ILPC 2026

ILPC 2012 Papers

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Workers’ response to the implementation of WCM at the Melfi Fiat plant in Italy. Abstract
Why Non-regular Workers in Korea are Better Off than Japanese Ones? Abstract
The Labour Notion in the Actual Political French Debate: The Case of the French Socialist Party Abstract
Financialization of Construction Work Abstract
Working for a dirty organization Abstract
The struggle for recognition of different ideals of care: implications for the labour process in disability support work Abstract
An Investigation of the Policies and Politics of Social Pacts: When the Time is Right Abstract
Coping with Job-Related Uncertainties – A Comparison of Precariously Working Women in East and West Germany Abstract
Post-Socialist Transformation ‘Italian style’: social relations in the unregulated SME sector in South East Europe. Abstract
Examining the Labour Process in the Cultural Industries and Digital Gaming Abstract
« SOCIAL PARTNERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE » Abstract
Intra-EU labour migration and the circumvention of national industrial relations systems Abstract
Under workers control: Occupying an alternative? Working-in and sitting-in at Briant Colour Printing and Imperial Typewriters Abstract Paper
Doing employee engagement: Third party intervention and the politics of workplace change Abstract
Social Experimentation for Active Ageing: Age Management Policies and Practices in SMEs in Scotland Abstract
Control, autonomy and young people’s work: An investigation of the multiple economies of young people’s work Abstract
Sweatshop to Ethical Sourcing Destination? A Labour Process Analysis of Export Processing Zones in Sri Lanka. Abstract
Lean model of production and worker: A study of steel giant (Tata Steel) in India Abstract
Manufacturing labour consent and resistance simultaneously. The case of the hypermarket’s proletarians. Abstract
Graduate skills or the skills of graduates, what matters most? An analysis from a graduatising occupation Abstract
Resistance Incorporated? Reflections on functionalism and the emancipatory potential of workplace resistance studies Abstract
Establishing a link between the employee ownership model and wellbeing at work Abstract
Negotiation and renegotiation: The ‘new man’, his work, family and work-life balance. Abstract
New trade union capabilities and institutional entrepreneurship: understanding union strategies in the context of economic integration Abstract
Micro-Level Processes of Emotional Labor: Hostesses and Labor Regime in Post-Socialist China Abstract
Moving to an unpromising place: the dynamics of migrants’ labour market experiences in restructured local economy Abstract
Speak up, we can't hear you: Worker voice in the small firm Abstract
"Grapes of wrath": Labour mobilities and translocal effects within the global value chain of the berry industry Abstract
Skills utilisation: is there a policy future? Abstract
Foreign subsidiaries´ host-country location fit and strategic staff adjustment practices Abstract Paper
Intersectional discrimination: Fighting back in the Global Transport Business Abstract
Prevention or production. Autonomy and subordination in occupational medicine (France, 1970-2010) Abstract Paper
The Topiclity of Smithian Manufacturing: Reflections Based on the Foxconn Case Abstract Paper
Precariousness as a life-style: tales of consultant professionals in Italy Abstract
Labour process in Istanbul Film Industry: Flexible specialization or “The cheapest labour is in our Country”? Abstract
Towards a “Managerial Social Dialogue” in Europe : Evidences from French Multinational Companies Operating in Europe Abstract
Employment relations under external pressure: Spain and Italian reforms in 2010-11 Abstract Paper
Leadership and Working life in Chinese businesses located in Denmark Abstract Paper
Strikes in EU companies.Trade union effects in different institutional settings Abstract
Strikes in EU companies. Trade union effects in different institutional settings Abstract Paper
The ugly duckling? The image of the temporary help industry in Germany and Australia Abstract
Islamic Ideology to Neo-liberal conservatism; Fallowing the change over the Labor Union Confederation of HAK-IS Abstract
Depression: A Product of Unemployment in America Today Abstract
