BJIR

Published in conjunction with the London School of Economics & Political Science

Edited by:
Carola Frege

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 2/14 (Industrial Relations & Labor)
Impact Factor: 1.295

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BJIR (British Journal of Industrial Relations) is an influential and authoritative journal which is essential reading for all academics and practitioners interested in work and employment relations. It is the highest ranked European journal in the Industrial Relations & Labour category of the Social Sciences Citation Index.

BJIR aims to present the latest research on developments on employment and work from across the globe that appeal to an international readership. Contributions are drawn from all of the main social science disciplines, deal with a broad range of employment topics and express a range of viewpoints.

TopNews and Announcements

Call for Papers
BJIR Conference 29th May 2009 in honour of Richard Hyman
New Submission deadline: 16th January 2009

Announcing the first BJIR Annual Lecture
"Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies"
Kathleen Thelen, Payson S. Wild Professor in Political Science, Northwestern University
Date: November 20th 2008, 18.30
Location: London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
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BJIR Best Paper Award 2007
The winner of our first best paper award is Peter Ackers "Collective Bargaining as Industrial Democracy: Hugh Clegg and the Political Foundations of British Industrial Relations Pluralism", BJIR, 2007, Vol 45(1), 77-101.

Ackers' paper provides a highly sophisticated, well-balanced intellectual biography of Hugh Clegg and his wide-ranging influence on employment research in Britain. The strength of the paper is in trying to look at the intellectual origins of some key normative and political ideas that underwrite the British approach to industrial relations issues, in particular the emphasis on collective bargaining and union independence and ambivalence toward worker participation.

BJIR is ranked "A*" in the Business and Management category of the Australia Business Deans Council journal rankings

Latest Special Issue
45:2 Political Economy of Migration

Articles Published Online Ahead of Print
Articles which have been fully copy-edited and peer-reviewed are published online through our EarlyView feature before the print edition of this journal is published. Browse BJIR EarlyView articles.

TopHighlights

Featured free articles
BJIR Best Paper Award 2007: Collective Bargaining as Industrial Democracy: Hugh Clegg and the Political Foundations of British Industrial Relations Pluralism
Peter Ackers

We Provoked Business Students to Unionize: Using Deception to Prove an IR Point 
Daphne Taras and Piers Steel

Special and Symposium issues
2007
Political Economy of Migration

2006
Special Edition on New Actors in Industrial Relations
Edited by Edmund Heery , Carola Frege

2005
Symposium on The Embedded Corporation by Sanford Jacoby
Edited by Carola Frege and John Logan

Symposium on the Quality of Work Life

2004
Special Edition on Changing Contours of Employment and New Modes of Labour Regulation
Edited by Linda Dickens and Edmund Heery

2003
Special Edition on Politics and Employment Relations
Edited by Steve Ludlam, Stephen Wood, Edmund Heery, Andrew Taylor
 
Special Edition on the ESRC Future of Work Programme
Edited by Peter Nolan, Stephen Wood

TopEndorsements

"The BJIR is one of the world's preemminent journals in employment relations. It has long been at the leading edge of research in this field, generating new ideas and attracting contributions from leading international scholars. It is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners and policy makers who wish to understand current and emerging issues in the world of work and employment relations."
Russell Lansbury, University of Sydney and President, International Industrial Relations Association

"Embracing a wide definition of its field and applying consistently rigorous acceptance criteria, the BJIR remains a 'must see' journal for employment relations academics and students."
Professor Linda Dickens, Warwick Business School