''Perspectives on Work'' is an annual publication of the

Labor and Employment Relations Association The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) was founded in 1947 as the Industrial Relations Research Association. LERA is an organization for professionals in industrial relations and human resources. Headquartered at the School of Lab ...

(LERA). ''Perspectives on Work'' was founded in 1997 and is published annually. The magazine is based in

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. It was published biannually until 2009. It contains news about LERA activities as well as scholarly articles on workplace law,

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

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 ' ...

(HR) from both an HR perspective as well as

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 ...

. The publication covers a variety of labor relations topics, including law, workplace culture, labor history, the effect of economic dislocation and change on employer-employee relations, corporate governance, workplace sociology and leadership, and other issues. The target audience is academics and practitioners in labor and employment relations from both a managerial and worker perspective. ''Perspectives on Work'' also includes news articles and reports about LERA activities and professional development offerings, as well as book reviews.

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''Perspectives on Work'' Web site
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