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Journal of Workplace Rights
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The premier Volume is NOW COMPLETE and AVAILABLE! Examine it for yourself,
click to view Volume 13's Table of Contents and read any (or all) of the article abstracts.
a new name. . . a new editor . . . a new direction the Journal of Workplace Rights, moving forward where the Journal of Individual Employment Rights left off. . . all content from JIER will remain available online, click to view JIER articles.
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Meet the Editor
Joel Rudin, is Professor of Human Resource Management at Rowan University's Rohrer College of Business.
He earned his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Cornell University, and is also a certified Senior Professional
in Human Resources. His most interesting research examines sex and race discrimination in employment. His articles have
been published in journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Social Psychology, Labor Law Journal and Employee
Responsibilities and Rights Journal. He plans to continue the Journal of Individual Employment Right's tradition of providing prompt feedback to
authors, which was established by the Journal's previous editor, Charles Coleman.
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NOW ONLINE
Volume 14 Number 1
What can Taiwan and the United States Learn from Each Other's Guest Worker Programs?
Dorothy Chang, Wichita State University
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Control as Colonialism: Workplace Democracy and the Transfer of Managerial Practices within Multinational Corporations
Diana Rosemary Sharpe, Regents College and Raza Mir, William Patterson University
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Don't Ask and You Shall Not Receive: Why Future American Workers with Disabilities are Reluctant to Demand Legally Required Accommodations
H. Kristl Davison, University of Mississippi, Brian J. O'Leary, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Jennifer A. Schlosberg, University of Hartford, and
Mark N. Bing, University of Mississippi
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Closing Down a Means of Collective Voice for Workers—Victimisation of Union Activists in Britain
Gregor Gall, University of Hertfordshire
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Strengthening the Healthy Workplace Act: Lessons from Title VII and IIED Litigation and Stories of Targets' Experiences
Jerry Carbo, Shippensburg University
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From the New Scholars Section
Gender Identity Issues and Workplace Discrimination: The Transgender Experience
Michelle Dietert, Texas A&M University - Central Texas and Dianne Dentice, Stephen F. Austin State University
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NOW ONLINE
Volume 14 Number 2
What Legal Protections do Victims of Bullies in the Workplace Have?
William Marty Martin, Yvette Lopez, and Helen LaVan, DePaul University
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Unsatisfactory Working Conditions and Voice: An Analysis among Employees in Sweden
Bengt Furåker, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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The Social Effects of Labor Organization in the United States: Legal Reform and Public Policy
Raymond Hogler and Christine Henle, Colorado State University
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Are Less-Educated Women in the Blind Spot of Pay Equity?
Marie-Josée Legault, Téluq–Université du Québec à Montréal
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From the New Scholars Section
Decent Work for the Street Vendors in Mumbai, India—A Distant Vision!
Debdulal Saha, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
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Promoting the Underlying Principle Of Acceptance: The Effectiveness of Sexual Orientation Employment Antidiscrimination Legislation
Laura Barron, University of Wisconsin-Stout
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SNEAK PEEK
Coming Soon . . .Volume 14 Number 3
Cleaning and Ironing . . . With a Smile: Migrant Workers in the Care Industry in France
Francesca Scrinzi, University of Glasgow
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Developing a New Measure of Work Alienation
Nisha Nair, Indian Institute of Management Indore and Neha Neharika, Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad
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Knowledge Work and Intellectual Property Rights: New Challenges for Trade Unions
Stefan Lücking, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Susanne Pernicka, University of Oldenburg
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Restoring Workplace Democracy: Eleanor Roosevelt and Labor Law Reform
Brigid O'Farrell, George Washington University
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From the New Scholars Section
Re-Producing Citizens: Gender, Employment, and Work-Family Balance Policies in Singapore
Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun, Nanyang Technological University
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Nepali Female Migrants and Informalization of Domestic Care Work: Service or Servitude?
Shobha Gurung, Southern Utah University
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IN PRAISE OF
"We see this Journal as a timely intervention in the field of human rights in the workplace.
