LERA 64th AM - Program 2012

Thursday	Preconference Activities • 1/5/2012
9 am - 5 pm	LERA 14th Annual Ph.D. Student Consortium—Salon 3 Co-Chairs: Maite Tapia and Ryan Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10 ‑ 11:50 am	Research by the Rank-and-File (Symposium)—Salon 1 Chair: Ruth Ruttenberg, National Labor College Presenters: Peter Cunningham, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers—IBEW System Council T-4 vs. Illinois Bell Telephone Company: The Strike of 1968 and Its Lasting Effect Russell Dittmer, Transport Workers Union of America—The Craft or Class of "Mechanic and Related": Are They Really All Related? Peter Kennedy, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees—Proposal of New Curriculum: What a Labor Union Is and Why It Is So Important Krystyna Rozwadowski, Service Employees International Union—The Member Resource Center: A New Phase of a Union
11 am ‑ 12:50 pm	Contemporary Public Sector Labor Law Issues in Higher Education - LERA Higher Education Industry Council Meeting—Logan Chair: Judith Stilz Ogden, Clayton State University Panelists: Patrick Sheehan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gregory M. Saltzman, Albion College Stephen J. Hicks, Association of Pennsylvania State Colleges & University Faculties Michael Loconto, Harvard University
11 am ‑ 1 pm	Sub-national Labour Market Governance and Multinational Corporations in Comparative Perspective - LERA International and Comparative IR Section Meeting—Salon 6 Chair: Patrick Gunnigle, University of Limerick Presenters: Phil Almond, Anthony Ferner and Olga Tregaskis, De Montfort University—Non-cognitive Skills and Occupational Choice: Role of Stress Tolerance and Resilience in Choice of Occupational Stressfulness Maria C. Gonzalez, University of Oviedo; Javier Quintanilla, IESE; Phil Almond and Anthony Ferner, De Montfort University; and David Luque Balbona, University of Oviedo—Multinationals and Sub-national Governance Actors in the Autonomous Communities of Spain: The Cases of Asturias and Madrid Jonathan Lavelle, Sinéad Monaghan and Patrick Gunnigle, University of Limerick—Industrial Relations and the Attraction and Retention of Foreign Direct Investment: A Subnational Perspective Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Tod Rutherford, Syracuse University; and Matthieu Pelard, CRIMT/University of Montreal—Foreign Direct Investors and Labour Market Governance in Quebec and Ontario
11:30 am ‑ 1 pm	LERA National Chapter Advisory Committee—Marshfield Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University and Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator
12 ‑ 1:30 pm	LERA "Perspectives on Work" Editorial Advisory Board Meeting—Madison Chair: Susan Cass, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 ‑ 1:50 pm	Updates on Mergers, Bargaining, and Employee Engagement from around the World - LERA Airline Industry Council Meeting—Salon 1 Co-Chairs: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Robert DeLucia, Airline Industrial Relations Council; and Andrew von Nordenflycht, Simon Fraser University
12:30 ‑ 1:30 pm	LERA Grants and Sponsorship Committee—Cresthill Chair: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies
1 ‑ 2:50 pm	LERA Utilities Industry Council Meeting—Logan Co-Chairs: Thomas J. Schneider, Restructuring Associates, Inc. and Jim Voye, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
1:30 ‑ 2:30 pm	LERA Development and Contributions Committee Meeting—Cresthill Chair: Ralph P. Craviso, Craviso & Associates
2 ‑ 4 pm	LERA Health Care Industry Council Panel and Meeting—Salon 1 Co-Chairs: Bonnie Summers, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association; Rebecca Givan, Cornell University; Paul F. Clark, Pennsylvania State University; and Mary MacDonald, AFT HealthCare Panelists: Dennis L. Dabney and Barbara A. Grimm, Kaiser Permanente Mary Sitterding, Indiana University Health Rachel Radar, BlueCross BlueShield Association Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:30 ‑ 4 pm	LERA Certification Committee Meeting—Madison Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:30 ‑ 6 pm	Employment Policy Research Network Meeting—Salon 12 Chair: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presenters: Rosemary Batt, Cornell University—Financialization Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Bluestone, Northeastern University—Public Sector Collective Bargaining: A Look at Several States Since Wisconsin Till von Wachter, Columbia University and Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University—Jobs Recovery from the Great Recession and the Shape of Economic Things to Come Matt Marx, MIT
3 ‑ 4:30 pm	A Discussion of the 2011 Auto Industry Negotiations - LERA Automobile Industry Council Meeting—Logan Co-Chairs: Linda Ewing, United Auto Workers and Arthur Schwartz, General Motors Corp. Presenter: Martin Mulloy, Ford Motor Co.
