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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal)
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An ISI-ranked, peer-reviewed international journal administered by the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA)

📎 https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JIR
🌍 👍 https://bento.me/journalofindustrialrelations

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Study of union members in Malta shows that when stewards are seen as effective, members report greater trust and willingness to take part in union activities—from meetings to industrial action.

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#IndustrialRelations #Unions
An analysis of the relation between perceived shop stewards’ effectiveness and trade union members’ attitudes in Malta
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Practitioner-led research in #JIR shares what nearly 2,000 Australian federal public servants think about AI at work.

By Osmond Chiu and Katie Higgins (ACPSU)

doi.org/10.1177/0022...

#Labor #PublicSector #AIatWork #UnionResearch #IndustrialRelations #FutureOfWork @futureofwork.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Study of 666 Reykjavik #Marathon runners finds: the deeper your involvement, the higher your well-being. Allegiant runners scored stronger in positive emotion, meaning, & accomplishment. Running = more than fitness. #Running #Wellbeing #perma

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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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What is working-class power?
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Watch Masoud Movahed to know more - “Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality”
#industrialrelations
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October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Call for nominations - UPCOMING DEADLINE

🗓️ Closing date: 6 November 2025

Send your suggested articles (must have been published in JIR within the past two years) 📩 to jir@deakin.edu.au
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
#IndustrialRelations #JIR #LaborStudies #WorkAndEmployment #ResearchAwards
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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How can govts use AI responsibly—with safeguards, training & consultation? Survey of ~2,000 APS staff finds optimism but major worries: lack of input, poor training, unclear rules, #risks to #trust #AIGovernance @designtrustnyc.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au

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October 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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New research by Judith S. Zhu & Michael Barry offers a historical review of Employer Associations (EAs) in China, showing how their capacity to act independently depends heavily on the political regime @ilr-rit.bsky.social @naceweb.org @foreignpolicy.com
doi.org/10.1177/0022... #JIR2025
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
As part of its 65th anniversary in 2024, the Journal of Industrial Relations (ALERA Sage) launched two awards to honor outstanding scholarship in the field:

🏅 The JIR Fran Hayes Award
🌍 The JIR Joe Isaac Award

📩 to jir@deakin.edu.au
🗓️ Closing date: 6 November 2025
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Visit the #JIR YouTube channel—it’s full of content perfect for classroom use or professional practice. You’ll find interviews with renowned scholars, case studies, and more.

www.youtube.com/@JournalofIn...

#videoabstracts #JIR #industrialrelations
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne examine how trade unions in the UK and Norway influence digitalization in food and drink manufacturing --> union presence at the workplace matters 💯

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#JIR2025 #digitalization #TradeUnions

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Digitalisation, unions and ‘country-effect’: Does union strength at the workplace matter?
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Read the review by Nathan Burke of Fulfilling the Pledge: Securing Industrial Democracy for American Workers in a Digital Economy by Roger C. Hartley here doi.org/10.1177/0022...

#MIT #bookreview #industrialrelations
September 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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New article "argues that the increased autonomy afforded to employees by remote work is paradoxical. Many interviewees worked longer hours and experienced work intensification, as well as an unwelcome blurring of the work and home spheres"

👉 doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#psychosocialworkplacehazards
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑥, 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠
September 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Peter Turnbull’s review on Richard Hyman’s Concise Introduction to Employment Relations (Edward Elgar) is now available on the Journal of Industrial Relations 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0022...

#bookreview #industrialrelations
September 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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J. Mijin Cha and Hunter Moskowitz's new article doi.org/10.1177/0022... explains how recent union support for green policies is defined by intra-labor coalitions, i.e. alliances focused on securing good jobs and labor standards in the renewable energy sector.

#ClimateJobs #Unions
The emergence of intra-labor organizing: A case study analysis of the Climate Jobs National Resource Center movement in the USA
August 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Journal of Industrial Relations #JIR New Volume!
Volume 67 Issue 4, September 2025

journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/curr...

@sagepub.com @deakinuniversity.bsky.social @bjireditor.bsky.social @gigeconomypodcast.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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A kind reminder of some #ALERA2025 key dates!
aleraconference.com.au

#Industrialrelations #conferences
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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doi.org/10.1177/0022... by Tom Barratt M, Alex Veen, and Caleb Goods offers insights into what are some of the institutional and legal barriers to transforming precarious gig work into secure employment ⁉️

#GigEconomy #IndustrialRelations #FutureOfWork
July 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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How are Saudi firms managing rising female labor power? doi.org/10.1177/0022... reveals tensions, shifts, & new HR practices emerging as women reshape the workplace

#GenderWork #SaudiArabia #HR #FeministStudies @openDemocracy.bsky.social @dissentmag.bsky.social @feministreview.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Journal of Industrial Relations (2025, Vol. 67, Issue 3) now out!
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/current

#LaborStudies #IndustrialRelations #TransnationalOrganizing #PlatformWork #UnionResearch #WorkplaceEquity #SocialDialogue #GigEconomy #JIR
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Why has income inequality surged in so many countries—even where unions still exist?

This doi.org/10.1177/0022... by Masoud Movahed compares 50+ years of data across postindustrial countries to find out.

#IndustrialRelations #FutureOfWork @jacobinmag.bsky.social @workplacefairness.bsky.social
Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality
July 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Could welfare improve not just workers’ lives, but productivity too?
Read Debasree Dhar's doi.org/10.1177/0022...

#IndustrialRelations #JIR2025 #CoalMines #LaborHistory #IndianHistory #WorkplaceEquity #PublicHealth #IndustrialRelations @lawcha.bsky.social‬ @employmentblawg.bsky.social‬
July 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🇳🇬 New study: #Nigerian #platformworkers—like drivers & freelancers—are creating informal ways to be heard where laws & platforms fall short.
📖 doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#Fairness #GlobalSouth #IndustrialRelations #GigEconomy #DecentWork #Nigeria

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Exploring the voice and representation mechanisms of platform workers and implications for decent work in the Nigerian gig economy
June 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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As a journal committed to advancing research on the dynamics of work, employment, and industrial relations globally (see our aims and scope journals.sagepub.com/overview-met... ) 📣 #JIR is interested in updates and engaging with the themes of the 113th International Labour Conference in Geneva.
#ILC2025 #IndustrialRelations #FutureOfWork #JIR
June 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📵 What is the Right to Disconnect⁉️

Australia’s new right to disconnect, now embedded in the Fair Work Act, has sparked heated debate.

Watch full interview youtu.be/vy5sTE00ppk
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

#RightToDisconnect #FutureOfWork #WorkplaceWellbeing
June 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Can #Facebook drive internal #democracy in unions?

New research shows how online activism in Denmark forced unions to adapt—and innovate—strengthening union democracy from within.

👉 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Social media, democracy, and the labor movement: How battles for control on Facebook affect unions
May 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM