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Industrial relations

Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor/trade unions, employer organizations, and the state.

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Labor relations

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Industrial relations

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples80
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
Components1

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Industrial relations

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related to history · 25
Industrial relations → Another, As, Beatrice Webb's Industrial Democracy, Cambridge, Cardiff, Colorado, Commons, Early, Hoxie, In Britain, Industrial, Industrial Revolution, Institutionally, Intellectually, John, Leeds, Low, Marxism, Montague Burton, Robert
related to Labor relations · 16
Industrial relations → An, Civil Service Reform Act, Courses, Employment Relations Association, Here, In, It, Labor, More, National Labor Relations Act, North American, Public, Railway Labor Act, These, United States, Western
related to overview · 11
Industrial relations → Bruce, English-speaking, Europe, However, In, Industrial, Initiated, Kaufman, New Deal, To, United States
related to Theoretical perspectives · 6
Industrial relations → Alan Fox, Each, Industrial, Marxist, Radical, The
related to External links · 4
Industrial relations → Industrial, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Pluralist perspective · 4
Industrial relations → Consequently, In, The, Trade
related to Radical or critical perspective · 4
Industrial relations → Conflict, Marxist, This, Whilst
part of · 1
Industrial relations → the social sciences

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Industrial relationspart ofthe social sciences0.85text
works councilsinstance ofemployee voice mechanisms0.80text
trade unionsinstance ofemployee voice mechanisms0.80text
collective bargaininginstance ofemployee voice mechanisms0.80text
and labourinstance ofemployee voice mechanisms0.80text
human resource managementinstance ofwhile fields0.80text
organizational behaviour growinstance ofwhile fields0.80text
Alan Fox have described three major theoretical perspectives or frameworksinstance ofTheoretical perspectivesIndustrial relations scholars0.80text
that contrast in their understandinginstance ofTheoretical perspectivesIndustrial relations scholars0.80text
analysis of workplace relationsinstance ofTheoretical perspectivesIndustrial relations scholars0.80text
Industrial relationsrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Industrial relationsrelated to External linksMedia0.60section

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