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A multidisciplinary, international journal of work, labour, and employment relations.

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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
⏰Reminder! Deadline today 👇
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘑𝘐𝘙 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘊𝘉𝘌 ⏰ 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: This Friday 31 July 📓 #cfp: You can find the full call for papers & further info on the conference & special issue here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📣 New article! 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘉𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 While IR is dominated by male researchers, on average, female-authored research is more highly cited. Find out more here 👇https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjir.70069
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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In our new @bjireditor.bsky.social paper we show that the establishment is the dominant explanatory factor for non-pay job quality and as important as occupation in accounting for pay. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @francisgreen1.bsky.social @bayesbschool.bsky.social
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The Relative Importance of the Establishment in the Determination of Job Quality
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Did you submit an abstract to Special Issue - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 - guest edited by @tdobbo.bsky.social, Fang Lee Cooke, @sobrady.bsky.social, Rea Prouska, & Steve Williams? ⏰ Reminder that deadline for full papers is May 31st! 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
📣 New article: 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦: 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 & 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 - Tina Miedtank & Johann Fortwengel How do worker reps employ power resources in an acquisition process with Chinese buyers? 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Taking Different Roads to Rome: Protective and Proactive Orientations Towards Institutional Power Resources
Works councils in Germany possess substantial institutional resources to protect workers' interests. Yet little is known about how these resources are mobilised in practice and why similar outcomes m....
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Vincent Ramos @vincentrramos.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📖 New publication in @bjireditor.bsky.social I analyzed parental leave provisions in the population of collective agreements in the Philippines. A policy reform did not induce short-term crowding-out effects + redundancy functionally raises the costs of non-compliance. doi.org/10.1111/bjir...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📣 New article: 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘬? 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 - by @vincentrramos.bsky.social How can collective bargaining be used when unions deem statutory entitlements insufficient? 👇 Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Too Little, Too Weak? Paid Parental Leaves in Philippine Collective Bargaining Agreements
When statutory work–family entitlements are deemed insufficient, workers often rely on collective bargaining to secure better terms. However, the extent to which unions can deliver higher than statut...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📣 New article: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦-𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 Mehdi Nekhili, Haithem Nagati, Riadh Manita, and Dhikra Chebbi Nekhili. 👇 Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Salience of Employee‐Shareholder Board Representation in Family Firms: Towards Equal Treatment of Minority Shareholders
This study examines whether employee-shareholder board representatives are sufficiently salient to management to enhance the equal treatment of minority shareholders. Using data from French SBF 120 f...
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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Maria Koumenta, Steve Machin and I are co-editing this Special Issue of the British Journal of Industrial Relations in memory of Professor Sir David Metcalf CBE. Here is the call for papers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as... @sriucl.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social @bjireditor.bsky.social
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
📣 New call for papers: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐂𝐁𝐄, previous editor of BJIR. We invite papers which reflect David’s spirit and ethos. ⏰ Submissions by 31 July 2026. More information here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📣 Last call for papers! 📣 ⏰ Deadline to submit an abstract for @buiraonline.bsky.social conference is 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡! ⏰ 𝘙𝘌𝘎𝘜𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘐𝘕 𝘈 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘋𝘐𝘚𝘙𝘜𝘗𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 Essex University, 23-25 June 2026 More info 👇 www.buira.net/2026/01/22/c...
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Call for Papers: BUIRA Conference 2026 - Buira
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📣 New book review 📖 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 & 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, edited by Andrew Smith, Pauline Dibben, & Adrian Wilkinson. Published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social Reviewed by Stephen Mustchin, from @workequalities.bsky.social Read here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣Call for papers! #cfp @jensarnholtz.bsky.social & Bjarke Refslund, editors of 'Workers, Power & Society', are guest editing #BJIR Special Issue on power resources in contemporary capitalism. ⏰Deadline for abstract submissions: 10 April 2026 More info 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...
Front cover of the book 'Workers, Power and Society: Power Resource Theory in Contemporary Capitalism'
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Our latest book reviews, for #WorldBookDay📖 Azzellini & Vieta: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 & 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬, reviewed by ChuanZhi Ye onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jazbrisack.bsky.social: 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘣 & 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦, reviewed by Leonard Bierman & Rafael Gely onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
📖 Looking for some reading for #WomensHistoryMonth? Try our book reviews!💜 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 & 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📣New article: 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Tilly & Carré examine how digital tech is transforming labour processes in US retail, leading to ‘chaotic rationalisation’. 👇Full article [open access]: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations
British Journal of Industrial Relations is a multidisciplinary, international journal of work, labour, and employment relations.
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📣 BUIRA Annual Conference 2026 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 📆 23-25 June, Essex University ⏰ Call for papers - deadline now extended to 8 March 2026 More info here 👇 www.buira.net/2026/01/22/c... @buiraonline.bsky.social
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Call for Papers: BUIRA Conference 2026 - Buira
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📣New #BJIR article! 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 @bigmacca.bsky.social shows how the neoliberalisation & Europeanisation of IR are both intertwined & variegated. Read here👇[open access] doi.org/10.1111/bjir...
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Common Pressures, Uneven Trajectories: The Variegated Europeanisation of Wage Regulation Institutions
The debate on whether national industrial relations (IR) are experiencing convergence is a long-standing one. Recently, scholars argue that we are witnessing a neoliberal convergence of national IR, ...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Happy #LGBTHistory Month! 🏳️‍🌈 This #BJIR article from 2022 explores the adoption of LGBT-inclusive practices by companies in Italy, and emphasises the role played by a unitary #LGBT movement able to influence company behaviour. Read here 👇 [open access] doi.org/10.1111/bjir...
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When stakeholders claim differently for diversity management: Adopting lesbian, gay and bisexual‐inclusive practices in Italy
In the United States, the adoption of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB)-inclusive practices by companies is triggered primarily by pressures from activists who base their claims on a business case rati...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📣Call for papers! #cfp @jensarnholtz.bsky.social & Bjarke Refslund, editors of 'Workers, Power & Society', are guest editing #BJIR Special Issue on power resources in contemporary capitalism. ⏰Deadline for abstract submissions: 10 April 2026 More info 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
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British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
📣Hello Bluesky! 👋 Me (Holly Smith, new Social Media Editor), @ryanlamare.bsky.social (Editor-In-Chief), & the rest of the #BJIR board are delighted to launch our new socials today! Join us here for all things #industrialrelations - related (is that a hashtag?)
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