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EDITED BOOKS:
blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. And Thomas A. Kochan (Eds). 2004. Unions in the 21st Century: An International Perspective. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 267p.
http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=140393505X

V.W. Marshall, W. Heinz, H. Krueger and A. Verma (Eds.). 2001. Restructuring Work and the Life Course. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 544p.

Verma, Anil and Richard P. Chaykowski, (Eds.). 1999. Contract and Commitment: Employment Relations in the New Economy. Kingston: Queen's IRC Press, 354p.

Campbell, Duncan, Asma Lateef, Aurelio Parisotto and Anil Verma, (Eds.). 1997. Regionalization and Labour Market Interdependence in East and South-east Asia. London: Macmillan, 295p.

Venkata Ratnam, C.S. and Anil Verma, (Eds.). 1997. The Challenge of Change: Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 501p.

Lee, Joseph and Anil Verma (Eds). 1996. Changing Employment Relations in Asian Pacific Countries. Taipei, Taiwan: Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, 373p.

Verma, Anil, Thomas A. Kochan, and Russell L. Lansbury, (Eds.). 1995. Employment Relations in the Changing Asian Economies. London: Routledge, 368p.

Chaykowski, Richard P. and Verma, Anil. (Eds.). 1992. Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 491p. Winner of an award by the Applied Arts Quarterly for cover design.

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JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Journal Articles:

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Jing Wang and Stephen Frost. 2008. "Recent Developments in Labour Policy and Regulation in China". Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 14(2), 243-269.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Sara Mann. 2007. "Learning Among Lower-wage and At-risk Workers: The Role of Personal, Organizational, and Social Resources". Canadian Journal of Studies in Advanced Education, 20(2), 114-129.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Gail Elman. 2007. "Labour Standards for a Fair Globalization for Workers of the World". Good Society, 16(2), 57-64.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Weststar, Johanna and Anil Verma. 2007. "What Makes for Effective Labor representation on Pension Boards?". Labor Studies Journal, December, 32(4), 382-410.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Walsworth, Scott and Anil Verma. 2007. "Globalization, Workplace Practices and Innovation: Recent Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey". Industrial Relations, April, 220-238.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Eaton, Jonathan and Anil Verma. 2006. "Does "Fighting Back" Make a Difference? The Case of the Canadian Auto Workers Union". Journal of Labor Research, 27(2), Spring, p. 187-212.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kuruvilla, Sarosh and Anil Verma. 2006. International Labor Standards, Soft Regulation, And National Government Roles”. Journal of Industrial Relations, 48(1), February, p. 41-58.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2005. “Business Ethics Begins at Home: The Employee Dimension of Ethical Leadership”. Korea Journal of Business Ethics, August, Vol 10, p. 25-48.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2005. "What Do Unions Do to the Workplace? Union Impact on Management and HRM Policies". Journal of Labor Research. 26 (3), Summer, p. 415-449.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kuruvilla, Sarosh and Anil Verma. 2004. “Globalization, Logics of Action, International Labor Standards  and National Government Roles”. KLI Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy, 4 (2), 25-44.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Reitz, Jeffery and Anil Verma. 2004. “Immigration, Ethnicity and Unionization: Recent Evidence from Canada”. Industrial Relations, 43(4) October, 835-854.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2003. "Effective Skill Formation: The Missing Link between Capital Investment and Increasing Proserity". Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2003. “Global Labour Standards: Can we get from here to there?” International Comparative Journal of Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 19(4), Winter, 515-534.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Singh, Gangaram and Anil Verma. 2003. Work History And Later Life Labor Force Participation: Evidence From A Large Telecommunications Firm”. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 56(4), 699-715.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Lonti, Zsuzsanna and Anil Verma. 2003. "The Determinants of Flexibility and Innovation in the Government Workplace: Recent Evidence from Canada". Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 13(3), 283-310.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Fang, Tony and Anil Verma. 2002. "Union Wage Premium". Perspectives on Labour and Income, 14(4), 17-23.
Brief summary: http://www.statcan.ca/english/indepth/75-001/online/0090275-001-XIE.html