3:45 ‑ 5:45 pm	LERA Finance and Membership Committee Meeting—Cresthill Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator and Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University
4 ‑ 5 pm	LERA Health Care Industry Council Reception - Good Learning, Good Food—Salon 6 Co-Chairs: Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Association; Rebecca Givan, Cornell University; Paul F. Clark, Pennsylvania State University; and Mary MacDonald, AFT HealthCare
4:30 ‑ 6 pm	LERA Editorial Committee Meeting—Madison Co-Chairs: Christian E. Weller and Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts-Boston
4:30 ‑ 6 pm	LERA Industry Council Advisory Committee Meeting—Marshfield Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6 ‑ 10 pm	LERA Executive Board Meeting—Adams (6th Fl) Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.)
Friday	Conference Activities • 1/6/2012
8 ‑ 10 am	Concurrent Sessions

	1.1 The Enforcement of Labor Rights in Developing Countries - LERA International and Comparative IR Interest Section (Symposium)—Salon 12 Chair: James Scoville, University of Minnesota, Industrial Relations Presenters: Jeffrey Wheeler—A Framework for the Role of Labor Rights in International Development and Foreign Policy Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University—Auditing Labor Rights in the Global Apparel Industry: A Comparative Case Study of Honduras and Vietnam Mohammad A. Abbas Ali, New York Institute of Technology—The Role of Worker Organizations in Developing Grass-root Democracy: The Egyptian Case Discussants: Scott Nova, Workers' Rights Consortium Greg J. Bamber, Monash University
	1.2 Still Between Work and Home: Women in Today's Labor Market (Symposium)—Salon 2 Chair: Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts-Boston Presenters: Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and Marilyn Power, Sarah Lawrence College—Thinking Past Disutility: Feminist Economics of Work and Labor Ariane Hegewisch, Institute for Women's Policy Research and Hannah Liepmann, Humboldt University—Stuck in Neutral: Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in the US Elaine McCrate, University of Vermont—Gender, Employer-Initiated Schedule Flexibility, and Family Care in the United States and Canada Randy Albelda and Michael Carr, University of Massachusetts-Boston—The New Working Poor? A Look at Low-wage and Low-income Men and Women Workers, 1979-2009 Discussant: June Lapidus, Roosevelt University
	1.3 New and Strategic Approaches to Worker Representation: Innovative Union Practices and Other Worker Organizations (Workshop)—Salon 7-9 Chair: Susan J. Schurman, Rutgers University Panelists: Thomas Balanoff, SEIU Local 1—Union Strategies for Restructuring and Mobilizing: Experiences of SEIU Local 1 Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Analysis of Union Renewal Efforts: Politics, Voice and Organizing Jose Oliva, Restaurant Opportunities Center of Chicago—Worker Organizing Networks: Experiences of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers Lisa Jordan, United Steelworkers—New Approaches for Industrial Unions: The USW and Transnational Labor Mobilizing Paul F. Clark, Pennsylvania State University; Lois Spier Gray, Cornell University; and Paul V. Whitehead, Pennsylvania State University—Results of a Longitudinal Study of Union Administrative Practices: Implications for Member Representation
8:45 ‑ 10:15 am	LERA 65th Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting I—Salon 1 Chair: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions

	2.1 The Role of Staffing Services in the New Economy - LERA Labor Markets/Labor Economics Interest Section (Symposium)—Salon 2 Chair: Stephen A. Woodbury, Michigan State University Presenters: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Anne Polivka and Matthew Dey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Staffing Services Carolyn Heinrich, University of Texas; Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida; and Peter Mueser, University of Missouri—Temporary Help Work: Compensating Differentials and Multiple Job-Holding Françoise Carré and Brandyn Holgate, University of Massachusetts-Boston—Facilitating Labor Market Transitions for Workers Facing Barriers: The Role of Alternative Staffing Organizations Discussants: Ken Troske, University of Kentucky Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley College
