Call for Papers: 2015 Marco Biagi Conference

Susan Bisom-Rapp (Thomas Jefferson) writes to let us know that the Marco Biagi Foundation has put out calls for papers for the 2015 annual conference on labor relations March 19-20, 2015, in Modena Italy.

There is a general call for papers  Download MARCO BIAGI CONFERENCE MARCH 2015, and a call for papers from newer scholars  Download Call YSW 2015. The topic of the conference is Employment Relations and Transformation of the Enterprise in the Global Economy, and for the general call for papers, the foundation invites papers focusing on one of four tracks:

1. Organisational structure of the enterprise and the fragmentation of the employer’s role and responsibilities

2. Employment relations in ‘special’ enterprises

3. Small and medium-sized enterprises in a global context: relations, interests, protection

4. Collective solidarity and the representation of interests in the context of recent developments in regulatory provisions and the dematerialisation of the enterprise

Participants who intend to contribute a paper to one of the conference sessions should submit an abstract (maximum 1500 words) no later than 31 October 2014, and fill in the form that will be made available from September 2014 on the Marco Biagi Foundation website: www.fmb.unimore.it

Abstracts should include an indication of the related track. However, the Academic Advisory Board reserves the right to assign papers to the track they consider to be most appropriate.

Abstracts and papers may be submitted either in English or in Italian.

In order to be included in one of the conference sessions, full papers need to be submitted to the conference organisers no later than 13 February 2015. 

Download the call for papers or visit the website for more details.

The Young Scholars Workshop will take place on the afternoon of March 18. 

Abstracts should describe research projects that fall within the field of Labour relations from one of the following disciplinary perspectives: law, industrial relations, labour economics, organization theory, human resources management. Special consideration will be given to those topics and original research projects that allow for an interdisciplinary dialogue involving two or more of these disciplines, and that show a specific concern for international and/or comparative issues.

Scholars willing to participate in the workshop should submit a 1,000 word abstract along with a resume, including educational and academic career, publications, and contact information, no later than 31 October 2014.

Please submit the abstract electronically (in English). The preferred format for submission is Microsoft Word.

Abstracts should include the paper title and a bibliography, and should make specific reference to disciplinary field, academic affiliation of the author, research question(s), methodology and main results achieved.

The working language of the workshop will be English, some authors may be selected for a poster presentation instead, and some conference expenses will be covered for one author of papers and posters accepted. See the call for more details.

MM