Plant Closings and Economic Dislocation

Provides a summary of the literature on 20 years\u27 of plant closings, including case studies of 27 plant shutdowns.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1150/thumbnail.jp

Information Technology, US Union Organizing and Union Effectiveness

‘The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com '. Copyright Blackwell Publishing. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00250 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]This paper examines the effects of information technology (IT) on organizing and union effectiveness in US national unions. Original survey data and data from government and independent sources are combined to model outcomes including membership growth, success in representation elections, and union leaders’ assessments of effectiveness as a product of environmental and organizational characteristics. The results suggest that the practical impact of IT use on organizing outcomes can be quite important. Evidence regarding the impact of IT on overall effectiveness (i.e. organizational or union effectiveness) is more mixed.Peer reviewe

Richard L. Phillips: In pursuit of invisibility : ritual texts from Late Roman Egypt. (American Studies in Papyrology, 47) Durham/NC 2009. ISBN 978-0-9700591-9-2 (Rezension)

We explored what authors allegedly do and why, when invited to revise and resubmit manuscripts to refereed journals. Based on responses from 249 business and management scholars from the UK and USA, we found that authors preferred to resubmit to the original journal, whether the required revision was minor or major, and that under certain circumstances other options would be considered: submitting to alternative journals, sometimes without revising at all; discarding the paper; or challenging the editor. Experience in publishing was found to be an important moderator. As to ‘why’ they purport to do so, a classification of qualitative responses yielded a matrix of four optional strategies, grouped along two axes: rationale (instrumental reasoning versus ethical reasoning) and agency (individually centred reasoning versus community-centred reasoning). Most responses were located in the instrumental/self-centred quadrant