	2.2 Giving Meaning to Work: How Conceptualizations of Work Affect Research, Practice, Policy, and Social Justice (Workshop)—Salon 12 Chair: Anne Marie Lofaso, West Virginia University Panelists: John W. Budd, University of Minnesota—Theorizing Work: Approaches and Implications Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—For Love and Money: Defining and Valuing Care Work Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Portrayals of Work in Popular Culture: Many Hands Make Light of Work and Workers Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State University—Judging Work: What Law Sees, or Does Not See Keith Kelleher, SEIU HCII—How Work is Recognized: Implications for Unions
	2.3 Innovations in Payroll Fraud (Symposium)—Salon 7-9 Chair: Dale Belman, Michigan State University Presenters: Allen Smith, AFL-CIO—Benefits Fraud Under Prevailing Wage Law Matthew Capece, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America—Innovations in Payroll Fraud Jed L. Marcus, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.—The Impact of Payroll Fraud on the Business Community Philip A. LaPorte, Georgia State University—Federal and State Efforts to Reduce Payroll Fraud Discussant: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University
10 am ‑ 1 pm	UCIRHRP Deans & Directors Meeting—Cresthill Chair: Jeff Houghton, West Virginia University
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	Efforts to Dismantle Teachers' Union (Collective Bargaining) Rights - LERA Labor Studies and Union Research Interest Section Meeting—Salon 12 Co-Chairs: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Erin E. Johansson, American Rights at Work Presenters: Daniel Montgomery, American Federation of Teachers Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union James Thindwa, Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff James Franczek, Chicago Public Schools
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	Technology and Labor and Employment Law - LERA Labor and Employment Law Section Meeting—Madison Chair: Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State University Presenters: Kenneth May, BNA—Technology and Labor Arbitration Carrie Griffin Basas, University of North Carolina—Public Sector Bargaining Agreements, Disability Rights, and Technology as Access Anne Marie Lofaso, West Virginia University—The Role of Law: Using Technology to Promote Coal Mine Safety
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	Are You Thinking About Becoming a Labor Arbitrator? LERA Dispute Resolution Section Meeting—Salon 6 Chair: Richard Fincher, Workplace Resolutions LLC Panelists: Sheila G. Mayberry, Arbitrator—Gaining Acceptability for Emerging Arbitrators Rocco M. Scanza, Cornell University—Barriers to Entry for Emerging Arbitrators
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	Public Sector Bargaining Law and a New Breed of Governors - LERA Collective Bargaining Network Interest Section Meeting—Salon 2 Co-Chairs: Howard Stanger, Canisius College and Lynne Mingarelli, American Federation of Teachers
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	Economic Structures and Employment Rights - LERA Work and Employment Relations Network Interest Section Meeting—Salon 7-9 Chair: Virginia Doellgast, King's College Presenters: David Weil, Boston University Annette Bernhardt, National Employment Law Project Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	Topics in Compensation and Human Capital - LERA Labor Markets and Economics Interest Section Meeting—Logan Co-Chairs: Dale Belman, Michigan State University; Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University; and Stephen A. Woodbury, Michigan State University Presenters: Jeffrey R. Brown and Chichun