10th IIRA World Congress, Washington D.C., United States, 31 May – 4 June 1995

Washington, USA

President IIRA: Thomas A. Kochan

Track 1: The Global Human Resource Challenge: Managing Diversity in International Settings

Rapporteur: Rosalie L. Tung
Invited Paper Abstracts:

Employment and Wage Practices of Japanese Firms in the Philippines: Convergence with Philipino-Chinese and Western-owned Firms, Maragtas S.V. Amante
Human Resources Strategies and Firm Performance: What Do We Know and Where Do We Need to Go?, Lee Dyer and Todd Reeves
Employment Equity, Human Resource Development and Institution Building in South Africa, Frank M. Horwitz
Building Integrated Workforces across National Borders: The Case of British and Japanese Engineers, Alice Lam
Strategic Compensation in South Korea’s Publicly Traded Firms, Michael Byungnam Lee, Vida Scarpello and B. Wayne Rockmore
Employee Intercultural Effectiveness in a Multicultural Workplace: Theoretical Propositions, Strategies and Direction for Future Research, Aminu Mamman
Extending beyond Borders: Multinational Companies and the International Management of Labor, Paul Marginson, Peter Armstrong, P.K. Edwards and John Purcell
Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations in Italy, Serafino Negrelli and Tiziano Treu
Strategic International Human Resource Management Approaches in the Maquiladora Industry: A Comparison of Japanese, Korean and U.S. Firms, Yongsun Paik and Mary B. Teargarden
The Adoption of International Best Practices in a Western Culture: East Meets West Mark, A. Shadur, John J. Rodwell, Greg J. Bamber and David Simmons
Competitive Advantages of Nations: The Role of HRM and its Socio-cultural Context, Monir Taycb
Human Resource Management in German and American owned Companies: How National Institutions Do and Don’t Constrain Organizational Strategies, Kirsten S. Wever
Downward Influence Styles in Cultural Diversity Settings, Ryh-song Yeh

Track 2: Emerging Models of Worker Participation and Representation

Rapporteur: Berndt K. Keller
Invited Paper Abstracts:

Multi-union Collective Bargaining Structures in South Africa-Case Studies, Chris Albertyn and Alan Rycroft
Industrial Relations: Is France a Special Case? Jean-Francois Amadieu
Worker Participation in Diverse Settings: Does the Form Affect the Outcome, and if so, Who Benefits? Rosemay Batt and Eileen Appelbaum
Participation, Remuneration, Representation and Workplace Performance: ‘The British Evidence, Sue Fernie and David Metcalf
Employee Buyouts in Canada: A Blending of Cultures, Morely Gunderson, Jeffrey Sack, James McCartney, David Wakely and Jonathan Eaton
Changing Perspectives or Worker Participation in India with Particular Reference to the Banking Industry, Jacob Mankidy
Reform-Unions’ Future, Greg McLean
The Limits of Enterprise Unionism: Prospects for Continuing Union Decline in Japan, James B. Rehitzer and Tsuyoshi Tsuru
Works Councils: Barriers or Boost for the Future Competitiveness of German Firms, Dieter Sadowski, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Bernd Frick

Track 3: The Challenge to Government Policy: Promoting Competitive Advantage with Full Employment and High Labor Standards

Rapporteur: Richard B. Freeman
Invited Paper Abstracts:

Employment and Competitiveness: The Peruvian Experience, Luis Aparicio-Valdez
Wage Austerity and/or an Educational Push: The French Dilemma, Robert Boyer
Italy: The Social Consequences of Economic and Monetary Union, Renato Brunetta and Leonello Tronti
Wages and Job Creation in Australia and the U.S., R.J. Gregory
Jobs , Labor Standards and Promoting Competitive Advantage: Canada’s Policy Challenge, Morley Gunderson and W. Craig Riddell
Job Growth and the Quality of Jobs in the U.S. Economy, Susan N. Houseman
Employment, Labor Standards and Economic Development in Taiwan and Korea, Joseph S. Lee and Young-bum Park
Regulation vs. Deregulation: Which Route for Europe’s Labor Markets`? David Marsden
Do Labor Market Policies and Institutions Matter? The Adjustment Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean, Martin Rama

Track 4: New Models of Negotiations, Dispute Resolution and Joint Problem Solving

Rapporteur : Jean Sexton
Invited Paper Abstracts:

