The Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.

Manuscripts from 2008

ILR Impact Brief - Community College Websites and Barriers to Access, William Erickson, Sharon Trerise, Camille G. Lee, Sara VanLooy, and Susanne M. Bruyere

ILR Impact Brief - Industry Clusters Affect Job Mobility and Earnings Growth, Matthew Freedman

ILR Impact Brief - Collective Bargaining Remains the Linchpin of Worker Representation, Rebecca Givan

ILR Impact Brief - Group Success Depends on Giving Individuals Credit Where Credit Is Due, Jack A. Goncalo and Michelle M. Duguid

ILR Impact Brief - Union Leaders' Actions Can Rev Up the Rank and File, Tove H. Hammer, Mahmut Bayazit, and David L. Wazeter

ILR Impact Brief - Deconstructing Absenteeism: Satisfaction, Commitment, and Unemployment, John Hausknecht, Nathan J. Hiller, and Robert J. Vance

ILR Impact Brief - Employee Attributions about HR Practices Lead to Customer Satisfaction, Lisa Hisae Nishii, David P. Lepak, and Benjamin Schneider

ILR Impact Brief - Building Trust and Cooperation in Boundary-Spanning Teams, Michele Williams

ILR Impact Brief - Affective Commitment Links Human Resource Practices and Voluntary Turnover, Patrick M. Wright, Timothy Gardner, and Lisa Moynihan

Manuscripts from 2007

ILR Impact Brief – Supervisor Support, Employee Control Help NYC Firefighters Cope with 9/11, Samuel B. Bacharach and Peter A. Bamberger

ILR Impact Brief – Employee or Independent Contractor? Misclassification Comes at a Price, Linda H. Donahue, James Ryan Lamare, and Fred B. Kotler

ILR Impact Brief - Workforce Alignment and Fluidity May Yield a Competitive Advantage, Lee Dyer and Jeff Ericksen

ILR Impact Brief - College Tuition Creeps Ever Higher — Here’s Why, Ronald G. Ehrenberg

ILR Impact Brief - Economic Development, Labor Markets, and Poverty Reduction, Gary S. Fields

ILR Impact Brief - Transcending Free Market Unionism: A New Alliance for New York State Unions, Jeff Grabelsky

ILR Impact Brief - It’s a Paradox: Union Workers Less Satisfied but Less Likely to Quit, Tove H. Hammer and Ariel C. Avgar

ILR Impact Brief – Putting the Focus on Diversity: The Differences Do Matter, Christopher Metzler

ILR Impact Brief - Labor Branches Out: Resurgence in the Urban Core, Lowell Turner

Manuscripts from 2006

ILR Impact Brief – Diversity at Work: Cross-Racial Bonds on the Job, Samuel B. Bacharach, Peter A. Bamberger , and Dana Vashdi

ILR Impact Brief - Ownership Status Matters: Call Centers, Employment Systems, and Turnover, Rosemary Batt, Virginia Doellgast, and Hyunji Kwon

ILR Impact Brief - Knowledge, Skills, and Performance: Getting the Most From Team Training, Bradford S. Bell, Aleksander P.J. Ellis, Robert E. Ployhart, John R. Hollenbeck, and Daniel R. Ilgen

ILR Impact Brief – Gender, Promotion, and Raises: Sometimes the Advantage Goes to Men, Francine D. Blau and Jed DeVaro

ILR Impact Brief - The Sources of International Differences in Wage Inequality, Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn

ILR Impact Brief - Doomed to Fail: The Unintended Consequences of Guestworker Programs, Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

ILR Impact Brief - Pathways to Success: Human Resource Practices Do Matter, Christopher J. Collins and Ken G. Smith

ILR Impact Brief - The Privatization of Public Higher Education: Can We Afford It?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg

ILR Impact Brief – Wanted: Locals and Cosmopolitans for Transnational Teams, Martine R. Haas

ILR Impact Brief - CEOs and Layoffs: Sometimes the CEO Suffers Similar Fate, Kevin F. Hallock and Sherrilyn M. Billger

ILR Impact Brief - Phased Retirement: Opportunities for Some but Not for All, Robert M. Hutchens and Jennjou Chen

ILR Impact Brief - Sustainable Workforce Development: The Paths of Singapore and India, Sarosh Kuruvilla

ILR Impact Brief – Diversity and Inclusion: Is There Really a Difference?, Quinetta M. Roberson

ILR Impact Brief - Employment Arbitration: Emergence of a New Profession, Ronald L. Seeber and David B. Lipsky

ILR Impact Brief - Faculty Tenure and the Gap between Policy and Practice, Pamela S. Tolbert, Wesley D. Sine, and Sangchen Park

ILR Impact Brief - Evidence, Police Credibility, and Race Affect Juror First Votes, Martin T. Wells, Stephen P. Garvey, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Mott, and G. Thomas Munsterman