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Calls & Announcements
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LERA Annual Meeting Calls
Call for Session Proposals
Opportunities to Organize Symposia and Workshops
at LERA Annual Meetings
63rd Annual Meeting, January 7-9, 2011, Denver CO.
Submit a Session Proposal Online beginning October 15, 2009
Call for Papers
Five Opportunities to Present and Publish
at LERA Annual Meetings
63rd Annual Meeting, January 7-9, 2011, Denver CO.
1. LERA Refereed Paper Competition Entries — Due April 1, 2010
The LERA Editorial Committee has issued a call for individual papers for the 2010 Annual Refereed Papers Competition. Papers up to 25 pages in length are invited to be submitted to the competitive review process. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present at the LERA 63rd Annual Meeting in Denver, CO on January 6-9, 2011 and to be published in the LERA 2011 Proceedings of the Annual Meeting. Authors may request that their papers be considered for an expedited review at cooperating scholarly journals. (See below.) To qualify, papers must not have been previously presented at conferences, published, or be committed to forthcoming publication.
Several sessions will be organized around the following broad topic areas of the LERA sections: international and comparative industrial relations; industry studies/work and occupations; labor economics and labor markets; law, regulations, and dispute resolution; unions and labor studies, and labor- management relations. Entrants are requested to specify which of these broad topic areas their paper would be categorized. Individual refereed papers are selected on the basis of blind review. Guidelines for the LERA Refereed Papers Competition are as follows: paper length should not exceed 25 typed, double-spaced pages in a 12-point font (the page limit includes endnotes, references, tables, and figures-a full-page table is considered one full page of text).
Per an agreement with scholarly journals in the field, LERA also offers the authors of selected papers an option of submitting their papers for fast-track pre-review for scholarly journals, though publication in those journals is at the discretion of their editorial boards. In brief, the LERA Editor will consider recommending selected papers to journal editors, and the LERA Editor’s recommendation will be considered as a positive referee report. Of course, no single positive referee report mandates acceptance for publication by the participating journals. These journals include: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, British Journal of Industrial Relations, the Journal of Labor Research, and the Labor Studies Journal. Entrants are requested to specify which of the journals they would be interested in if they are interested in fast-track in this option. Authors of papers selected for refereed session presentation that do not wish to have their papers considered for publication in participating journals may have their papers published in the LERA Proceedings.
Authors wishing to participate in the refereed papers competition need to submit a cover letter or sheet with 1) full contact information 2) the broad topic area their paper best fits, 3) their preference of publications their paper might best fit, i.e. the LERA Proceedings or a scholarly journal, and 4) an electronic copy of their paper via email. Send to LERAofice@illinois.edu in Champaign, Illinois on or before the April 1, 2010 deadline. Acceptance decisions and notifications for the 2010 LERA meeting will be made by the early summer of 2010.
2. Call for 2011 LERA Poster Session Abstracts – May 1, 2010
The 2011 Annual Meeting will feature the Annual LERA Poster Session. This session attracts a wide audience and encourages feedback on work in progress or recently completed. Abstracts on topics of interest to the membership are posted and may be distributed but are not orally presented. Authors are present to discuss. Members interested in participating in the 2009 LERA Poster Session should submit three (3) copies of a completed paper or a two-page abstract no later than May 1, 2010, to the Poster Session Chair Robert Hoell at Georgia Southern University.
3. UCIRHRP Sponsored Student Posters – May 1, 2010
The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) and the UCIRHRP has announced a Ph.D. student poster competition for the 63rd Annual Meeting January 2011. One $200 prize will be awarded to the top Ph.D. student poster presentations. The cash awards are intended to help students defray expenses.
This competition is being sponsored by the University Council of IR/HR Programs (UCIRHRP), an association of deans and directors of IR/HR graduate programs. An awards panel from the UCIRHRP will review and judge student poster presentations during the two regular LERA Poster Sessions held at the annual meeting.