Analysing the employment situation by the Central-Eastern countries – Is there any hope for a better labor market? Abstract
Inequalities in the labour market: education, contracts and wages after the crisis Abstract
Small companies and the prevention of occupational hazard: the efficiency of collective action Abstract
Public procurement in post-crisis Europe – what perspectives for individual and collective agency in public service work? Abstract
Cross-cultural analysis of the gender ratio in the Indian and German IT-industry Abstract
Global Value Chain Analysis and the Labour Process: Implications for understanding labour agency. Abstract
Change Agent, Zeitgeist Traveller or Neutral Observer - Working Life Research in Retrospect Abstract
The limitations of community organizing approach: the relevance of community organizations and informal social networks for Polish immigrant workers in South Somerset Abstract
Precariousness, GPNs and Transformative Potential in Asia Abstract
The Golden Handcuffs: What makes transnational professionals keep on moving? Abstract
Employability, empowerment and employers, between debunking and appreciating action. Nine cases from the ICT sector Abstract
The recession as a tool to intensify work at a highly performing UK firm. Abstract
Work for living or living for work? The meaning of work and life regarding individual life-scripts under the cultural imperative of achievement. Narratives and work-life patterns of German employees. Abstract
Farming activities face to climate change in south Greenland: representations and practices Abstract
Compulsory internship courses and its (dis)consent: a case in Taiwan Abstract
Board level employee representatives (BLERs) in the Norway, Sweden and Denmark: Abstract
Conceptualising service value chains and networks – what is in it for labour process theory? Abstract
Spatially Restructuring Work: The Cross-Border Case of Automotive Manufacturing in Mexico and the US Abstract
ORGANISED LABOUR’S RESPONSE TO CASUALISATION IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Abstract
The effects of environmental regulations on attitudes, values and daily practices at work Abstract
Older Workers in the New World of Work: The Case of Personal Coaching Abstract
Comparative Labour Market Institutions and External Conflict Resolution Abstract
Low Wages, Low Productivity and Lean Production: re-appraising the effects of union busting in US manufacture Abstract
Dock work process and global production networks: Genoa port and containers revolution from 1969 to today Abstract
Worker Activism and Agency: An exploratory review of worker activists’ biographies from the North East of England Abstract
The quality of work in the age of austerity Abstract
Global production networks, labour and small firms Abstract
Impacts of opposition in merger integration Abstract
Swedish Working Life Research in an International Perspective: Change Agent, Zeitgeist Traveller or Data Driver? Abstract
The logic, possibilities, and problems of Comparative Employment Relations Analysis (CERA) Abstract
Emerging Practice in Equality and Diversity Abstract
Global divisions of labor: off-shore investment, varieties of lean production and rising inequality” Abstract
Pulp mills going south: The impact of TNC in local and regional relations Abstract
Social citizenship and avenues of recognition for unemployed people Abstract
And the Contested Terrain Remains: Collaboration and Conflict in the Australian Service Industry Abstract
The Army of Workless: Proletarianization of the Chinese Underclass Abstract
Unions and Industrial Regeneration: Conditions and Impediments Abstract
From the idea of cheap labour to human resources: Nordic labour management strategies in Russia Abstract
The Aarhus Convention and Labour Abstract
Placing 'Slave Labour' in a Globalising Production Network: Migrant Sugar Cane Workers in Brazil Abstract
Trade unions and gender equality in pay: case-based evidence from the UK Abstract
Involuntariness in non-standard work Abstract
Control in an internationalized labour process. Engineering work in the semiconductor industry Abstract Paper
Finance at Work - Labour Process and the Money Lenders Abstract
Abilio Ludmila Informal labour and information technology: study of a cosmetic company and the work of its one million saleswomen Abstract
Ahrne Göran Globalization, organization and institution Abstract Paper
