Wednesday 22 July

13.00-13.30

Registration

13.30-15:00 

Conference Opening and Welcome      

                                                                                      Cibali  Hall

Plenary Session: Richard Hyman   Chair

 

                             Toker Dereli

                            Mustafa Öztaşkın

                             Jan Cremers

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15.30-17.30

Session I

 

Track 1: (De)Linkage Between Social Policy and IR Across Europe

                                                                                       Cibali Hall

Michael Doherty  Chair

 

-          Multinational Corporations Structure and Effects on Social Projects

Selva Kılıç

-          A Hostile Makeover? Local Economic Development, Employment and the ‘Branding’ of Labour

Graham Symon, Scott Johnson
- The Open Method of Coordination: Soft Character in Appearance; Hard Effects in Reality?

Hasan Faruk Uslu

-          "New Actors Within the European Employment Strategy (EES): the New Presence of the Legislative Power and Trade Unions in A Coexistent Dialogue in Luxembourg (2005-2008)"

Patrick Thill

 

Track 2: Rethinking HRM and IR: Towards Where?

                                                                                     Fener Hall

Toker Dereli Chair

 

-          From Trade Unions As Major Labour Organisations to Human Resources Departments: What are the Factors Behind?

Sibel Kalaycıoğlu, Kezban Çelik , Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç

-          The Universal Morality of IR and HRM

Thomas Klikauer

-          What Would Parsons Say About Mobbing?

Umut Omay

-          Organizational Mobbing Behaviours and Employee Retention: The Case of Turkish Healthcare Industry

Tuncay Yılmaz, Mesut Akdere, Deniz Belikırık

 

 

 

Track 3: Trade Unions and Change

                                                                             Movie Theater A

Burcu Kumbul Güler  Chair

 

-          An Examination of Mobilization Theory: Shop Stewards in the Irish Supermarket Sector

John Carty, Tony Royle

-          Power, “Membership” and Dependencies in Networks – A Case Study of the European Metal Sector

Patrik Nordin

-          Explaining European Variation in Trade Union Strategies For Competence Development at Work

Jonathan Winterton

-          Non-Unionised Young Workers and Organising the Unorganised

Anna Pollert, Stephanie Tailby

-          Can Greater Democratic Union Structures and Grass-Root Mobilization Make the Difference?

Lefteris Kretsos

 

 

18:00-19:00

Welcome reception 

 

 

 

Thursday 23 July

09:30-11:00

Session II

 

Track 1: Flexi-curity and Flexi-health and Safety Versus Decent Work

                                                                                   Movie Theater A

Aziz Çelik  Chair

 

-          Flexicurity and Its Effects on Legal Regulations Throughout Europe

S. Alp Limoncuoğlu

-          The Concept of Flexicurity: Narrowing Down the Whole Security to the Employability?

Hasan Faruk Uslu

-          Coalitions and the Decision Making Process on the Common Flexicurity Principles

Mikkel Mailand

-          Questioning the Employment System: the European Flexicurity Approach

María Paz Martín Martín

 

Track 2: Rethinking HRM and IR: Towards Where?

                                                                                         Fener Hall

Banu Uçkan Chair

 

-          The Impact of Human Resources Management For Achieving World-Class Management

Farsi Jani

-          Rethinking Industrial Relations in the Public Services: The Case of Britain

Stephen Bach, Ian Kessler, Stephanie Tailby

-          Corporate Social Responsibility In European Labour Markets

Nora Alleki

-          The Effect of Perceived Organizational Support and Job Security on Stress Level of Call Centre Workers

Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, Gozde Yilmaz, Askin Keser, Arzu Ozsoy

-          Employee Participation: the High Road to A Better Work Environment?

Jens Lind, Herman Knudsen, Ole Busck

 

Track 3: Trade Unions and Change

                                                                                           Cibali Hall

Zeki Parlak Chair

 

-          Be Careful What You Wish For…Trade Unions and the Law

Michael Doherty

-          Union Busting Techniques Which are Among the Results of Flexible Working Systems in Global Economics

Kenan Ören

-          Varieties of Collectivism: Recent Insights into Prospects For Trade Union Renewal Among Britain’s Unorganised Workers

Anna Pollert

-          How Functional the Turkish Unions in the Labour Market

M. Kemal Öke

-          Business Unionism As A Unifying Feature in Europe?

Vera Trappmann

 

 

Track 4: Diversity and Democracy at Work

                                                                                Movie Theater B

Susan Corby  Chair

 

-          Held Back or Holding Back? Women and Satisficing

Susan Corby, Celia Stanworth

-          Women in Senior Management: is the Glass Ceiling Still Intact? An International Comparative Study

Andrea Broughton, Linda Miller

-          Factor Pattern of Auckland Individualism-Collectivism Questionnaire: A Turkish Sample

Bülent Kılıç, Rıfat Kamaşak

-          How Does the New the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Act Effect Women?

Dilek Eser

 

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-13:00

Session III

                                                                                 

Track 1: Rethinking HRM and IR: Towards Where?

