The Industrial Relations Research Association    
Proceedings 2002    

   

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CONTENTS

Preface     iii
I.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
John F. Burton, Jr., Presiding
IRRA: Online and On-Message    
Magdalena Jacobsen     1
II.
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Robert Pleasure, Presiding

Rebuilding Market Share: Strategic Dilemmas and Institutional Realities in Market Recovery Efforts

David Weil     6
III.
HUMAN RESOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL SECTIONS
REFEREED PAPERS
David Lewin, Presiding
The Effect of Employee Suggestions and Union Support on Plant Performance Under Gainsharing
Jeffrey B. Arthur and Dong-One Kim     16
Estimating Returns to Managers From Employee Unionization
Todd Fister     25

Injured Workers and Lost Time: Do High-Performance Workplace Practices Make a Difference?

Karen S. Markel and Karen Roberts     32
Discrimination in the Workplace: Perceptions and Responses of People With Disabilities
Lisa Schur     40
IV.
JOB SEARCH IN THE NEW ECONOMY: WHAT ARE WORKERS DOING AND WHO IS HELPING THEM?
Eileen Appelbaum, Presiding
Tracking Internal Labor Market Shifts in Four Industries
Philip Moss, Harold Salzman, and Chris Tilly     49
V.
BARGAINING IN FLUX: LABOR AND MANAGEMENT RESPONDS TO A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY
Michael Belzer, Presiding

Post-Strike Effects of Labor Conflict on Retail Consumers: Preliminary Evidence from the 1998 Northwest Airlines and General Motors Strikes

Richard N. Block and Brian D. Silver     58

Workers of the World Wide Web Unite!: The Newpaper Guild and Online Newspaper Ventures

Howard R. Stanger     68
Instability and the Failure of Labor-Management Cooperation at S.D. Warren
Michael Hillard     77
VI.

UNION AND MANAGEMENT COOPERATION AND APPROACHES TO MULTI-EMPLOYER PLANS

Wei Sun, Presiding

Health Care Cost and Quality: Prospects for Mutual Gains

Stephen R. Sleigh     86

Multi-Employer Pension Plans and the Pension Coverage Problem

Teresa Ghilarducci     95

Defining Responsibility: Exploring Government’s Role in Regulating Multi-Employer Arrangements

Heather Grob     104

Joint Labor-Management Apprenticeship Programs:
The Issue of Access to Multi-Employer Training Programs in Chicago’s Construction Industry

Helena Worthen     115
Discussion
Bruce Nissen     124
VII.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (AA)/ EMPLOYMENT EQUITY (EE) POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AND NETHERLANDS

John Lawler, Presiding

Contrasts and Contradictions in Employment Equity Practices in EU Countries

John Wrench     127
The Challenge of Equality in Employment in South Africa
Harish C. Jain     137
Employment Equity in Canada and the United States
Morley Gunderson, Douglas Hyatt, and Sara Slinn     146
Discussion
Trevor Bain     154
VIII.
ASSOCIATIONS, UNIONS, AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF PROFESSIONAL WORK
Gregory Woodhead, Presiding
Changes in Employment and Working Conditions Among Technical and Professional Workers
Danielle D. van Jaarsveld and Rosemary Batt     156

Professional Associations and Collective Bargaining: Motivations and Difficulties

Matthew M. Bodah, M. Catherine Lundy, and Patrick P. McHugh     164

Charting Their Own Future: Independent Organizing By Professional Workers

Richard W. Hurd and Elisabet Tenenholtz     172
IX.

INCENTIVES IN THE PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT SECTORS:
DO HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORKPLACE PRACTICES WORK?

Kathryn Shaw, Presiding
Teacher Performance Incentives, Collective Bargaining, and Student Outcomes

Randall W. Eberts, Kevin M. Hollenbeck, and Joe Stone     180

Local Union Political Competition and Bargaining Performance

Morris M. Kleiner and Adam M. Pilarski     193
X.

LABOR STUDIES/LABOR UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

REFEREED PAPERS

Eileen Hoffman, Presiding

The NLRA’s "No-Man’s Land" in Partial and Intermittent Strikes: Research and Policy Implications

Michael H. LeRoy     203

The Evolving Intellectual Core of Industrial Relations

Paula B. Voos and Haejin Kim     211
Private Justice and Public Policy: Whose Voice Prevails in Arbitration?
Michael H. LeRoy and Peter Feuille     219
Discussion
Bruce Nissen     230
XI.
UNION EXCLUSION IN THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND WESTERN EUROPE
Sanford Jacoby, Presiding

Union Avoidance and Employer Hostility to Union Organizing in the UK

Tony Dundon     233
Employer Opposition to Union Recognition in Britain
Gregor Gall     243
Discussion
Sheldon Friedman     257
XII.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRIVATIZATION OF STATUTORY DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Arnold Zack, Presiding

Circuit City Is to Workplace Justice As Voting in Florida Is to Democracy

John L. Zalusky     260
XIII.
INVITED INTERNATIONAL

Trade Unions under Bargained Corporatism: The Case of Ireland

Patrick Gunnigle and Michelle O’Sullivan     270
XIV.
POSTER SESSION I
Stephen Havlovic, Presiding

Avoiding the Common Problems in the Boundaryless Career: The Role of Employability Obligations

Harry J. Van Buren III     280

The Effect of Interpersonal Trust on Union Member Commitment

Robert C. Hoell     280

The Work Incentive Provisions of the Social Security Disability Benefits and Beneficiaries’ Return-to-Work

Wei Chi and Dennis Ahlburg     281
Voting in Local Union Officer Elections: A Model and Test
James E. Martin and Michael P. Sherman     281

Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Sector: Different Wages and Different Workers?

Mary E. Taber     282

Information and Communications Technology Use in British Unions

Jack Fiorito     282
XV.
POSTER SESSION II
Stephen Havlovic, Presiding

The Beneficial Role of Union Involvement in Dispute Resolution Systems Design

Corinne Bendersky     283

Labor Unions for Physicians: An Idea Whose Time Is Coming?

Wei-chiao Huang and Edwin W. Lai     283
Women and Community Coalitions in Industrial Disputes
Karaleah Reichart     284

Determinants of Mediation Success: A Survey of FMCS Mediators

Patrice M. Mareschal     284

Collective Bargaining and Knowledge-Driven Work: A Preliminary Look

Betty J. Barrett     285

Contributions of Tangible and Intangible Factors in Creating Social Capital: Do Unions Make a Difference?

Shobha Ramanand, Michael L. Moore and John H. Schweitzer     285
XVI.
IRRA ANNUAL REPORTS
Executive Board Meeting in Washington, D.C.     287
Executive Board Meeting in Atlanta     292
General Membership Meeting in Atlanta     299
Audit Report for 2001     303
   

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

   
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