The Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Faculty Group conducts research on and teaching in the institutional and strategic context of work and employment. Members of the faculty group draw on the fields of economics, law, political science, psychology, and sociology to conduct theory-driven and applied research in a diverse range of industry and workplace settings. Reflecting the international orientation of our research, group members have expertise in the context and practice of ER and HRM in a range of countries spanning Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia.
Research areas include:
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Teams, work organization, and employee participation
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Performance management and pay for performance
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Conflict management and dispute resolution
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Leadership differentiation and emergence
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Corporate social responsibility and global labour standards
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Human resource management in global value chains
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Workplace and industrial democracy
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Labour market institutions and job quality
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International labour migration
Group members’ research has been funded by a variety of international funding bodies, and has produced high impact studies aimed at improving the quality and effectiveness of management practice as well as public policies that influence dynamics of power and conflict in organizations. Examples of recent projects include a study of the implementation of pay for performance in the Royal Mail, an analysis of the impact of organizational restructuring on job quality in European telecommunications firms, a longitudinal study of the relationship between union membership and charitable giving, and a study of worker perceptions of representation and rights in Germany and the USA.
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British Journal of Industrial Relations
The Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Faculty Group is home to the British Journal of Industrial Relations (BJIR), and has close ties to the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) in the School, one of the leading economic research groups in Europe.
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