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The Truth About Industrial Relations
Author(s) -
Laffer Kingsley
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118001800103
Subject(s) - industrial relations , arbitration , government (linguistics) , labor relations , affect (linguistics) , human relations , unemployment , collective bargaining , law and economics , business , economics , public relations , labour economics , sociology , political science , law , management , economic growth , social science , linguistics , philosophy , communication
One is often asked the question: What is industrial relations? The easy way to answer such a quely is to give a short list of some of the things industrial relations practitioners become involved in‐strikes, unemployment, wages, technological change, consultation, personnel practice, arbitration and so on. Industrial relations as an academic discipline is also concerned with these things. It is helpful, however, to try to get behind the ever‐pressing day‐to‐day pressures and details. I myself find it useful to think of industrial relations as being concerned basically with the bargaining relations between and among employers and employees and with the factors that affect these. I propose in this paper to try to bring out aspects of industrial relations bargaining that are significant at both micro‐ and macro‐levels. The title of this paper, ‘The Truth About Industrial Rotations’, reflects a desire to get away from the partisan stances of employers, unions, government, and popular opinion, and as far as a limited human being can, achieve some kind of objective appraisal of important bargaining situations.