Andersson Thomas Employee and Employer Relations in the Swedish Retail Sector Abstract
Andreas Joel LOSING MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS: The impact of eliminating permanent job tenure on power relations in Chinese factories Abstract
Antoniadou Marilena It’s a long way till June: the emotionality of Cypriot academics Abstract
ANURATHA RAMAN RESPONSES AND OUTCOMES OF COPORATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT- A CASE STUDY OF INVENTORY Abstract
Appay Beatrice Economic concentration and precarization, power and profitability: doing more with less? Abstract
Augustinsson Sören Lean, complexity and sustainable work organizations - (im)possible mission Abstract
Bäckström Arvid Business firm Societal Responsibilities in the public mind: Public Attitudes in a Swedish context Abstract Paper
Baron Ava Social and Legal Constructions of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace in the U.S. Abstract
Bennett Jenny Inequalities in unemployment risks – The effects of labour market deregulation Abstract
Berglund Leif A model about the assessment of knowledge and skills at the workplace Abstract Paper
Bergman Blix Stina Facilitating emotion management. Organizational and individual strategies in the theatre Abstract
bertolini sonia The impact of labour market flexibilization on the first transition to the adult life in Italy and France: does stability contract matter? Abstract
Blecher Marc Discussant Abstract
Bodin Danielsson Christina Different Perceptions of Lean in Office Design Abstract Paper
Brook Paul The heart, head and hand: Exploring and elaborating the dynamic unity of labour power capacities in ‘whole person’ mobilisation Abstract
Chen Gwen Boundary between work and life: a comparative study of Taiwanese domestic employees and expatriates Abstract
Christopherson Susan Entertainment Media Work After the Crash: How Long Term Trends Increased Labour Vulnerability Abstract
Clasen Eva Channelled Creativity - Engineers Between Control and Autonomy Abstract
Colley Linda Public service labour markets during the economic crisis: Further erosion of the model employer reputation? Abstract
Commander Johanna The Role and Power(lessness) of Management within Value Chains: Shaping the Labour Process in Video Game Development Abstract
Concha-Ferreira Ignacio Corporate-driven technologies of the Active society: employability promotion and working-life integration of the disabled self Abstract
Corman June Vulnerability to Market Imperatives: Abandoned factories, Unemployment, Dislocated families and Community Disruption. Abstract
Cumbers Andrew Where is the working class in global production networks? Abstract
Danford Andy ‘About as useful as a chocolate teapot’. The limitations of workplace partnership in the UK’s high skill sector. Abstract
Dobbins Tony Moderation and militancy as a contradictory dialectic in the labour process Abstract Paper
Dorigatti Lisa Institutional change, labour market segmentation and trade union action. Explaining variety of union strategies in outsourcing processes. Abstract
Elfstrom Manfred China's Contentious Cab Drivers: A Window on Worker Activism and Policy Change Abstract Paper
Ellis Vaughan The Managed academic? An examination of the academic labour process Abstract
Feuerstein Patrick Modes of work reorganisation in the course of the IT industry's internationalisation Abstract Paper
Findlay Patricia What we know, what we need to do and what isn’t being said about skills utilisation Abstract
Fischer Steffen Combined or Uneven Agencies? Labour and Conflict in Liberia Abstract
Frenkel Steve Chinese Migrants’ Work Experience and City Identification: Challenging the Underclass Thesis Abstract
Freyssenet Michel The importance attached to machines in division of labour researches: a brief critical history Abstract Paper
Freyssenet Michel « Lean » and actually existing « productive models » Abstract
Freyssenet Michel Volvo Uddevalla and « reflective production »: twenty years later, what we learnt? Abstract
Gough Richard Neo-Liberal Management Policies in Two Australian State Public Health Systems Abstract
Grady Jo The decline of the UK pension system: A Marxian Re-examination Abstract
Greener Joe ‘Organisational incontinence’: Routinisation and work intensity as determining the frequency and experience of incontinence in elderly residential care Abstract
