The Origins & Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United StatesBruce Kaufman provides a detailed exploration of the historical development of the field of industrial relations. He identifies two distinct schools of thought evident since the field's origins in the 1920s, one centered in the study of personnel management and the other in the study of institutional labor economics. The two schools advocate contrasting approaches to the resolution of labor problems. Kaufman traces their development from a golden age in the 1950s through a period of gradual decline that accelerated in the 1980s. He contends that, in the process, the field narrowed from a broad-based consideration of the employment relationship to a more limited focus on collective bargaining. |
Contents
The Origins of Industrial Relations | 3 |
The Schism in Industrial Relations | 19 |
Industrial Relations in the Interwar Years | 45 |
The Institutionalization of Industrial Relations | 59 |
The Golden Age of Industrial Relations | 75 |
The Hollowing Out of Industrial Relations | 103 |
Industrial Relations in Decline | 137 |
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