About this Journal
Welcome! Issued quarterly since October 1947, the Industrial & Labor Relations Review is interdisciplinary in scope and international in its coverage of work and employment issues. We also publish reviews of some 20 books per year.
We define industrial relations to include a broad range of market, organizational, and institutional processes related to the world of work. Relevant topics include the organization of work, the nature of employment contracts, human resource management, employment relations, conflict management and dispute resolution, labor market dynamics and policies, labor and employment law, and employee attitudes and behaviors at work. We invite empirically rounded submissions from a broad range of social science disciplines, including economics, history, law, management, political science, psychology, and sociology. We encourage submissions from different theoretical perspectives as well as a wide range of research methodologies.
The journal has no political or ideological allegiance. The criteria by which each submission is judged in double-blind peer review are subject fit, research quality and originality, and the significance of the contribution to the field.
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