Greenhill Anita Labouring in virtual worlds: are labour processes being replicated within virtual game worlds? Abstract
Grugulis Irena Service Work: Theory and Practice Abstract
Gundert Stefanie Different pathways from fixed-term contracts to permanent employment Abstract
Haidinger Bettina Linking the chains in the Parcel and Express Service Delivery Industry: Challenges for trans-national unionisation and cross-company workers organisation Abstract
Hamann Linda The double bind in communicating empowerment as HRM/HRD measure. A theoretical analysis Abstract
Hammersley Geraldine Second-Generation Irish Experiences in the Labour Market: Still Nursing & Navvying? Abstract
Hampson Ian Between ‘Lean’ and ‘Reflective’ Production: The Case of Toyota Motors Thailand Abstract Paper
Hampson Ian Skills and Control in the Toyota Production System: The Case of Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT) Abstract Paper
Hanappi-Egger Edeltraud Self-fulfilling Prophecies: On the Gender Bias of Recruitment Abstract
Hannon Enda Within-Country Institutional Diversity and Employment: the UK Pharmaceutical and Food Manufacturing sectors compared Abstract
Hansson Magnus Plant closures, temporary workers and a management controlled setting: Further evidence on the Closedown effect Abstract Paper
Haunschild Axel Performance Ideologies - A Critical Analysis of Principal Agent Theory from an Employment Systems Perspective Abstract
Hauptmeier Marco The Reconstruction of Labour in Multinational Companies in Germany, Spain and the USA Abstract
Healy Geraldine A comparative revisiting of workplace representation : the gendered labour process of the ‘good steward’ Abstract
Helfen Markus Transformative change in wage-setting institutions: How to account for (global) inter-firm networks? Abstract
Heyes Jason Varieties of Capitalism and Varieties of Crisis Abstract
Hirsch-Kreinsen Hartmut Sectoral Systems of Production and Work – the Example of Low-Skilled Industrial Work Abstract Paper
Hislop Donald Work-Related Journeys: Another Domain of Work Intensification? Abstract
Hollander Ernst Halting Global Degradation? –Forces which might Reverse the Spread of Toxic Work Abstract Paper
Hollander Ernst Halting Global Toxification? –Forces which might Detoxify Global Product Chains Abstract Paper
Holmes Craig Are the winners winning in the hourglass labour market? Abstract Paper
Holst Hajo Informalization in a highly formalized context – Work and Employment in the German Parcel Delivery Industry Abstract
Holtgrewe Ursula Micro-flexibility and its tools: reciprocity, inequality and the mobile phone in commercial cleaning Abstract
Holth Line Availability among Consultants – a Journey in Time and Space Abstract
Hopkins Benjamin Understanding the Causes of Variations in Accident and Absence Rates of Permanent, Temporary and Agency Workers Abstract
Huzzard Tony Shareholder Value or Varieties of Capitalism? Evidence from Automotive Supply Abstract
Ivarsson Lars Hardly deviant: How internet is used for recovery Abstract
Jephson Nicholas School leavers wanted: An exploration of professionalism and professional socialization in ‘mid-tier’ UK accounting firms Abstract Paper
Johansson Stina Lean production and the Swedish trade unions – a battle for influence Abstract
Johansson Kristina Neutralising Impoverished Working Conditions in a Swedish Supermarket Abstract
Johansson Jan Work Culture and Gender Issues in a Iron Ore Mine in Sweden Abstract Paper
Jordan Kirrily Paid work as personal responsibility: Ideologies of work and wellbeing in Aboriginal Australia Abstract
Jouko Natti Job autonomy, work intensity and later work career Abstract
Karepova Maria Exploring hybridization of professional work: executive remuneration consultancy service and defensive professionalization. Abstract
Karlsson Jan Ch When Cultures Clash – a Study in the Tracks of Lysgaard’s Theory of the Worker Collective Abstract
Kerr Don Feral Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Abstract
Khattak Amira Social Upgrading of South Asian Apparel Firms in Global Value Chains Abstract
King Lindsey International differences in workers' acceptance of numerical and functional flexibility Abstract
Kirchhoff Jörg Nurse Managers – Nurses or Managers? Abstract Paper
Kirov Vassil Green and decent: stakeholders strategies to address quality of work in the construction Abstract
