Labor Studies papers

An examination of employee leasing companies including their history, advantages and disadvantages of use and their effect on employees and benefits as well as on human resources and the future.

Examines this method of rehabilitating injured worker through conditioning, education, work simulation and psychology.

Examines methods for analyzing jobs, job specifications and requirements, job design, traditional and modern job descriptions.

Examines strategies in dealing with abuse, prevalence, available resources, treatment, screening and testing, difficulty of recovery and intervention.

Examines purpose, benefits to the employee and company, improving performance, adult education, employee participation and leadership models.

Reviews this work on employment experiences and opportunities of Asian-American women.

Critiques this work on the relationship between working young men and family and social structure. Discusses narrative style, data collection and analysis methods and interpretation.

Examines motivation theories (Maslow, Herzberg, etc.), expectations, performance evaluation and incentives.

Analyzes concept and practice, purpose, communication, responsibility, benefits for members and the company, creativity and goals.

Examines labor abuses of children, provisions and effectiveness of laws, protective organizations, treaties, rationale for, examples, economics and public scrutiny.

Discusses definition, theory and practice of downsizing, causes, impact on employees, examples, costs and employee assistance program.

Examines Traits of success, advantages and risks, gender issues, personality type, franchising, goals and encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit.

Definition, purposes, benefits to business, implementation, criteria and method selection. Includes a four-page Appendix on pay equity.

A critical analysis of the firm's business and labor practices and problems, management, public image and finances.

Examines the impact of Internet on business and labor in general, on careers in this field and worker-management relations.

Examines obstacles to women advancing in a corporation. Overview and examples ("Delta Air Lines" and "Air France").

Critical review of this work on the effect of global market and technology on Americas workers and workplace.

Examines types, client and employee violence, examples, causes, deterrence and security devices.

Examines the economic and political background, effects and provisions of the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on the effectiveness and problems of the participation of businesses.

Its history since the 1950s, legal rulings, goals, critical views, presidential policy, education and employment, examples and the future.

Argues that deregulation created major economic, human resource and marketing disruptions in the industry.

Examines personnel training in operations and hospitality, management, immigrant and young workers, as well as recruitment.

Critical review of work on physical, psychological & social lives of Filipina domestic workers in homes of Chinese in Hong Kong.

Causes of corp. cutbacks, alternatives, implementation & social, psychological & economic effects on workers, communities and shareholders.

Examining this phenomena in terms of socioeconomic inequities & oppression, alienation from feminism, work, marriage & family, education and socialization.

Examines this developmental crisis & its impact on career reevaluation & change.

Protecting privacy in employee assistance programs, relating to disabilities, AIDS, performance assessments and personality testing.

Types (traditional, instructor-led, peer-led, computer & Web-based), techniques, goals, advantages & disadvantages and effectiveness.

Compares contract workers & formal employees on basis of economic imperatives of employers.

Functions of a union & its advantages for workers. Looking at managing in union & non-union workplaces, alternative internal & external dispute resolutions, ergonomic inspections and labor law.

Examines economics, ethics, functions, competitiveness of agents, comparing reality with film [Jerry Maguire] & focusing on pro football.

Analyzes Hudson Institute's study of future of work, employer responses, employee diversity, demographics, older workers and role of the educational system.

Examines the need for this action and discusses it in terms of legal issues, rights of workers, court decisions, types & reliability of tests, union aspects and private vs. public employees.

Examines basic elements & process of union & management negotiation. Looking at strikes, advantages & disadvantages, focusing on the Steelworkers' 1998 Strike.

Examines therapist's tasks, qualifications, training, working conditions, services provided and personal & financial rewards.

Examines control of work, affirmative action, discrimination, dispute resolution in theory as applied to the Chicago Fire Dept.

Growth of the temporary workforce and its advantages for both the employer & worker. Looks at types of jobs, need for and its social consequences.

Examines the historical context of New York City sweatshop tragedy & its impact on the labor movement.

Effects of legal & illegal immigration on labor market & economic conditions & policy. Role of govt., discrimination, assimilation, nationalism, wages and solutions. Includes table & charts.

Examining the social costs, safety & security regulations, prevention plans and worker & management education.

Looks at the goals, techniques, types, benefits & effectiveness of employee evaluations.

Examines programs & strategies to keep employees. Looks at issues of economics, job enrichment, empowerment, loyalty, training, perquisites and flexibility. Provides an example of Southwest Airlines.

Examines issues affecting this position & role. Examines the economics of the institute, restructuring, responsibilities, quality of care and staffing.

Argues that unions are necessary to protect workers. Looks at isssues of labor law, organization, history, collective bargaining, economics and flexibile hours.

Provides a case study (AT&T) of downsizing. Looking at its causes & effects, role of management, pros & cons and a sociotechnical systems analysis.

Examines ethnographic relationship among crime & unemployment, looking at issues of education, poverty, gender, urban problems, drugs, gangs, prisons & court system and race.

