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Pathways to Substate Variation in the UK's Employment Relations: The Case of the Welsh Government 英国就业关系的州际差异之路：以威尔士政府为例

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1111/irj.70003

Leon Gooberman, Marco Hauptmeier

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Concise Introduction to Employment Relations By Richard Hyman, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. 148 pp. £21.56. ISBN: 978-1-80-220749-1 《雇佣关系简论》理查德·海曼著，爱德华·埃尔加出版社，2025年版。148页，21.56英镑。ISBN: 978-1-80-220749-1

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1111/irj.70001

Manuela Galetto

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Correction to “Did COVID-19 Level the Playing Field or Entrench It? Comparing Patterns of Homeworking by Ethnicity, Gender and Migration Status, Before, During and After COVID-19 in the UK” 更正“COVID-19是公平竞争还是巩固竞争环境？”比较英国在2019冠状病毒病之前、期间和之后按种族、性别和移民身份划分的在家工作模式”

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12475

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Trade Unions, the Right to Strike and the Political Economy of Labour: The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 工会、罢工权和劳工的政治经济：1974年工会和劳工关系法

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12473

Paul Smith

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The Sea Change in UK Strike Statistics, Implications for Public Policy, and Misrepresentation of the 2022–2023 Strike Surge 英国罢工统计数据的巨大变化，对公共政策的影响，以及对2022-2023年罢工激增的误解

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12474

Dave Lyddon

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A Decade of Industrial Relations Research in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda 撒哈拉以南非洲工业关系研究十年：系统回顾和未来研究议程

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12472

Desmond Tutu Ayentimi, Albert Amankwaa, John Burgess

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Serf-ing the Net: Contrasting Uber Workers in the United Kingdom With Uber Neo-Villeins in Ontario 为网络服务：对比英国的优步工人和安大略省的优步新佃农

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12471

Geraint Harvey, Naveena Prakasam, Refat Shakirzhanov

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German Trade Unions and Decarbonisation: A Transition to Green Growth, A-Growth or Degrowth? 德国工会与脱碳：向绿色增长过渡，A增长还是去增长？

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12467

Vera Trappmann, Dennis Eversberg, Felix Schulz

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‘I Can Just Do Work I'm Paid to Do’: Hybrid Work and Tertiary Labour Time Gains “我可以只做拿工资的工作”：混合工作和第三次劳动时间收益

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12469

Lila Skountridaki, Oliver Mallett

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Right-to-Work Laws and Firm Productivity in U.S. Firms 美国企业的工作权利法和企业生产率

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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/irj.12468

Mohamed Shaker Ahmed, Charilaos Mertzanis

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