Kirov Vassil Quality of work in the cleaning industry: a complex picture based on sectoral regulation and customer-driven conditions Abstract
Koch Christian Looking for Aurora Borealis Abstract
Korczynski Marek Efficiently Touching: Conceptualising Body Work as a Specific Form of Service Work Abstract
Kornelakis Andreas What happens to Employment Relations after Market Liberalisation? Institutional Change in Telecommunications sectors of Mediterranean Capitalism Abstract
Kuhlmann Martin Lean Production in Germany: Two Waves and Current Perspectives Abstract Paper
Lafer Gordon The attack on unions in U.S. state governments, 2011 Abstract
Lair Craig Minimum Wages and Working Times in the EU Abstract
Lethbridge Jane Welfare state reforms as seen through changing skills and knowledge Abstract
Li Qiang Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Abstract
Lipsig-Mumme Carla Can the World of Work Save the Environment? Abstract
Lovén Seldén Kristina Laval, Wage Dumping and Statutory Minimum Wages: Issues for European Trade Union Cooperation Abstract Paper
Marks Abigail Why are there fewer and fewer women entering ICT work in the UK? Geeks, Sexism and the Professionalisation Agenda Abstract
MARTINS FERNANDO RAMALHO Changes in public bank employment in Brazil: perceptions of bank job by two generations of bank workers. Abstract Paper
McCrate Elaine Flexibility for Whom? Variable Schedules and Control of Working Time in North America and Europe Abstract
McDonald Paula Prevention and response in workplace sexual harassment: Integrating theories of workplace injustice with practical wisdom from professionals in the field Abstract
Meil Pamela Here, there and everywhere: a look at the roles of country and sector in determining work outcomes in global value chains. Abstract Paper
Mokkil Maruthur Sumeetha Labour Process in the Gold Jewellery Making Industry in Kerala, India: A Post-Liberalisation Scenario Abstract
Movitz Fredrik The Unaviodable Labour Process Game of Academia: Buffering no More? Abstract
Movitz Fredrik We Like to Say it's Good for Everyone, but is it Really? Estimating the Effects of Union Influence on Swedish Firms and Employees Abstract
mulinari paula What is that little extra? Exploring the social norms of tipping Abstract Paper
Munro Anne Managers' perceptions of trade unions in the UK Abstract
Murphy Caroline Fear and Leadership: the Role of Workplace Activists in Union Organising Campaigns Abstract
Murphy Caroline Bad work experiences and the effects on personal well being and work effectiveness Abstract
Murray Jill Changing Skills and Knowledge: The Challenges and Tensions of Developing Future Managers Abstract
Newsome Kirsty Labouring Under the Supply Chain: Work and Employment in the UK Supermarket Supply Chain Abstract
Newsome Kirsty ‘Pressed for time’ – A comparative two-sector study of changes to working time in supply firms Abstract
O'Carroll Aileen Working Time Restructuring and the Crisis Abstract
Ojala Satu How to manage informal overtime work at home? Abstract
O'Neil Jennifer One country two systems - A managerial perspective of the changing nature of work in the Hong Kong public sector Abstract
Oudhuis Margareta Reclaiming the workshop - a change of production model and work organization as a strategy for reclaiming power Abstract Paper
Pardi Tommaso At the roots of lean: the political and institutional determinants of consensus Abstract Paper
Pardi Tommaso Working for Toyota: the myth of lifetime employment Abstract Paper
Perrett Robert Mentoring as a strategy to promote gender proportionality: A case study of a public sector union mentoring programme Abstract
Pinto Sanjay Nations and Occupations: Towards a New Political Economy of Work Abstract
Purcell Christina Coming in from the cold? Assessing the challenges of union organising of agency workers in the French car industry Abstract
Ramioul Monique Formalised domestic cleaning and office cleaning: variations on a theme? Abstract
Rathzel Nora How do Trade Unions' North-South Relations influence their Climate Change Policies Abstract
Richards James Improving inclusion in employment for people with Asperger syndrome: Towards practices that recognise theories of Asperger syndrome and contemporary employment Abstract Paper
Rigby Mike Extra-judicial systems of collective conflict resolution and the limits to their autonomy: the Spanish experience Abstract Paper