Predictions for work conditions of 2020, compared to 2000. Examines demographics, gender & age, human resources, training & development and skills.

History since 1970s, government & corporate efforts and types. Looks at advantages, productivity, telecommuting, laws and implementation.

Examined in terms of legal definition, ethics of social workers & therapists, protecting client's rights & safety, immunity, examples and avoiding lawsuits.

Examines basic concepts related to competitiveness & innovation; compares productivity in manufacturing in U.S. & Germany; science & technology policy. Includes tables.

Critical review of work on dispute between Capital Cities & Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, newspaper unions.

Examines biases & obstacles hindering women's advances in corp. world. Effects on corp., rationale for, affirmative action and networking.

Need for, laws, standards, random tests, impact on employees, role of govt., resistance and implementation.

Examines negative business & human effects of this corp. strategy.

Examines baby boomers' compensation options. Retirement, pay, profit-sharing, 401(K) plans, health care, bonuses, demographics, compared to parents and the future.

Examines workplace innovations of multiskilling & broadbanding. Definitions, benefits, organizational changes, decision making, engineering, productivity and compensation.

Multiple regression analysis of demographics & proportion of population older than 16 included in the labor force. Includes charts.

Types, perpetrator profile, psychological & social causes and preventive measures.

Examines its Importance to the organization, purposes, types, focuses on marketing function, evaluation and measurement and validity. Includes tables.

Discusses its definition, incidence, types, racial and gender factors, laws, social conditioning and recommendations.

Discusses some of the many ways in which new computer technology is aiding handicapped people to enter the workforce and encourage more and better social interaction.

Describes the steps & techniques required for a prospective job applicant in performing well in the interview process.

Examines work, socioeconomics, success, class conflict, gender issues in novels by Charlotte Bronte, Dickens and George Eliot.

Pros & cons, impact on health care field, nurses' views, decentralization of authority, pay, motivation, communication.

History of unions, 1870-1939, in era of political machines. Background, ethnic issues, economics, rural vs. urban workers, ideology, strikes.

Examines causes, league response, financial issues, comparison with baseball strike & outcome of 1995 players' fight to decertify union.

Purposes, effects on unions & labor-management relations. History, examples, high-tech & manual laborers, economics, private vs. public sector, efficiency & productivity.

Reasons for, economic effects on area, firm & laid-off employees, laws & regulations, global issues, example of Boeing Company.

Examines health hazards, research, smoker profile, anti-smoking programs, compliance with regulations, responses of businesses & tobacco firms.

History, role of govt., state laws, arguments for & against right to strike.

This paper discusses the role of women in the late 1800's and how the Lowell Factory System influenced a social revolution for women.

This paper discusses how to cope with work stress and how to notice the signs of stress.

Argues in favor of unionization. Contends airline management teams are detrimental to workers & interest of companies. Presents conceptual arguments. Human resource management.

Discusses the 1967 book based on fieldwork the author did in an inner-city neighborhood. Issues of black family, poverty, racism and value systems.

Discusses specific critical issues & problems; relationship to traditional measures of job satisfaction.

History, strategies that led to union power, influence, corruption. Internal conflicts.

Examines history of gender-based work; labor in post-industrial society; challenges to traditional divisions of labor; impact of two-income family.

Examines public Middle School teachers & problem of burnout. Review of the literature, methodology. Annotated Bibliography.

Examining the controversial phenomonen of sweatshops and their disasterous social ramifications.

Discusses the role of the headhunter in corporate recruitment

The paper provides a proper understanding of both the freedoms and the limitations that the First Amendment provides.

An examination of the relationships between management and labor forces in corporate Australia.

Governmental regulations (US) that protect workers rights.

A discussion of the human resource practices of the Ford Motor Company as they relate to the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union.

A review of the Japanese book by sociologist Tom Gill, "Men of Uncertainty; The Social Organization of Day Laborers in Contemporary Japan".

A look at the importance of race in the treatment of early American laborers.

A look at the controversial issue of sweatshops from the 1900's till today.

Research into the effects of managerial attitudes on absenteeism rates among workers.

This paper discusses whether the costs for drug testing in the workplace are greater than the benefits.

An examination of European workers with a focus on minimum wages and gender differences.

An analysis of the decline of labor unions in the U.S.

This paper takes a look at labor disputes in connection with air travel.

A study on the minimum wage laws.

This paper traces the growing affects of corruption in unionism.

The author looks at how the process of changing policy has evolved over the last twenty years and looks at some of the factors that have affected the process.

An essay defining the economic theory of capitalism.

This paper deals with the working time Directive 93/104, gives hypothetical examples of employee's situations and discusses how they are (or not) protected by Directive 93/104.

The following paper examines research that reveals what steps should be taken to enforce the existing labor laws to protect employees in Russia and to support the restructuring efforts through secure employment.

An analysis of Cesar Chavez and his mission to create fair working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers.

This paper examines some of the people in the American labor movement including: Pauline Newman, William Shepherd and Upton Sinclair.