Fang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Francisco Gomes, London Business School—Risk and Returns to Education: The Value of Human Capital Fidan Ana Kurtulus, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—Affirmative Action and the Occupational Advancement of Minorities and Women during 1973-2003 Darren Lubotsky and Craig Olson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—The Wage-Employer Provided Health Insurance Trade-off and Employee Premium Copayments Masaki Nakabayashi, University of Tokyo Institutte of Social Science—Schooling, Employer Learning, and Internal Labor Market Effects: Wage Dynamics and Human Capital Investment in the Japanese Steel Industry, 1930-1960 Ofer Sharone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Chemistry or Specs: Job Search Games and Subjective Responses to Unemployment
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions

	3.1 Alternative Forms of Worker Representation: Lessons from Selected Sectors and Countries (Symposium)—Salon 12 Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.) Presenters: Koshi Endo, Meiji University, School of Business Administration and Ken Yamazaki, Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training—Individual Affiliate Unions (IAUs) and Labor Non Profit Organizations in Japan Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Trends in Alternative Forms of Worker Representation in the US Barbara Young, National Domestic Workers Alliance—Organizing and Representation by the National Domestic Workers Alliance Karen Nussbaum, Working America—Expanding Union Influence
	3.2 The Impact of Sports Collective Bargaining on Labor Relations in Society (Workshop)—Salon 7-9 Co-Chairs: Gabriel Gershenfeld, Cleveland Indians and Michael Wasser, American Rights at Work Presenters: DeMaurice Smith, NFL Players Association—Sports Collective Bargaining: Sports Labor Perspective Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball—Sports Collective Bargaining: Sports Management Perspective Arlene Holt-Baker, AFL-CIO—Impact of Sports Collective Bargaining on Labor in America Martin Mulloy, Ford Motor Co.—Impact of Sports Collective Bargaining on Management in America
	3.3 Social Media and the National Labor Relations Act - Chicago LERA Chapter (Workshop)—Salon 2 Chair: Charles Muhl, Chicago NLRB, Region 13 Panelists: Wesley Kennedy, Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C.—Social Media and the NLRA: Labor Perspective Lisa McGarrity, Franczek Radelet P.C.—Social Media and the NLRA: Management Perspective
	3.4 LERA Refereed Papers I (Symposium)—Salon 6 Chair: Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenters: J. Ryan Lamare, University of Manchester—Does It Pay to Contact the Same Voters across Multiple Elections? The Effects of Cumulative Labor-Led Political Mobilization on Turnout Avner Ben-Ner, University of Minnesota and Ainhoa Urtasun, Universidad Pública de Navarra—Computerization and Skill Bifurcation: The Role of Task Complexity in Creating Skill Gains and Losses Jack Fiorito, Florida State University and Cheryl L. Maranto, Marquette University—Now and Future Unions Daniel J. Koys and Wm. Marty Martin, DePaul University; Marsha Katz, Governors State University; and Helen LaVan, DePaul University—Unions and Hospitals: Quality, Patient Satisfaction, and Net Income Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Pennsylvania State University—Effects of Stock Markets on the Adoption of Temporary Employment Contracts: Evidence from China Discussant: Phanindra Wunnava, Middlebury College
4:45 ‑ 5:45 pm	LERA Distinguished Speaker—Honoré (Lobby Level) Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.) Featured Speaker: Wilma B. Liebman, National Labor Relations Board (ret.)—Rhetoric, Reaction and the Rule of Law at the NLRB
6 ‑ 7:30 pm	LERA and Joint Universities Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Cornell Univ., Univ. of Illinois at Urb.-Champ., MIT, Penn State, Rutgers, UCLA, Michigan State, Univ. of Toronto, and Univ. of RI—Empire (Lobby Level) Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.)