The LERA Poster sessions are a mix of both student and faculty research presentations meant to preview research ideas or paper drafts, or feature newly completed papers. The informal session allows meeting attendees to circulate through the poster presentation aisles and discuss the presentations with presenters. They are meant to stimulate discussion and questions and provide researchers with feedback. Posters will be judged on the substance of the research, on how clearly the poster communicates information about the research, and on general appearance. All poster presenters are required to attend the session to present their poster to those attending the two LERA Annual Poster sessions. To be considered for this competition, the author or authors must all be students.
4. AILR/LERA Best Papers Competition Abstracts/Paper Proposals - May 15, 2010
David Lewin and Bruce Kaufman, editors of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR), published by Elsevier, have announced a May 15, 2010 deadline for the submission of abstract/paper proposals for the 13th Annual AILR/LERA Best Papers Competition. Abstract type proposals should be no longer than 3 pages. Winning papers will be presented in a joint symposium at the 2011 LERA Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
Accepted papers must be submitted in complete form by mid-October, 2010. Winning entries will be expeditiously refereed for publication in Volume #19 of AILR . Papers may deal with any IR topic and can be up to 50 pages in length (inclusive). Further information on submission is available from AILR Editors David Lewin or Bruce Kaufman.
5. UCIRHRP Sponsored Competitive Student Papers – Due Oct 1, 2010
The University Council of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Programs, UCIRHRP, is sponsoring a student paper competition at the 62nd LERA Annual Meeting. New developments in employment relations, organizational behavior, and social movements call for a closer look at emergent processes, outcomes and organizational forms. The motivation for this special call for papers is to reflect the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches to researching emergent phenomena in the field. Examples include, but are by no means restricted to new forms of labor market institutions; diversity in organizations; social movements; and international/transnational actors and organizations. UCIRHRP will offer a monetary award to the top papers chosen for this session.
Submissions for this special call must be made via e-mail to the LERAoffice@illinois.edu. Only completed papers, not abstracts or letters of intent, may be considered. All paper submissions must comply with the following submission criteria:
- To be considered for this competition, the author or authors must all be students. Papers must reflect original work or major developments on previously reported work. Papers are not eligible if they have been presented at LERA or other professional meetings or have or will be published prior to the meeting.
- Papers are limited to 20 double-spaced pages doubled spaced and in a 12-pt font (converted to a PDF file), including footnotes, tables and bibliographies.
- Papers must include a title, abstract (up to 200 words) and preferred keyword.
Call for Papers: CIRA-CRIMT — Deadline October 30, 2009
Interested scholars (please refer to full announcement for topics) are invited to submit an original paper proposal in English or French. The papers can be theoretical, analytical, empirical or policy-oriented. Priority will be given to studies which significantly contribute to the understanding of employee representation, either in a specific national context or from a comparative perspective. All proposals for this thematic call for papers should be submitted by October 30th, 2009 and will be subject to a competitive review by the Scientific Committee. Paper proposals should be a maximum of 2 pages and should outline the nature of the study, the methodological approach, and the main lines of analysis to be developed. The selected authors should submit a first draft of the full version of their paper by May 1, 2010, which will be made available at the time of the conference on a special Web site for participants. See full announcement.
Call for Papers: ILPC - Women's Work Stream — Deadline October 31, 2009
28th Annual International Labour Process Conference will be held this year at Rutger's University, March 15-17, 2010 with a stream of "Representations and Realities of Women's Work." Women's working lives have been subject to significant changes in the 20th Century, raising expectations for greater equality in 21st century workplaces and labour processes. Today, men and women are supposed to be equal in the workplace. In both legislation and rhetoric, equality of treatment and opportunity feature dominantly. Nevertheless, there are still clearly gender-related dimensions to how women's work is perceived, represented and undertaken. Therefore, this special stream seeks to investigate the representations and realities of women's work in the 21st century. See full announcement.
