This series of questions and answers on contract administration in public sector labor relations focuses on the practical aspects of both contract administration and grievance handling. Its purpose is to provide information and examples to help practitioners better understand the roles of labor and management while operating under a collective…

Discusses various elements of industrial relations research: general directions for research; outcomes and effects of bargaining; determination of wages and economic benefits; nonmonetary bargaining; improving labor-management relations; grievance procedures and arbitration; public sector labor-management relations; policy formation and…

Describes the research method and the results of behavior analysis of successful negotiators during actual negotiations between union and management representatives and the behaviors that distinguish the skilled from the average negotiators. (MF)

Changes in production systems have altered the interdependence between workers and management. New patterns of interdependence brought new responses, e.g., workers formed unions, and management turned to the human relations movement to secure voluntary employee cooperation. When voluntary compliance proved inadequate, collective bargaining and…

This elective quinmester course for grades 10, 11, and 12 on labor and management presents a historical analysis of public policy concerning business, trade unions, and collective bargaining. Focus is on the American labor movement, causes and effects of labor-management disputes, and public and private methods and agencies for dispute…

This bibliography is an annual accounting of current state-of-the-art research and writings on collective bargaining in higher education and the professions. Sources include books, monographs, dissertations, journals, periodicals, speeches and newspaper articles. In "Part I--Faculty Bibliography" the following topics are covered:…