Saturday	Conference Activities • 1/7/2012
7 ‑ 8 am	Annual AFL-CIO Breakfast and Featured Speaker—Empire (Lobby Level) Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.) Featured Speaker: Daniel Montgomery, American Federation of Teachers—Hard Times: Education and Labor Relations 'For These Times'
8 ‑ 10 am	LERA Chapter Representatives Workshops and Awards Ceremony—Salon 3 Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University Panelists: Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator; Douglas Drake, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; and Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies—Workshop 1: Chapter Administration and Bylaws Beverly Harrison, Arbitrator/Mediator; Lavonne Ritter and Dennis Teel, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; and Patrick Rasco, NASA—Workshop 2: Member Recruitment and Retention Philip A. LaPorte, Georgia State University; Eric M. Mooshegian, IUOE Local 148; and Kathleen Erskine, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service—Workshop 3: Services and Programming
8 ‑ 10 am	Concurrent Sessions

	4.1 Job Quality: Trends and Challenges (Symposium)—Salon 7-9 Chair: Ruth Milkman, City University of New York Graduate Center Presenters: Paul Osterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Career Ladders: Prospects and Challenges Annette Bernhardt, National Employment Law Project—All Work and No Pay: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research and Mary Gatta, Wider Opportunities for Women—Improving Job Quality in Health Care and Hospitality
	4.2 Skills, Work, and Technology: The Increased Supply of Global Graduates and its Implications (Symposium)—Salon 12 Chair: Charles J. Whalen, Congressional Budget Office Presenters: David Finegold, Rutgers University—India's Talent-led Growth Model Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—China's Ten-Fold Increase in Graduates: Will Labor Demand Absorb Them? Hal Salzman, Rutgers University—Global Talent Arbitrage and Its Implications for the US Discussant: Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology
	4.3 LERA Refereed Papers II (Symposium)—Salon 2 Chair: Howard Stanger, Canisius College Presenters: Zev Eigen, Northwestern University and Adam Seth Litwin, Johns Hopkins University—Ducks and Decoys: Revisiting the Exit-Voice-Loyalty Framework in Assessing the Impact of a Workplace Dispute Resolution System Ben Kriechel, Maastricht University; Samuel Muehlemann, University of Berne; Harald Pfeifer and Miriam Schuette, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training—Works Councils, Collective Bargaining, and Apprenticeship Training Xianghong (Shirley) Wang and HuiHua Nie, Renmin University of China—The Impact of Collective Wage Agreements in China: A Firm Level Study Joseph B. Rose, McMaster University—Centralized Bargaining and the Construction Industry Sylvia A. Allegretto, University of California-Berkeley and Gordon Lafer, University of Oregon—Right-to-Work Legislation and Promises of Job Creation: Lessons from Oklahoma Discussant: Gregory M. Saltzman, Albion College
9 ‑ 11 am	4.4 LERA Poster Sessions I and II (Symposium)—Crystal Chair: Robert C. Hoell, Georgia Southern University Presenters: Jing Wang, Saint Mary's University and Byron Lee, Renmin University of China, Organization and Human Resources—Does Meeting Employees' Preference of Hours Pay off: An Empirical Study of Canadian Workers Huan Ni, Govind Hariharan and Xiao Huang, Kennesaw State University—Understanding the Differences in Longevity Expectancy between Older American Entrepreneurs and Their Peers Edward Hertenstein and Helena Worthen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Michelle Kaminski, Michigan State University—Following the Work: Case Studies of Public Sector Unions Organizing in the Private Sector Russell Ormiston, Allegheny College—High School Employment and the Development of Occupation-specific Human Capital Chunyun Li, Rutgers University—Does Unions' Voice Matter in Chinese Workplace? Evidence from 1268 Firms in China Edwin W. Arnold, Auburn Montgomery—Certification Elections in Hospital and Non-hospital Healthcare Industry Segments Timothy J. Keaveny and Peter Toumanoff, Marquette University—Factors Related to Employment Spells Helen LaVan and Yvette Lopez, DePaul University; Marsha Katz, Governors State University; and Wm. Marty Martin, DePaul University—Spillover of Domestic Violence into the Workplace: Where We Stand Kristian E. Braekkan and Rebecca Krocak, Gustavus Adolphus College—From Breach to Violation: An Examination of the Moderating Role of Union Instrumentality upon Perceptions of Psychological Contract Breach and Violations Burcu Bolukbasi and Erik Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Antecedents of Union Loyalty and Membership: The Impact of Pro-union Attitudes, Union