Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal)

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🔹 "Australia's right to disconnect from work: Beyond rhetoric and towards implementation" – @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social & @martijnboersma.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0022...

🔹 "The autonomy paradox, working from home and psychosocial hazards" – Alexis Vassiley, Azadeh Shafaei, Mehran Nejati, Leigh-ann Onnis & Tim Bentley doi.org/10.1177/0022...

🔹 "Work–life balance and gig work: 'Where are we now' and 'where to next' with the work–life balance agenda?" – Tracey Warren doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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🔹 "Using unitarist, pluralist, and radical frames to map the cross-section distribution of employment relations across workplaces" – Bruce E. Kaufman, Michael Barry, Adrian Wilkinson, Guenther Lomas & Rafael Gomez doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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MOST-READ in the Journal of Industrial Relations: research on employment relations frameworks, gig work & work–life balance, the autonomy paradox of WFH, and Australia's right to disconnect.
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Visit the #JIR YouTube channel—it’s full of content perfect for classroom use or professional practice. You’ll find interviews with renowned scholars, case studies, and more.

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CFP in #JIR for a Special Issue
Violence and Harassment: Redefining the World of Work.
Submit your study exploring violence and harassment in work and employment.

Abstract submissions due 15 July 2026.
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Qualified, experienced, and still overlooked.
How does coloniality shape who gets hired in Australia today?

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Latest #JIR issue is now available, first of 2026, #JIR2026 ‼️
Journal of Industrial Relations Vol 68 Issue 1
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4/4 🎖 Joe Isaac Award – Special Commendation (2025)
Masoud Movahed is recognised for doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality.

Digitalisation, unions and ‘country-effect’: Does union strength at the workplace matter? - Caroline Lloyd, Jonathan Payne, 2025 Trade unions are potentially important actors in shaping digitalisation to benefit workers. Research suggests that supportive national labour market institution...

3/4 🏆 Joe Isaac Award (2025)
Caroline Lloyd & Jonathan Payne receive the Journal of Industrial Relations Joe Isaac Award for doi.org/10.1177/0022... Digitilisation, unions and ‘country-effect’: Does union strength at the workplace matter?

Bridging disclosure and action: The role of intermediaries in gender pay gap regulation - Sally Curtis, Jananie William, Anna von Reibnitz, Miriam Glennie, Andreas Pekarek, 2026 The gender pay gap (GPG) has come to symbolise persistent inequalities women face at work. In response, governments are increasingly adopting regulation that re...

2/4 🎖 Fran Hayes Award – Special Commendation (2025)
Sally Curtis, Jananie William, Anna von Reibnitz, Miriam Glennie, and Andreas Pekarek are recognised for doi.org/10.1177/0022... Bridging disclosure and action: The role of intermediaries in gender pay gap regulation.

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1/4 🏆 Fran Hayes Award (2025)
Jane Parker, Patricia Loga, Selu Paea, and Amanda Young-Hauser receive the Journal of Industrial Relations Fran Hayes Award for doi.org/10.1177/0022... Whose Equity? What Equity? The Role of Pacific Staff Networks in Progressing Gender and Intersectional Equity at Work

Journal of Industrial Relations Year Awards ANNOUNCED
Fran Hayes Award (2025) and Joe Isaac Award (2025)
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AI and workplace relations: A WHS framework for managing relational risks in workplaces

NEW PUBLICATION by Andreas Cebulla

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AI is already shaping everyday workplaces.
Many HR tasks that used to be handled by managers-scheduling, monitoring, performance assessment-are now being automated through apps and digital platforms.

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Telework is not just a workplace choice. It is a system shaped by national policy, digital infrastructure, and industrial relations. Understanding the differences matters for employers, unions, and policymakers.

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A NEW PUBLICATION by Kate MacNeill, Amanda Coles, and Gareth Fletcher how #CreativeWork is affected by Al tools.
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🚨✨📝 Our article “How Do Labour Inspections Deal with the Transformations of Work?” (with Alessandro Pelizzari & Nicolas Pons-Vignon) is now published in @jirjournal.bsky.social. ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New research asks whether the EU's risk-based Al rules are enough to protect workers from algorithmic control.

Sally Wright argues that stronger employment law and collective bargaining are needed for fair Al at work.

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Working-class structural power, associational #power, and income inequality #videoabstract Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856251326670 00:02 Introduction 00:30 Rise in income inequality in the developed world and…

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LERA@ASSA 2026 will take place in 📍 Philadelphia, PA, 🗓️ January 3–5, 2026, alongside the ASSA/AEA meetings.

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Say hi 👋 to 2025-2026 Early Career Researcher mentees at #JIR #industrialrelations

Congratulations to our Eva Herman and Vicente Silva
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The Journal of Industrial Relations (#JIR) Editors-in-Chief Prof. Lucy Taksa and Prof Amanda Pyman are delighted to introduce the 2025 Annual Review of Critical Developments in Industrial Relations. #JIR2025
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LERA@ASSA 2026 will take place in 📍 Philadelphia, PA, 🗓️ January 3–5, 2026, alongside the ASSA/AEA meetings.

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#LaborEconomics #WorkplaceResearch #EmploymentRelations #IndustrialRelations #EconTwitter #AcademicConferences

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Celebrating one year since the Nov 2024 issue!
Explore many of the topics directly from the authors through video abstracts and interviews, all available on #JIR YouTube www.youtube.com/@JournalofIn...

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The Journal of Industrial Relations (#JIR) Editors-in-Chief Prof. Lucy Taksa and Prof Amanda Pyman are delighted to introduce the 2025 Annual Review of Critical Developments in Industrial Relations journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/0/0

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#airaanz #changingir26 #industrialrelations #academiccommunity | AIRAANZ 🎊 We are very excited to announce two brilliant keynote speakers for the 2026 AIRAANZ Conference: Dr Sarah Kaine and Professor Peter Fleming. 💬 About our keynote speakers: Dr Sarah Kaine is a member ...

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An analysis of the relation between perceived shop stewards’ effectiveness and trade union members’ attitudes in Malta

Study of union members in Malta shows that when stewards are seen as effective, members report greater trust and willingness to take part in union activities—from meetings to industrial action.

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