Too often in liberal democracies human rights are curtailed at the factory gate or the office door as the
law concedes the so-called business case as a justifiable limitation on such rights. In the JWR practitioners
and scholars will be provided with the scope to probe the limits of the business case and the potential for greatly
extended individual rights at work."
Albert and Jean Mills, St. Mary's University (Canada)
"To some academics value judgments and good quality research are incompatible. The contents of this Journal seek to show just how wrong is such a view."
Phil Beaumont, University of Glasgow
AIMS & SCOPE
The Journal of Workplace Rights is dedicated to the proposition that human rights should not be
compromised by employers. It uses an expansive definition of human rights, based on the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights as passed by the United Nations in 1948. A list of proposed topics is provided below. The
Journal invites prospective authors to submit papers that are completely unrelated to the below topics
as long as their focus is on workplace rights.
PROPOSED TOPICS
Job Security Rights
People are supposed to have the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. This is in stark contrast to the "employment at will" doctrine, which grants employers the undisputed privilege of determining who is hired and fired. How and where have employees managed to secure this workplace right?
Nondiscrimination Rights
Although the right to equal pay for equal work without any discrimination is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sex and race discrimination in employment remain rampant. Why does this continue to be the case, and what can employees do about it?
Living Wage Rights
People are supposed to have the right to a living wage, yet most can barely get by on their paychecks. How have employees successfully countered the tendency of most employers to pay them as little as possible?
People are supposed to have "the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours." In recent years, how and where have employees succeeded in reducing their working hours without lowering their standards of living?
Collective Bargaining Rights
The right to form and to join trade unions is enshrined in the Universal Declaration. Labor law in many countries including the United States and the United Kingdom effectively denies this right to most employees. How can trade unions and their supporters enable this human right despite a hostile political climate?
Privacy Rights
According to the Universal Declaration, "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence." Is this human right violated by practices such as pre-employment drug testing and electronic monitoring of employees' Internet usage?
Civil Disobedience Rights
The right to "freedom of thought, conscience, and religion" is enshrined in the Universal Declaration. Under what circumstances should employees be able to exercise this right by disobeying their supervisors?
People are supposed to have "the right to freedom of opinion and expression." How have employees created safe spaces in which they can honestly share their feelings about work and non-work issues?
"Degrading treatment" is a human rights violation. What constitutes degrading treatment in the workplace?
Workplace Democracy Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives." How can this right be extended to the workplace?
Intellectual Property Rights
The Universal Declaration grants ownership rights to authors of a "scientific, literary or artistic production." What implications does this entail for workplace rights in academe?
New Scholars Section
The only potential authors who will receive any preferential treatment will be doctoral students and untenured faculty. These groups of potential authors have fewer workplace rights than their more senior colleagues, so they need a journal that welcomes them. Their work will be featured in each issue, in a "New Scholars" section.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal of Workplace Rights is dedicated to the proposition that human rights should not be compromised by employers. It uses an expansive definition of human rights, based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as passed by the United Nations in 1948. Some human rights are explicitly employment-related, such as the right to form and join trade unions. Other human rights listed in the Universal Declaration were originally intended to apply to governments, such as the right to freedom of movement and residence. However, employers can interfere with these rights. For example, child laborers are often prevented from enjoying the right to an education due to their long work hours.
The Journal seeks original research that may be either theoretical or empirical. It evaluates submissions based on relevance to the Journal's mission, originality, and readability. Prospective authors should be prepared to demonstrate that their work is related to the human rights of employees, that it adds to what is already known about workplace rights, and that it is accessible to both academic and non-academic audiences. The Journal promises to give prompt and respectful feedback to prospective authors. Submissions are encouraged from scholars at all phases of their careers, but the Journal is committed to publishing at least one article per issue from "new scholars," which it defines as doctoral students or untenured faculty.
Click here for complete submission guidelines.
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ABSTRACTED AND INDEXED IN
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Premier
- All-Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information
- Employee Relations Bibliography & Abstracts
- Human Resources Abstracts
- Left Index
- Personnel Management Abstracts
- Social Science Citation Index
- Urban Affairs Abstracts
- Violence & Abuse Abstracts
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