Launch of the “Field guide to researching employment and industrial relations” Webinar 1

The field of employment and industrial relations explores a myriad of complex topics, themes and phenomena, and this book provides a guide for researching this fascinating area. Examining established and emerging methodological approaches, from qualitative research to transdisciplinary methods, the Field Guide to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations is a crucial toolkit for researchers to consult in their studies.
Early career researchers focusing on employment and industrial relations, human resources and labour economics will find this book to be an important resource. An indispensable repository of established and emerging research methods, it is also beneficial to experienced researchers and academics.
The Field Guide is edited by Jane Parker (Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Department of Management, Massey Business School, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; and Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium), Noelle Donnelly (Associate Professor, School of Management, Faculty of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Susan Ressia (Senior Lecturer, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith Business School, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, Queensland) and Mihajla Gavin (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia).
The Field Guide, to be published by Edward Elgar in November 2024, will be launched in a series of webinars which will provide an overview of the publication and its relevance, and focus on specific chapters presented briefly by their authors, with opportuntity for questions from the audience. Different chapter contributions will be emphasised in each webinar, however you don't need to attend both webinars as many of contributions will be repeated.
On the programme of Webinar 1:
Introduction by Bart Vanhercke, Director of the Research department, ETUI
An editorial overview of the book - Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Susan Ressia and Mihajla Gavin
Publisher's comments - Francine O'Sullivan
Evolution of industrial relations research methods - Tingting Zhang and Kwon Hee Han
Archival methods - Chris Forde
Participatory action research - Sara Lafuente and Pedro Chaves
Multi- and mixed methods - Mark Saunders and Fariba Darabi
Mixed method, exploratory, sequential approach - Hyojin Seo
Oral history - Mihajla Gavin
Computational annotation - Rūta Liepiņa and Marcus Meyer-Erdmann
Large datasets and comparative employment relations - Bernd Brandl
Social movement lens - Stephane Le Queux and Anne Ngoc Cox
Feminist co-design: Helen Taylor
Transdisciplinarity - Janet Sayers and Jane Parker
Participant questions and panellist responses
Closing comments - Diana Kelly and Wrap-up - Mihajla Gavin