Rolfsen Monica Unions and the Lean Concept Abstract Paper
Ruggunan Shaun The invisible labour process and labour market in the South African health care system: A case study of Anatomical Pathologists in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Abstract Paper
SEIGNOUR Amélie International Framework Agreements in Gloobal Value Chains : Between managerial and social regulation Abstract
Selwyn Ben Labour Processes, Labour Regimes and upgrading in Global Commodity Chain Analysis: A Theoretical Contribution with Evidence from North East Brazilian Export Horticulture. Abstract
Shalla Vivian Work Transformation in the Airline Industry under Neo-Liberalism Abstract
Smith Andrew Inactive Banana Time: Lean Production and the Degradation of Work in the UK Civil Service Abstract Paper
Smith Chris Working for Two Bosses: Student Interns and the integration of education into the factory control system in China Abstract
Smith Andrew ‘The Magnificent 7[am]?’ Work-care articulation beyond the 9[am] to 5[pm] ‘norm’ Abstract
Snell Darryn Jobs, Skills and Incomes in the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy Abstract
Stoyanova Russell Dimitrinka Entry tournaments and latent entry in UK television Abstract
Stroud Dean Greening steel work: Varieties of capitalism, the green skills agenda and the ‘greening’ of the labour process Abstract
Stroud Dean Developing green jobs and skills in the transition from high to low carbon economies: An international comparison Abstract
Tai Hsiao-Hui Labour Identity and Worker Representation in Taiwan: Union Strategies Abstract
Tartanoglu Safak The Conditions and Consequences of Informal Organisation in Turkish Call Centres Abstract Paper
Taylor Ben Creating, Transforming and Organising a Workforce: The importance of local context Abstract
Taylor Phil The importance of space and place: A longitudinal analysis of the political economy of call centres in Scotland Abstract
Tengblad Per Unions in restructuring and labor development processes - strategies, relations and knowledge building Abstract
Tengblad Per This symposium has been replaced Abstract
Thompson Paul Financialization and the Workplace: Developing the Disconnected Capitalism Thesis Abstract
TOFFANIN Tania WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN MEDITERRANEAN WELFARE COUNTRIES Abstract
Tuente Markus The German publishing industry in flux: Qualified service work between permanent employment, flexible work organization and precarious working conditions Abstract
Twalo Thembinkosi Skill, the complicated ingredient of the work process: Challenges with its measurement, determination and supply Abstract Paper
Upchurch Martin Political congruence in trade unions; a factor in renewal? Abstract Paper
Urano Edson Workload, Flexibility and Work Suffering in Japan Abstract
Uzzell David Green Skills, Green Jobs and Other Magic Wands Abstract
Valverde Mireia Examining Labour in Global Value Networks: a study of the Argentinean call centre sector Abstract
van den Berg Annette The impact of representative employee participation on organisational performance. A comparison of four neighbouring countries – Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom Abstract Paper
Van Peteghem Jan Greening in construction: not a straight road to good job quality Abstract
Vidal Matt Postfordism as a Dysfunctional Accumulation Regime Abstract
Vincent Steve Just in Case? Developing Single Case Studies for Critical Realist Labour Process Researchers Abstract
Vincent Steve Making the Difference? A Diagnosis for Relational Labour Process Analyses Abstract
Watts Jennifer Exploring the Regulatory Landscape of European Temporary Staffing Markets Abstract
Wilkinson Adrian Rise, Demise – and Resurrection? Front Line Managers in Contemporary Workplaces Abstract
Williams Steve Spaces of mobilization: globalization and the transformation of labour conflict Abstract
Woolfson Charles Forced Labour in the Global Value Chain: The exploitation of migrant berry pickers in Sweden Abstract
zhang miao International labour management in Chinese MNCs and the Implications for Chinese Outward Investment in Current Economic Conditions Abstract
Zheng Yu Segmented Labour Market, State Labour Mobility Control and Dualism in Employment Relations Abstract
Zuin Debora Analysing occupational work: the content, context and lived experience of contemporary medical and legal secretarial workers Abstract