Instrumentality, and Procedural Justice Ji-Young Ahn and Jihye Hong, Ewha Womans University—Who Stays and Who Leaves: CEO Change and Non-CEO Top Executive Turnover Yoshio Yanadori and Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia—High Involvement Work Practices from Employees' Perspectives: The Relationship among Individual Practices and Performance Effect on High Involvement Work Practice Indices Timothy D. Chandler, Louisiana State University and Rafael Gely, University of Missouri—Card-check Laws and Public Sector Union Membership Francesco L. Galassi, HRSDC - Labour—Labour Rights and Export Performance Reuben Domike, Wendy R. Carroll and Scott Wilson, University of Prince Edward Island—Developing A Canadian Economic Dashboard: A US-Canadian Comparison Erin Hatton, State University of New York at Buffalo—Blocking Unions and Breaking Strikes: Employers' Use of Temps during Labor Disputes Carrie G. Donald, John D. Ralston and Sarin Adhikari, University of Louisville—Analysis of Labor Arbitration Decisions Regarding Workplace Safety & Health: 1979-2010 Leonard C. Scott, Consultant—America Needs a New Set of Labor Laws Patrice Laroche, Nancy Université and Chris Doucouliagos, Deakin University—Unions, Innovation, and Technology Adoption: New Insights from the Cross-country Evidence Betty Barrett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—New Technologies Demand New Sociotechnical Work Design and Capabilities Franck Bietry, Université de Caen and Patrice Laroche, Nancy Université—Beyond Commitment Conflict: An Investigation of the Relationships between Union, Career and Organizational Commitments
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions

	5.1 The Historical Development of HRM Across Nations: Patterns and Implications (Symposium)—Salon 2 Chair: Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Panelists: Jacques Rojot, University of Paris II Sorbonne—The Development of the HRM Function - France Itzhak Harpaz, University of Haifa—The Development of the HRM Function - Israel Lena Gonäs and Patrik Larsson, Karlstad University—The Development of the HRM Function - Sweden Lale Tuzuner, Istanbul Universitesi—The Development of the HRM Function - Turkey John T. Delaney, University of Pittsburgh—The Development of the HRM Function - USA Bruce E. Kaufman, Georgia State University—Overview of 17 Countries: Lessons Learned Regarding the Roots of HRM
	5.2 Employment Relations and Alternative Organizing Strategies for Workers in High-tech Occupations (Workshop)—Salon 12 Chair: Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO Panelists: Chris Benner, Pennsylvania State University and Ingrid Behrsin, University of California, Davis—Craft Guilds and Social Networking to Organize High-tech Workers Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia—WashTech and Mutual Aid Logic in Organizing High-tech Workers Johanna Weststar, Saint Mary's University—Occupational Community: Opportunity or Threat to Collective Action Among Video Game Developers? Chip McCormick, CommerceHub—Alternative Organizational Forms of Open Source Software Developers Discussant: Paul Almeida, AFL-CIO
	5.3 The Great Debate about the Public Sector (Symposium)—Salon 7-9 Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles and Harry C. Katz, Cornell University Presenters: Craig Olson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Teacher Pay and Health Benefits: Evidence from Wisconsin and Illinois Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University—Public/Private Sector Compensation Comparisons and Differentials: National and State Level Evidence Lauren Schmitz, The New School for Social Research—How Policymakers and State Pension Funds Can Help Prevent the Coming Retirement Income Crisis Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Labor-Management Innovation in the Public Sector Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Transformational Strategy for Public Sector Labor, Management and Policy Makers Discussants: Bonnie Prouty Castrey, Mediator/Arbitrator Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University
11:30 am ‑ 3 pm	SABE Poster Session—Crystal Room Chair: Shabnam Modarres Mousavi, Georgia State University Presenters: Natalia Candelo-Londoño, Rachel T.A. Croson and Xin (Sherry) Li, University of Texas at Dallas—Social Exclusion and Identity: A Field Experiment with Hispanic Immigrants Glenn G. Kelly, Economists Incorporated and Michael P. Murray, Bates College—Looking for Cumulative Prospect Theory in "Deal or No Deal" Hannah Lin and David Dong, Peking University—Deserving Altruism: Type Preferences in the Laboratory Shu-Heng Chen, Lee-Xieng Yang and Ye-Rong Du, National Chengchi University, Taiwan—Intelligence and Level-k Reasoning in Beauty-Contest Experiments: An Integrated Analysis Zhuoqiong (Charlie) Chen and David Ong, Peking University—Tiger Women