Good Industrial Relations, Joint Problem Solving and HRM: Issues and Implications, Philip Beaumont and R.I.D. Harris
Workplace Europe: Direct Participation in Organizational Change-Some Findings, Alain Chouraqui, Ida Regalia and Keith Sisson
Global Implications of Recent Innovations in U.S. Collective Bargaining, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Donald Power and Maureen McCabe-Power
Dispute Resolution, Negotiation and Mediation in Greek Industrial Relations: Is there Any Change? Eleonora Karassavidou and Yannis Markovits
Russia: A New Approach Toward Negotiation and Dispute Settlement, Alexander Kurennoy
The Interaction of Production, Distribution and Rule Systems in Industrial Relations: The Case of the Korean Auto Industry, Hyo Soo Lee
Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Essential Services: The Quebec Experience as a Model of Comparison, Madeleine Lemieux
Industrial Action or Collective Bargaining: How to Solve the Problems of the Bulgarian Industrial Relations System, Ekaterina Riberova
Models of Negotiation, Dispute Resolution and Joint Problem Solving in Zimbabwe, L.M. Sachikonye
Developments in Negotiations and Dispute Resolution in Japan, Yasuo Sawa

Track 5: Industrial Relations, Economic Development and Democracy in the 21st Century

Rapporteur: Loet Douwes Dekker
Invited Paper Abstracts:

Transforming Industrial Relations in Russia: A Case of Convergence with Industrialized
Market Economics? Greg Bamber and Valentin Peschanski
Prosperity without Citizenship: Industrial Relations and Industrial Democracy in Hong Kong, Stephen Chin and David A. Levin
Privatization and Labor Relations in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Vladislav Egorov
Democracy, Labor and Development: Transforming Industrial Relations in Africa, Tayo Fashoyin and Segun Matanmi
Industrial Relations in Turbulent Times: Changes in Postcommunist Europe, Josef Koubek, Ariane Hegewisch and Chris Brewster
Economic Development and Industrial Relations in South and Southeast Asia: Past Trends and Future Directions, Sarosh Kuruvilla
Labor Relations, Economic Development and Democracy in the 21st Century, Francisco Zapata

COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTS TRACKS 1-5

Poster Session A

Sita C. Amba-Rao (U.S.A.)- Comparative HRM Practices in India: Empirical Findings and Implications for the New Economic Environment
Charles-Henri d’Arcimoles (France) – Some Signs and Factors of Effective Human Resource Management (HRM): A Cross-sectional Analysis from 1982 to 1989
John Benson (Japan) – Management Strategy and Labor Flexibility in Japanese Manufacturing Enterprises
Boyd Black (Ireland) – National Cultures, Human Resource Practices, and Employee Performance
Christine E. Clason and Helen M. Hootsmans (Netherlands)- Models for the Future: Is Part-time Work Past History or Tomorrow’s Future?
Rita Cunha (Portugal), Henrik Holt Larsen (Denmark), and Chris Brewster (U.K.) – The Management of Industrial Relations: Evidence from Europe
Don Dingsdad (Australia) The Management of Occupational Health and Safety in the NSW Coal Mining Industry, 1984-1994
Christine Edwards, Rosemary Welchman and Jean Woodall (U.K.)- Organizational Restructuring and Women Manager’s Careers
Maria Tereza Leme Fleury (Brazil) – Organizational Change and Management Policies-A Comparative Study of Brazilian, Japanese and Korean Firms
Maria Carmen Galang (Canada) – Cultural Differences in Preferred Relationship Patterns between Workers and Managers: Implications for Human Resource Management
Patrick Gunnigle (Ireland) – The Management of Industrial Relations in Greenfield Sites in the Republic of Ireland: Challenging a Collectivist Tradition
Luiz Gutierrez (Belgium) – Human Resources in the Context of a Restructuring Process
Ken Kamoche (U.K.) – The Management of Human Resources and Capabilities in International Business
Cecilia Maria Lusnich and Alicia Maria Manzano (Argentina) – Labor Market in Latin America-Female Labor and Labor Instability
Mani K. Madala (India) – Employment of Women for Competitive Advantage: Challenges to Labor Policy Makers-Some Innovative Strategies
McCormick and K.J. McCormick (U.K.) – UK Strategies on Deregulation and Foreign Direct Investment in the Context of European Union Policies on Unfair Competition
Hans-Goran Myrdal (Sweden) – The ILO in Crossfire-Would It Survive the Social Clause?
Jean-Pierre Neveu and J. Igalens (France) – International Human Resource Management: Experimenting with Training for Cognitive Development
Andrew Pendleton (U.K.) – Does Privatization Change Industrial Relations? Evidence from the UK
R. Satya Raju (India) – The Challenge to Government Policy: Promoting Competitive Advantage with Full Employment and High Labor Standards in India
Zhu Ying (Australia) – The Challenges for Industrial Relations in China
Susan Zeitz (Australia) – Arbitration to Mediation: Changing an Industrial Culture from Confrontation to Cooperation

