFL-CIO

Jane Holgate, London Metropolitan University—Communities and Unions: Barriers and Bridges to Co-operative Working

Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester—Spheres of Union Engagement and the Understanding of Non-workplace Activity and Its Challenges

Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Community Unionism: Experiences from the U.S.

Mark Schwane, Colorado Workers for Innovations and New Solutions (WINS)—Labor Perspective

Christel I. Jorgensen, CJ Mediation—Neutral Perspective

Martin E. Flahive, Labor Relations Consultant—Management Perspective

Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and Jeff Grabelsky, Cornell University—Building Power Together: Union Support for Central Labor Bodies

Clifford B. Donn, Mark D. Karper and Brenda J. Kirby, Le Moyne College—Teacher Collective Bargaining and the Flexible Deployment of Teaching Resources: Evidence from Cities in New York State

John Godard, University of Manitoba and Carola Frege, London School of Economics—Union Decline, Alternative Forms of Representation, and Authority Relations at Work

Mark Harcourt, University of Waikato—Collaboration Between Unions in a Multi-union, Nonexclusive Bargaining Regime: What Can the U.S. Learn from New Zealand?

Lisa M. Lynch, Heller School, Brandeis University

Seth Harris, US Deptment of Labor

Christian E. Weller, University of Massachusetts-Boston—Rewiring the Black Box of Corporate Decisions: How Can Public Policy Rebalance the Interests of Stakeholders to Strengthen Corporate Innovation and Long-term Job Creation?

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld and Jing Prasittisuk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Beyond Gridlock: An Analytic Framework for United States Labor and Employment Policies in a Global Knowledge Economy

Edward Carberry, Erasmus University—Employee Ownership in the Economy of Permanent Crisis: Untapped Potential or a Dead Letter?

Krista Hoffmeister, Colorado State University (CO)—Beyond Prevention Through Design: Perspectives from Occupational Health Psychology

Debra A. Healy, Healy Conflict Management Services (OR)—Mediating Workplace Abuse: Does It Work?

Tapas K. Ray, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (OH)—Costs of Stress at Work: Who Bears Them?

David C. Yamada, Suffolk University—Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Harassment: Emerging Legal Responses

Felice B. Klein and Kevin F. Hallock, Cornell University—CEO Pay: Testing Agency Theory and Tournament Theory in American Unions

Fei Qin, London School of Economics—Not a Lonely Journey: Social Embeddedness and the Return Migration of Highly Skilled Chinese Engineers from the U.S.

Jeffrey Waddoups, University of Nevada-Las Vegas and David C. May, Keene State College—Do Responsible Contractor Policies Increase Construction Costs?

Adam Seth Litwin, Johns Hopkins University—Human Resource Management and Investments in Information Technology

Joo-Young Park, Michigan State University—Does Culture Make Differences in Employees’ Voice Behaviors? Cultural Analysis of Employees’ Voice Behaviors

Rory Donnelly, University of Birmingham—Synergies and Conflicts of Interest in the Employment Relationship in Consultancy: An Analysis of the Implications for Attitudes and Behaviors in a Leading Consultancy Firm

Mohammad A. Ali, Rutgers University—A Debate Over Union Democracy: A New Approach

Darla Flint Paulson and Nicole T. Foster, University of Texas-Arlington—A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Cross-sectoral Differences in Employee Attitudes and Perceptions

Patrick P. McHugh, The George Washington University; Scott A. LaGanga, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA); and Matthew M. Bodah, University of Rhode Island—Something Old, Something New--Industry Strategic Partnership: The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA)

Timothy J. Keaveny and Peter Toumanoff, Marquette University—Big Five Personality Traits, Human Capital, Work Activities, Gender Composition of Occupations and Earnings

Ji-Young Ahn, Ewha Womans University—CEO Pay For Long-run Performance: A Dynamic View

Shisong Qing, Renmin University of China and Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—Do Chinese Trade Unions Matter? Evidence from the China General Social Survey of 2008

Yong-Seung Park, Kyung Hee University—From Industrial Relations to Stakeholder Relations: The Future of Employment Relations as a Field of Study

Wendy R. Carroll, University of Prince Edward Island and Terry H. Wagar, Saint Mary's University—Employee Perceptions of Dismissal for Cause: Some Initial Findings

Grant E. Buckner and Hugh D. Hindman, Appalachian State University—Managing Workplace Sexual Harassment: The Role of Manager Training

Jing Wang, Saint Mary's University and Aiqing Zheng, Renmin University of China—The Effectiveness of a Pro-employee Labour Law in China: An Examination of Employee Mediation and Arbitration in China

Gregor Gall, University of Hertfordshire—Can Labour Unions Act Strategically?

Avner Ben-Ner, University of Minnesota; Fanmin Kong, Peking University; and Stéphanie Lluis, University of Waterloo—Uncertainty, Task Environment, and Organization Design: An Empirical Investigation

Helen His, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Fundamental Flaw of the Mass Production Paradigm and the Craft Production Alternative

Melanie Khamis, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)—A Note on Informality in the Labor Market

Colleen F. Manchester, University of Minnesota—Perk or Investment in Productivity? The Provision of Tuition Reimbursement by Private Sector Firms

Andrea Kim, Kyongji Han, Douglas Kruse and Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University—An ESOP Effectiveness Framework: Job Value, ESOP Satisfaction, Role Fulfillment, and Employee Participation

Christina Niforou, University of Warwick—International Framework Agreements and the Democratic Deficit of Global Labour Governance

Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University—Is Human Resource Management the Manager of the New Class Employment System?

Mitchell Langbert and Marc Fox, Brooklyn College-CUNY—The Compensation of Private University Presidents

Helena Worthen, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign—Labor Education at a Time of Crisis in Work and Theory: Theorizing Stewards' Knowledge

E. Patrick McDermott, Salisbury University; Jinyue (Jenny) Sun, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics; and Ruth Obar, Salisbury University—A Comparison of Participant Evaluation of the Procedural and Distributive Elements of Chinese Labor Arbitration Committee Mediation Versus Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation

Mansfried Elfstrom, Cornell University—Dilemmas Facing Labor NGOs in China

Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Pennsylvania State University—On the Line, Off the Payroll: An Exploratory Analysis of Temporary Agency Work in the Service Industry

Fanmin Kong, Yujie Cai and Li Zhang, Peking University—An Empirical Investigation on the Notorious Safety Performance in China’s Coalmining Firms

Katie Quan, University of California-Berkeley

Ellen Bravo, Family Values @ Work Consortium—Winning Paid Sick Days

Jodie Levin-Epstein, CLASP—Work-Flexibility: The Right to Request

Peter Berg and Ellen Ernst Kossek, Michigan State University—Explaining Work-life Flexibility Provisions in Enterprise Agreements: The Interaction of Public Policy and Collective Bargaining in Australia and the United States

David B. Lipsky and Ronald L. Seeber, Cornell University and J. Ryan Lamare, University of Manchester—The Influence of Initial Claim Amounts on Employment Arbitration Outcomes: Evidence from FINRA

Alexander J.S. Colvin and Kelly I. Pike, Cornell University—Demands and Rewards: An Empirical Examination of AAA Employment Arbitration

Ariel C. Avgar, Monica Bielski Boris and Robert Bruno, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign—Inside the Union Voice Face: A Longitudinal Analysis of Employee Grievance Filing by Members of a Large Local Union

Oliver Quinn, Taft and Partners

Christopher O'Leary, W.E. Upjohn Institute—Benefit Payment Costs of Unemployment Insurance Modernization

Daniel Smith, New York University and Jeffrey Wenger, University of Georgia—If You Build It: UI Trust Funds and Benefit Generosity

Wayne Vroman, Urban Institute—Unemployment Insurance Financing in the Great Recession

Ken A. Margolies, Cornell University—Unions as Employers: The Challenge of Managing Union Staff with Labor’s Values

Gregor Gall, University of Hertfordshire and Jack Fiorito, Florida State University—What We Think We Know, What We Don’t Know and What We Think We Need to Know: Survey Research on Unions in Britain and the U.S.

Paul Booth, AFSCME

Sally Klingel, Cornell University—Conflict Resolution Systems Design in Higher Education

Jack Nightingale, American Federations of Teachers—Organizing Faculty at Major Public Universities: A Joint Project of the AFT and AAUP

Gary Rhoades, American Association of University Professors—Organizing, Supporting, and Mobilizing a Speeded Up Academic Workforce

Jiong Tu, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada—The Impact of Replacement Worker Legislation on Work Stoppages and Wages

Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen, DePaul University—Financial Crisis, Labor Contract Law, and Wage Changes: Evident from an Apparel Industry Worker Survey in Four Chinese Cities

Charles J. Whalen, Congressional Budget Office—Union Engagement in Western New York Economic Development: An Institutional Analysis

Geraint Harvey, University of Wales-Swansea and Peter Turnbull, Cardiff University—Power in the Skies: Pilot Commitment and Trade Union Power in the Civil Aviation Industry

Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University—Can We Build a High Road for the Auto Industry?

Josh Whitford, Columbia University—Network Failures and the Case for Industrial Policy

Heather McKay, Rutgers University—Setting the Context: The U.S. and U.K. Union Movement and Women

Karen White, URA-AFT—Experiences and Observations of an Exchange Participant/Leader

Phillip Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—A Progress Report on the Emerald Cities Project to Retrofit the Building Stock of U.S. Cities

Nancy Schiffer, AFL-CIO—Labor Perspective

Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Esq., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian—Employer Perspective

Marco Caramelli, INSEEC Paris Business School—Employee Ownership and Corporate Performance: Unlocking the Black Box

Fidan Ana Kurtulus, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—An Empirical Analysis of Risk Preferences, Compensation Risk and Employee Outcomes

Francesco Bova, University of Toronto—Shared Capitalism, Corporate Disclosure, and Management's Incentive to Signal a Positive Outlook

Serdar Aldatmaz, University of North Carolina—The Determinants and Consequences of Shared Capitalism: The View from Economics and Finance

Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts-Boston and Chris Tilly, University of California-Los Angeles—Which Retail Jobs Are Good, and Why?

Rachel Schwartz, Cornell University—Paper or Plastic?: Findings from Seven Months of Participant Observation in a Supermarket

Emily Stewart, United Food and Commerical Workers

Tony Daley, Communications Workers of America—CWA Global Campaign at Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile USA

Ginny Coughlin, Service Employees International Union—SEIU Global Campaign at Sodexo

Kevin Boyle, Boyle & Associates, Inc. – Agricultural Workers