of Chinese Universities: An Experiment on Sorting by Ambition in Chinese Universitie Hannah Lin and David Ong, Peking University—Separating Gratitude from Guilt in the Laboratory David Ong and Jingwen (Grace) Niu, Peking University—Can There Ever Be Too Many Flavors of Haagen-Dazs? Revisiting "Variety Aversion" Reza Kheirandish, Clayton State University and Pushkin Kachroo, University of Nevada—Using Control Theory to Obtain Optimal Number of Choices on a Shopping Website Shabnam Modarres Mousavi, Georgia State University—Can Behavioral Theory Train Wiser Decision Makers? Tirthatanmoy Das, State University of New York at Binghamton—Non-cognitive Skills and Occupational Choice: Role of Stress Tolerance and Resilience in Choice of Occupational Stressfulness
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm	LERA Presidential Luncheon—Empire (Lobby Level) Chair: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles Featured Speaker: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.)—Trends in Collective Bargaining and the Future of Workplace Representation
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions

	6.1 Comparative Perspectives on Investment Funds and their Impact on Employment and Labor Relations (Symposium)—Salon 2 Chair: Sanford M. Jacoby, University of California-Los Angeles Presenters: Andrew Pendleton, University of York and Howard Gospel, King's College London—Impact of Investment Funds on Firm Restructuring and Employment in Europe Rosemary Batt, Cornell University; Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research; and Jae Eun Lee, Cornell University—Alternative Investment Funds and Their Impact on US Labor and Employment Relations Gerald Davis, University of Michigan—Finance Capitalism 2.0: How Fidelity Became the New JP Morgan Discussant: Daniel Pedrotty, AFL-CIO
	6.2 Union Strategic Research: A Closer Look (Workshop)—Salon 7-9 Chair: Jack Fiorito, Florida State University Panelists: Emily E. LaBarbera Twarog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Research as Power: Understanding the Evolution of Strategic Research Mathias Bolton, Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union—Teaching Union Research Chris Tilly, University of California-Los Angeles—Analyze to Win: How Strategic Research Has Revolutionized Union Organizing ... Or Has It? Henry Tamarin, UNITE-HERE Local 1 Chicago—UNITE-HERE, Hotel Workers Rising, and the Uses of Research Iain D. Gold, International Brotherhood of Teamsters—How the Teamsters Use Strategic Research
	6.3 Bargaining for Quality: Labor Management Relations and the Delivery of High Quality Health Care - LERA Health Care Industry Council (Symposium)—Salon 12 Chair: Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University Presenters: Rebecca Givan, Cornell University—Providing Socialized Health Care: Unions in the Indian Health Service and Veterans' Administration Paul F. Clark and Julie Sadler, Pennsylvania State University and Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Partnering for Patients: A Case Study of Unit-based Collaboration in Health Care Peter Lazes and Maria Figueroa, Cornell University and Carla Katz, Rutgers University—Why Labor-Management Partnerships Have Made A Difference Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Economics; Joanne Spetz, Jean Ann Seago, Carolina Herrera and Dennis Keane, University of California, San Francisco—Strategy or Tactics? Factors Associated with the Growth of RN Unions Discussants: Stephen Bach, Kings College London Mary MacDonald, AFT HealthCare
	6.4 AILR/LERA Best Papers Session (Symposium)—Salon 1 Chair: Paul J. Gollan, Macquarie University Presenters: Ian Greer, Mark Stuart and Ian Greenwood, University of Leeds—The System Versus the Street: Employment and Contracting in the International Welfare-to-work Industry Saul Rubinstein and John McCarthy, Rutgers University—Reforming U.S. Public School Systems Through Sustained Union-Management Collaborative Partnerships Brendan Sweeney, Queen's University—Comparative Employment Relations Research and Cross-Border Regions: The Case of Cascadia's Forest Industry Jonathan Marc Hamberger, Macquarie University—The Development of a Dual System for the Resolution of Workplace Disputes in Australia
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm	IIRA Studies Group Meeting—Salon 3 Chair: Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of California-Los Angeles
4:45 ‑ 5:45 pm	National and Local Jobs Policy and Program Alternatives - LERA Distinguished Panel—Honoré (Lobby Level) Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.) Featured Speakers: Bob Herbert, Demos Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
6 ‑ 7 pm	LERA General Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony—Honoré (Lobby Level) Chair: Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.)
