The ''Journal of Labor Research'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...

which publishes articles regarding

labor relations Labour relations in practice is a subarea within human resource management, and the main components of it include collective bargaining, application and oversight of collective agreement obligations, and dispute resolution. Academically, employe ...

in the United States. Its articles cover the nature of work, labor-management relations,

welfare-to-work The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) is a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The bill implemented major changes to S ...

, flexible employment, labor policy, regulation of

labor unions A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

, dispute resolution, and workplace grievance resolution. One issue each year is devoted to emerging topics. The target audience for the journal is academics, students, employers, and

human resources Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ' ...

managers. The ''Journal of Labor Research'' was established in 1979 and is published quarterly by the Olin Institute for Employment Policy and Practice at the Department of Economics of

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

and by the Locke Institute.

External links

Homepage of the John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy, Dept. of Economics, George Mason University
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