Poster Session B

Stephen Adler (Israel) – The Israel Labor Courts
Amnon Caspi (Israel) – Follow-up Committees: A New Tool for Handling Disputes in the Private and the Public Sectors in Israel
Ellen Dannin (U.S.A.) and Clive Gilson (New Zealand) – Impasse Tactics under the NLRA (U.S.) and the ECA (N.Z.) and the Implications for Collective Bargaining Reform
Jesper Due, Jorgan Steen Madsen and Nikolaj Lubanski (Denmark) – Coalitions and Collective Bargaining
Cecilia Senen Gonzales and Hector Palomino (Argentina) – Emergence of New Subsystems of Labor Relations in Companies-Their Social and Cultural Impacts
Larry Haivan and Robert Laurie (Canada) – Professionalism and Community of Interest in Canadian Collective Bargaining: The Case of Paramedical Occupations
Harish C. Jain and S. Muthuchidambaram (Canada) – Strike Replacement Ban in Ontario and its Relevance to U.S. Labor Law Reform
Segun Matanmi (Nigeria) – Concession Bargaining in Nigeria: Ephemeral or Permanent IR Feature?
Simon Milner (U.K.) – Negative Voice Mechanisms in Nonunion Plants in Britain
John M. O’Brien (Australia) – Bargaining Outcomes in Decentralizing Public Sector Environments: Australia and New Zealand
Brian O’Neill (Australia) – New Models of Negotiations, Dispute Resolution and Joint Problem Solving
Paolo Reboani (U.K.) – Management of Employee’s Career Patterns in the Banking Sector: A Case Study in the Italian Experience
Joseph B. Rose (Canada) – Attitudes toward Collective Bargaining and Interest Arbitration
Francesca Sacchi and Ruggero Parrotto (Italy) – Industrial Relations in the Involvement and Participation Process, Italian Telecommunications: Toward a Singular and Privatized Corporation in the 21st Century
Makiko Sato (Japan) – Gender, Women, and Feminist Matters in Japan
Michgel Segalla (France) – Analysis of Authority, Influence and Power Distribution in European Organizations: Implications for Creating Strategic IR/HRM Policies on a European-wide Level
H.N. Shrinivas (India) – Human Resource Development to Face Emerging Economic Challenges in India
J.S. Sodhi (India) – Economic Restructuring and Industrial Relations/Human Resources in India
A.V. Subbarro (Canada) – Managing Workforce Diversity: An Innovation or an Evolution?
Andras Toth (Hungary) – Personnel Strategies of Multinational Companies in Hungary: Conflict and Accommodation
Andras Toth (Hungary) – Multi-Employer Collective Bargaining and its Role in Regulating Terms and Conditions of Employment in Hungary
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay (Canada) – The Transformation of Industrial Relations and Employment Systems in Canada in View of the Competitive Advantages of the Japanese and the North American Models
S.S. Vaidyanathan (India) – Innovations in Self-Reliance
David Wan Tai Wai and Ong Chin Huat (China) – Union-Management Relations in Singapore’s Manufacturing Sector: The Human Resource Manager’s Perspective
Pat Walsh (New Zealand) – Decentralizing FIRM in the New Zealand Public Sector
Christo de Wet van Wyk (South Africa) – Unions, New Technology Agreements and Technology Policies within the Framework of the RDP in South Africa
David Worland (Australia) – Consultation in Enterprise Agreements: The Australian Experience
Isik Urla Zeytinoglu and Jeanne Norris (Canada) – Global Diversity in Employment Relationships: A Typology of Flexible Employment