Call for Papers: ILPC - Bad Jobs Stream — Deadline October 31, 2009
28th Annual International Labour Process Conference will be held this year at Rutger's University, March 15-17, 2010 with a stream of "Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?" Despite or perhaps because of the recession, job quality has again become an issue. Until recently, government and academic interest has focused on good jobs with high skill and high pay. However, evidence suggests a polarization across the developed economies with good jobs and bad jobs. The latter are typically characterised by low skill, pay and prospects. They are often inadequately protected by collective bargaining and employment law. See full announcement.
Ongoing Calls and Announcements
The Korean Journal of Industrial Relations (CALL FOR PAPERS)
The Korean Journal of Industrial Relations (KJIR) is published by the Korean Industrial Relations Association. The scope of the journal includes all fields of Industrial relations, both theoretical and empirical.
The journal is published twice a year, in June and in December. Articles can be in Korean or in English. Submitted papers should make an original contribution to scholarship. Work that has been previously published or that is under submission for publication elsewhere will not be considered.
Each year the best article will be selected among the articles that are published in the KJIR and will be awarded with the prize scholarship of USD 5,000 (5 million Korean won). More
Pew Hispanic Center provides access to Latino survey data set
The
Pew Hispanic Center is making available the data set of the Pew Hispanic
Center/Kaiser Family Foundation 2002 National Survey of Latinos. This
survey was designed to explore the attitudes and experiences of Latinos
on a wide variety of topics. The data set contains perceptions about
identity, views about life in the United States, experiences with discrimination,
both from within the Hispanic community, and from non-Hispanic groups,
language abilities and preferences, economic and financial conditions,
and experiences with the health care system. The survey also explored
differences in the attitudes and experiences of Latinos from various
places of origin including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans,
Salvadorans, and Colombians.
The
survey was conducted by telephone between April 4 and June 11, 2002,
among a nationally representative sample of adults, 18 years and older,
who were selected at random. Observations include 2,929 Latinos and
1,284 non-Latinos. Amongst the non-Latinos were 1,008 non-Latino white
adults, and 171 non-Latino African American adults. Representatives
of the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation worked together
to develop the survey questionnaire and analyze the results. International
Communications Research of Media, Pennsylvania conducted the fieldwork
in either English or Spanish, based on the respondent's preference.
The
data set is available upon written request. Please follow this link
http://www.pewhispanic.org/page.jsp?page=National%20Survey%20Data for additional details and instructions on how to obtain the data.
The
Kaiser Family Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, is a non-
profit, independent national health care philanthropy and is not associated
with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
The
Pew Hispanic Center, based in Washington, DC, is a non-partisan research
organization supported by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts of
Philadelphia. The Center is a project of the University of Southern
California Annenberg School for Communication.
Deadline:
Ongoing
CALL
FOR PAPERS: Work and Occupations
Work
and Occupations invites you to submit your manuscripts for peer
review and possible publication. WO is a scholarly, sociological
quarterly that publishes original research in the sociology of work,
employment, labor, and social inequality in the workplace, labor force,
and labor market. Consult the latest issue of WO for manuscript
formatting and submission instructions. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Send three copies of your paper to: Daniel B. Cornfield, Editor, Work
and Occupations, Box 1811, Station B, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, TN 37235. E-mail inquiries may be directed
to the Editor at this address:
daniel.b.cornfield@vanderbilt.edu
Deadline:
Ongoing
Call
for Papers: Saskatchewan
Institute of Public Policy Paper Series
The Saskatchewan
Institute of Public Policy invites the submission of proposed or completed
papers for consideration in SIPP's Public Policy Paper Series publication.
The Institute has a mandate to inform the debate on public-policy issues
through the distribution of timely research results. In addition to
publishing papers from SIPP staff and associates, the Institute makes
its distribution channels available to others who are interested in
contributing to the improvement of public policy. More
information.
Deadline: Ongoing
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