Field guide to researching employment and industrial relations

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Edited by: Parker, Jane ; Donnelly, Noelle ; Ressia, Sue ; Gavin, Mihajla

Publisher: Edward Elgar - Cheltenham

Publication date: 2024

Pages: 236 p.

Keywords: labour relations ; employment ; workers participation ; European works council

Subject: Labour relations

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035313891

Language: English

Illustrations: Bibliogr.;Index

ISBN/ISSN: 978 1 03531 388 4

Shelfmark: 13.06.1-68888

"The field of employment and industrial relations explores a myriad of complex topics, themes and phenomena, and this book provides a guide for researching this fascinating area. Investigating micro-, meso-, macro- and cross-national forms of analysis, it is a crucial toolkit for researchers to consult in their studies.
The Field Guide to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations is a vital examination of emerging and established methodological approaches, from qualitative research to transdisciplinary methods. Vignettes throughout the chapters showcase research methods in action, paired with experience-based reflections from expert researchers. The book is an accessible compendium of methodologies - perfect for any stage of the research process.
Early career researchers focusing on employment and industrial relations, human resources and labour economics will find this book to be an important resource. An indispensable repository of established and emerging research methods, it is also beneficial to experienced researchers and academics."

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Table of contents:

Introduction to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations 1
PART I THE EVOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT/ INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH METHODS
1 The Evolution of Industrial Relations Research Methods: A Review of Key Union Effects Studies from the late 20thto early 21st Century 14
Kwon Hee Han, J. Ryan Lamare and Tingting Zhang

PART II THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF QUALITATIVE METHODS IN EMPLOYMENT/INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH
2 Archival Methods 30 Chris Forde
3 From guinea pigs to agents: the potential of participatory action research in union revitalisation and worker participation studies 45
Pedro Chaves and Sara Lafuente

PART III TOWARDS MULTI- AND MIXED METHODS IN EMPLOYMENT/INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH
4 Using multi- and mixed methods research designs 69
Mark N.M.K. Saunders and Fariba Darabi
5 Researching unpaid labour within paid employment: a mixed method exploratory sequential approach 86
Hyojin Seo, Valeria Pulignano, Bart Meuleman and Markieta Domecka

PART IV EMPLOYMENT/INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS METHODS ENCOURAGING A FOCUS ON CERTAIN THEMES AND TOPICS
6 Oral history interviewing in employment/industrial relations research 105
Mihajla Gavin
7 Autoethnography as a research method 120
Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Jane Alver, Kristy Ward and
Primatia Romana Wulandari

PART V INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSNATIONAL ADVANCEMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT/INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH
8 Computational annotation and database developments for European works Councils and law 139
Rūta Liepiņa, Marcus Meyer-Erdmann, Pedro Hernàndez
Serrano and Walter Simoncini
9 The advantages and disadvantages of important datasets in the field of Comparative employment relations 159
Bernd Brandl
10 Researching trade union movements through the lens of social movements and shades of activism: fault lines, industrial guerrilla and spontaneous disruption from below 173
Stéphane Le Queux, Anne Ngoc Cox and Ivan Sainsaulieu

PART VI CO-DESIGN AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY IN EMPLOYMENT/INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH
11 Feminist approaches to research co-design: evaluating gender equality initiatives 190
Helen Taylor and Sue Williamson
12 Transdisciplinary research on equity in the workplace 208
Janet Sayers and Jane Parker

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