International Journal of Manpower: Volume 16 Issue 2
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An interdisciplinary journal on human resources, management & labour economicsTable of contents
Contracting with a trade union leader interface
John D.F. SkåtunLooks at a union model where a trade union leader represents unionmembers in dealing with the firm. The union leader is risk neutral andderives his utility solely from the union…
Knowledge‐based systems leverage human resource management expertise
Maris G. MartinsonsThe commercial emergence of knowledge‐based information technologyrepresents a tremendous opportunity to enhance the practice of humanresource management. Unfortunately, much of…
Skilled and unskilled employment in UK manufacturing over the 1980s
Jonathan Haskel, Robert JukesInvestigates changes in skilled and unskilled employment over the1980s using UK data skills from the Labour Force Survey and the NewEarnings Survey Panel Data set, matched with…
Union membership and coverage: a study using the nested multinomial logit model
Peter WrightSeeks to examine the link between union membership and unionrecognition by using the nested multinomial logit model. Explains theapplication to modelling union membership…
Is pay discrimination against young women a thing of the past? A tale of two cohorts
Pierella Paci, Heather Joshi, Gerry Makepeace, Peter DoltonFor nearly 20 years, equal treatment of men and women in the labourmarket has been enshrined in British law. This was due to the twin actssupporting this: the Equal Pay Act and…
Migration equilibria/disequilibria and the natural rate of unemployment in a regional context
P.G. McGregor, J.K. Swales, Y.P. YinExamines the theory of regional equilibria in the presence ofendogenous migration, where net migration flows are determined by realconsumption wage and unemployment‐rate…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Adrian Ziderman