Sunday	Conference Activities • 1/8/2012
8 ‑ 10 am	Concurrent Sessions

	7.1 Vulnerable Workers; Precarious Work: A Global Perspective (Symposium)—Salon 12 Chair: Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania Presenters: Michele Tiraboschi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia—Young Workers in Recessionary Times: The European Experience Susan Bisom-Rapp, Thomas Jefferson School of Law—Older Workers in Recessionary Times: The American Experience Michael Quinlan, University of New South Wales—How Precarious Employment Damages Health: Evidence from Australia Discussants: Malcolm Sargeant, Middlesex University J. Ryan Lamare, University of Manchester
	7.2 The Impact of the Great Recession on Public Sector Employment - LERA Research Volume Preview (Symposium)—Salon 7-9 Chair: Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of California-Los Angeles Presenters: Keith A. Bender and John S. Heywood, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee—Trends in the Compensation of State and Local Employees Christian E. Weller, University of Massachusetts-Boston and Ilana Boivie, National Institute on Retirement Security—Public Pension and Employment Relations in the Public Sector after the Great Recession William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University—Impact of the Great Recession on Diversity in State and Local Employment Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State University—Privatization and the Great Recession
	7.3 The Outcome Effects of Unionization on Care Workers (Workshop)—Salon 2 Chair: Erin E. Johansson, American Rights at Work Presenters: Linda Houser, Rutgers University—Unionized Home-based Child Care Providers in New Jersey Gary Burris, Economic Opportunity Institute—Impact of Training on License Exempt Child Care Providers Michelle M. Chen, Florida International University; David C. Grabowski, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Aaron J. Sojourner, University of Minnesota; and Robert J. Town, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health—Effects of Unions in Nursing Homes Joanne Spetz, University of California, San Francisco; Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Economics; Jean Ann Seago, Carolina Herrera and Dennis Keane, University of California, San Francisco—The Effect of Hospital Unions on Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes
8 ‑ 10 am	LERA 65th Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting II—Cresthill Chair: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions

	8.1 Does Community Organising Make Sense? Trade Unions Perspectives from around the World (Symposium)—Salon 12 Chair: Greg J. Bamber, Monash University Presenters: Jane Holgate, University of Leeds—Challenges to Effective Engagement of Trade Unions in Broad-based Community Alliances: A Comparative Study of London and Sydney Maite Tapia—The Diffusion of a 'Mobilizing Culture'? Community Organizing in Boston and Berlin Jo McBride, University of Bradford—Taking Workplace Unionism into the Community: An Example from the North of England Paul Stewart, University of Strathclyde—Union Disorganising, Community Organising: Labour and Migrant Communities in the North of Ireland's Sectarian Society Amanda Tattersall, University of Sydney—Using Community Organizing to Build Strong Labor-community Coalitions
	8.2 Creating a Climate of Employee Voice (Workshop)—Salon 7-9 Chair: Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University Presenters: Peter Berg, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Kaumudi Misra and Dale Belman, Michigan State University—Do Unions Matter for Work-Life Flexibility Policy Access and Use? Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University-Abington; Susan Lambert and Julia Henly, University of Chicago—Flexibility and Control for Workers: Path to Employee Happiness? Douglas Mahony, Lehigh University—The Efficacy of Peer Review Panels as Systems of Employee Voice Debra L. Casey, Pennsylvania State University-Abington—Facilitating Employee Voice through Workplace Structures: Is there a Relationship to Organizational Innovation? Discussants: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles Ann C. Frost, University of Western Ontario
	8.3 Whistleblowing as Workers' Voice and Institutional Tactic: Recent Developments in the Law and Potential Tactical Use (Workshop)—Salon 2 Chair: E. Patrick McDermott, Salisbury University Panelists: Daniel E. Campbell, International Longshoremens Local #2001—NGO Use of Whistleblower Law Under Dodd-Frank and SOX Manfred Elfstrom, Cornell University—Can Dodd-Frank and Other Whistleblowing Laws be Used to Influence U.S. Corporations' in China? Earl Brown, Solidarity Center

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