                                                                                    Movie Theater A

Jonathan Winterton  Chair

 

-          Workplace Bullying: New Health Risk at Work? Evidence from Ireland.

Emma Calvert, Philip O'Connell

-          Dual Commitment to the Organization and the Union: Can It Be Solution to Union Renewal?

Tunc Demirbilek, Ozlem Cakir

-          Employees’ Experience of Partnership and Democracy in the Retail Industry: A Study of John Lewis Partnership

Colin Harris

-          Integrating Barnard’s and Contemporary Views of Industrial Relations and HRM

Milorad M. Novicevic, Leigh Ann Bynum, Mario Hayek, Tony Fang

-          Logics of Enterprise Valuation in Post-Communism: the Case of VW Subsidiaries in Central Europe

Alexandra Janovskaia

 

Track 2: Trade Unions and Change

                                                                                          Cibali Hall

Engin Yıldırım   Chair

 

-          “Defending the Motherland and the Workplace”: A Case Study of Extreme Right-Wing Unionism in Turkey

Engin Yıldırım, Suayyip Çalış

-          The Sword of Justice Revisited: Trade Unions and the Public Sector Ethos

Maria Koumenta

-          The Impacts of Subcontracting About the Identity of Workers in Workplace

Zeynep ŞİŞLİ

-          Trade Unions and Irregular Migrant Work: The Case of Turkey

Şenay Gökbayrak, Seyhan Erdogdu

-          Capitalism in Crisis: Threat and/or Opportunity For Trade Unions?

Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, Richard Hyman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Track 3: Comparative Analysis of IR in the European Center and Periphery

                                                                                        Fener Hall

Horen Voskeritsian  Chair

 

-          State and Industrial Relations in Southern Europe: Coordination Without Regulation?

Oscar Molina

-          European and International Framework Agreements - Practical Experiences and Trade Union Strategies

Volker Telljohann, Isabel da Costa, Torsten Müller, Udo Rehfeldt

-          Who Are the Partners in Industrial Relations, who Represents Them?

Joern Janssen

-          Home Versus Host-Country Influences: Collective Employment Relations in German Multinationals in Turkey

Kadire Zeynep Sayım

-          Assurance Of Union Stewards In Turkish Union Law and Change

    Proposals

Onat Öztürk, Serkan Odaman

 

Track 4: (De)Linkage Between Social Policy and IR Across Europe

                                                                                Movie Theater B

Anna Pollert  Chair

 

-          A Flood of Cheap Labour? Mass Immigration and the Re-Regulation of the Irish Labour Market

James Wickham

-          Choice and Constraint in Migrant Worker Integration: Towards A New Approach to Acculturation

Barbara Wilczek, Paul Freedman, Eddy Donnelly

-          Helpful and Meaningful? Exploring Interactions Between Eastern and Central European Workers, and Social Support Groups in the UK.

Zinovijus Ciupijus

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Session IV

 

Track 1: Trade Unions and Change

                                                                                         Cibali Hall

Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick  Chair

 

-          Diversity Unionism: Union Engagement with Community Groups - Experiences, Challenges and Future Potential

Joanna Karmowska, Philip James

-          Social Partnership and Trade Unions in Ireland: Future Prospects and Challenges

Thomas Turner, Daryl D'Art

-          Spanish Unions Facing the Challenges of Europeanisation and Globalisation

Holm-Detlev Köhler

-          Learning As A New Field of Union Activity: A Case Study of the UK
Labour Relations

Mark Stuart

-          From Craft and Trade to Occupation

Michaela Brockmann, Linda Clarke, Christopher Winch

 

Track 2: Comparative Analysis of IR in the European Center and Periphery

                                                                                          Fener Hall

M. Kemal ÖKE  Chair

 

-          A Comparison Study on Industrial Relations in Turkey and Korea After Industrialization

Tuncay Guloglu, Euteo Lee

-          The Current State of the Field of Industrial Relations in the UK: A Structural Analysis

Horen Voskeritsian

-          Flexible Contracts in Greek Employment: Evidence from Workplace Employee Relations Survey

Achilleas Anagnostopoulos, Siebert W. Stanley

-          Resolution of Labour Dispute with Reference to Law and Practice in Malaysia

Ashgar Ali bin Ali Mohamed

-          Retrenchment Compensation: A comparative Between Malaysia and United Kingdom (UK) Laws

Farheen Baig binti Sardar Baig

 

Track 3: Flexi-curity and Flexi-health and Safety Versus Decent Work

                                                                                  Movie Theatre A

Yücel Demirer   Chair

 

-          The Importance of Sector Level Bargaining When Balancing Flexibility and Security - A Comparative Study

Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Mikkel Mailand

-          Precarious Work Versus Decent Work: Precariousness From the Perspectives of Service Sector Employees in Turkey

Ozlem Isıgıcok, Burak Faik Emirgil

-          HIRES - Health in Restucturing A European Assessment

Thomas Kieselbach, Sebastiano Bagnara, Anna-Liisa Elo, Karl Kuhn Benjamin Sahler and Greg Thomson

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

19:00

Conference Dinner