British Journal of Industrial Relations

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Our latest book reviews, for #WorldBookDay📖

Azzellini & Vieta: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 & 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬, reviewed by ChuanZhi Ye
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@jazbrisack.bsky.social: 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘣 & 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦, reviewed by Leonard Bierman & Rafael Gely
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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📖 Looking for some reading for #WomensHistoryMonth? Try our book reviews!💜

𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 & 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

British Journal of Industrial Relations British Journal of Industrial Relations is a multidisciplinary, international journal of work, labour, and employment relations.

📣New article: 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Tilly & Carré examine how digital tech is transforming labour processes in US retail, leading to ‘chaotic rationalisation’.

👇Full article [open access]:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...

📣 BUIRA Annual Conference 2026

𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

📆 23-25 June, Essex University

⏰ Call for papers - deadline now extended to 8 March 2026

More info here 👇

www.buira.net/2026/01/22/c...

@buiraonline.bsky.social

Common Pressures, Uneven Trajectories: The Variegated Europeanisation of Wage Regulation Institutions The debate on whether national industrial relations (IR) are experiencing convergence is a long-standing one. Recently, scholars argue that we are witnessing a neoliberal convergence of national IR, ...

📣New #BJIR article!

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

@bigmacca.bsky.social shows how the neoliberalisation & Europeanisation of IR are both intertwined & variegated.

Read here👇[open access]

doi.org/10.1111/bjir...

When stakeholders claim differently for diversity management: Adopting lesbian, gay and bisexual‐inclusive practices in Italy In the United States, the adoption of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB)-inclusive practices by companies is triggered primarily by pressures from activists who base their claims on a business case rati...

Happy #LGBTHistory Month! 🏳️‍🌈

This #BJIR article from 2022 explores the adoption of LGBT-inclusive practices by companies in Italy, and emphasises the role played by a unitary #LGBT movement able to influence company behaviour.

Read here 👇 [open access]

doi.org/10.1111/bjir...

Image of the front cover of the book: 'Workers, Power and Society: Power Resource Theory In Contemporary Capitalism', edited by Jens Arnholtz and Bjarke Refslund

📣Call for papers! #cfp

@jensarnholtz.bsky.social & Bjarke Refslund, editors of 'Workers, Power & Society', are guest editing #BJIR Special Issue on power resources in contemporary capitalism.

⏰Deadline for abstract submissions: 10 April 2026

More info 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...

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📣Hello Bluesky! 👋

Me (Holly Smith, new Social Media Editor), @ryanlamare.bsky.social (Editor-In-Chief), & the rest of the #BJIR board are delighted to launch our new socials today!

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