Poster Session C

Allan Claudius Queiroz Barbosa (Brazil) – Work Conditions and Workers Partnerships: How Far Does the Partnership Extend?
Dhulasi Bhirunda and P. Vijayan (India) – Worker’s Participation in Management: A Case Study in Bharat Heavy Electricals, Tiruchirapalli, India
Ashwin G. Desai (South Africa) – Labor Relations in Transition: The Rise of Corporatism in South Africa’s Automobile Industry
Carola M. Frege (U.K.) – Workers Relationship toward Interest Representation in Post Socialist East Germany
Steve Frenkel, Marek Korczynski, Leigh Donoghue and Karen Shire (Australia) – Reorganizing Work: New Directions in Theory and Research
Piet Gevers (Belgium) – Possibilities and Limits of a Social Dialogue in the Public Sector in Europe
Janet Hilowitz (U.S.A.) – Women, the Labor Market and Industrial Relations in Switzerland
S. Krishnamurthy (India) – Human Resource Management Problems of Developing Countries with the Changing World Economic Scenario: The Indian Experiment
Csilla Kollonay Lehoczky (Hungary) – The Emergence of New Forms of Workers Participation in the Central and East European Countries
Kurpakose Mamkoottam (India) – Globalization, Technological Change and HR Studies
Heinz Markmann (Germany) – Fifty Years of Industrial Relations in Germany: A Success Story
James E. Martin (U.S.A.) – Correlates of Effective Crew Chief Utilization: Lessons from the U.S. Postal Service
C.P. Thakur (India) – Challenge to the Government Policy: Promoting Competitive Advantage with Full Employment and High Labor Standards-Experience of a Developing Country
P. Vijayan (India) and Harry Oiles (U.K.) – Institutional Change Aspects of HRD: A Case Study of Water Supply in India

Poster Session D

Funmi Adewumi (Nigeria) – Industrial Relations, Economic Development and Democracy: The Imperatives of a New Work and Political Order
W. Backer (South Africa) – Strikes As a Tool in Democratizing the Workplace
Loet Douwes Dekker (South Africa) – Unionism and Social Exclusion
Jesper Due, Jorgen Steen Madsen, and Henrik Vistisen (Denmark) – Industrial Relations in the Public Sector
Otto Jacobi and Manfred Weiss (Germany) – The Establishment of European Works Councils as a Mutual Learning Process
Chris Jecchinis (Canada) – Social Democracy and Development: The Humanitarian and Utilitarian Aspects of Workers’ Rights and Participation
Evance Kalula (South Africa) – From Here to Eternity: Labor Policy, Democratic Transformation and Regional Integration in South Africa
Mark G. Kenny (Australia) – Industrial Relations, Economic Development and Democracy in the 21st Century with Reference to Australia
Manik Kher (India) – Industrial Relations and Economic Development in Indian Democracy
Vladimir Lazarenko and Shedyakov Vladimir (Ukraine) – Scientific Intellectual Potential and Transformation of Industrial Relations in Ukraine
Maria Matey (Poland) – Adjustment of Polish Labor Relations to the European and World Industrial Relations Systems
Hugh McBride (Australia) – The Needs of Democracy for the 21st Century
Greg McLean (Australia) – Emerging Models of Worker Participation and Representation
Thomas Murakami ( U.K.) – Teamwork and Participation in the German Automobile Industry
Godwin Ernest Ndonde and Joseph Mkama Mwinulla (Tanzania) – The Missing Links in the Changing Trends of Industrial Relations in Tanzania
B.R. Patil (India) – Employee Participation and Representation Patterns and Systems in Information Technology Industry in Bangalore (India)
Bernard Portis (New Zealand) – The Role of Unions in Workplace Reform
K. Ramesh (India) – Globalization and Indian Industry
P. Subba Rao (India) – Management Participation in Trade Unions for Information Sharing and Consultation-An Experiment
Ruben Rotondaro (U.S.A.) – Labor, Development and Democracy: A Global Approach to an Industrial Relations System
Keimpe Schilstra and Evert Smit (Netherlands) – Three Scenario’s of Worker Representation in the Netherlands
Joyce Shaidi (Tanzania) – Worker Participation and Structural Adjustment Programs in Tanzania: The Need for Restructuring Workers’ Participation
Arnold E. Sibanda (Zimbabwe) – State and Industrial Relations in Zimbabwe
Keri Spooner (Australia) – Equity and Social Justice Concerns Associated with Australia’s Move to Enterprise Bargaining
Darcy du Toit (South Africa) – Corporatism.and Collective Bargaining in a Democratic South Africa
Soile Tuorinsuo (Finland) – Dual Labor Markets and Participation