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Lonti, Zsuzsanna, Sara Slinn and Anil Verma. 2002. "Can Government Workplaces be made World-class?: Policy Challenges for Public Service Reform". Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 9(3), 335-360.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Thomas A. Kochan and Stephen Wood. 2002. "Union Decline and Prospects for Revival". British Journal of Industrial Relations, 40(3), September, 373-384.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Thomas A. Kochan and Stephen Wood, editors. 2002. Special Issue on "Union Decline and Prospects for Revival". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 40(3), September.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Morley Gunderson. 2001. "Labouring for Advantage: Worker stakes in a gobalising economy". Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 44 (3), July-September, 363-374.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Forthcoming. "Labour Law Reform in the New Economy: Lessons from the North Atlantic", Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Sara Slinn. 2000. "Labor Policy in the Internet Age: Europe's Answer to the Market Challenge", Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 21(4) Summer, 703-713.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. And Kai Lamertz. Forthcoming. "Re-thinking the Organization: A Joint Governance View", Human Resource Management Review.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Anil Verma. 1999. "Canadian Labour in the Global Economy", Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien (Journal of Canadian Studies).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Cook, Maria Lorena, Morley Gunderson, Mark Thompson and Anil Verma. 1997. "Making Free Trade More Fair: Developments in Protecting Labor Rights". Labor Law Journal, 48(8), 519-529.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley, Savita Verma, and Anil Verma. 1997. "Job Loss Announcements and their Effect on Market Value of the Firm: Canadian Evidence from the 1980s". Relations Industrielles, 52(2), 364-380.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Morley Gunderson, Guest Editors. 1996. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, Volume 7, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Jain, Harish and Anil Verma, Guest Editors. 1996. "Introduction", International Journal of Manpower, 17(4/5), 5-13.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Jain, Harish and Anil Verma. 1996. "Managing Workforce Diversity for Competitiveness: The Canadian Experience", International Journal of Manpower, 17(4/5), 14-29.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Anil Verma. 1996. "Worker Protection in the New Global Economy: The Past as Prologue". Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, Vol. 7, 1-13.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel and Anil Verma. 1994. "Joint Governance in North American Workplaces: A Glimpse of the Future or the End of an Era". International Journal of Human Resource Management, 5(3), September, 547-580.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Anil Verma. 1992. "Canadian Labour Policies and Global Competition", Canadian Business Law Journal, 20(1), 63-89.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Jacoby, Sanford M. & Anil Verma. 1992. "Enterprise Unions in the Modern Era: A Case Study of Corporate Compensation and Industrial Relations Strategies", Industrial Relations, 31(1), 137-158. Reprinted in Mario F. Bognano and Morris M. Kleiner, (Eds.). 1992. Labor Market Institutions and the Future Role of Unions, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1992. "Looking Ahead: Future Directions in Canadian Industrial Relations Research", Relations Industrielles, 47(2), 342-347.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Graham, J. and Anil Verma. 1991. "Predictors & Moderators of Employee Responses to Employee Participation Programs", Human Relations, 44(6), 551-568.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, Thomas A. Kochan & Anil Verma. 1991. "Recent Developments in U.S. Employee Involvement Initiatives: Erosion or Transformation", in Donna Sockell, David Lewin & David Lipsky, eds., Advances in Industrial & Labor Relations, Vol. 5, JAI Press, 1-31.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Thomas A. Kochan. August 1990. "Two Paths to Innovations in Industrial Relations: The Case of Canada and the United States", Labor Law Journal, 41(8), 597-601.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. August 1989. "New Union Organizing: A Return to the Old Methods?, Labor Law Journal, 40(8), 465-469.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Fall 1989. "Joint Participation Programs: Self-help or Suicide for Labor?", Industrial Relations, 28(3), 401-410.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Ohtsu, M. and Anil Verma. 1987. "Case for Intra-Organizational Bargaining? A Study of Inter-class Wage Differentials of Saskatchewan School Teachers", Relations Industrielles, 42(3).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil & Robert B. McKersie. July 1987. "Employee Involvement Programs: The Implications of Non-involvement by Unions", Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 40(4), 556-568.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Winter 1987. "Union & Nonunion Wages at the Firm Level: A Combined Institutional & Econometric Analysis", Journal of Labor Research, 8(1), 67-83.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Fall 1985. "Relative Flow of Capital to Union and Nonunion Plants Within a Firm", Industrial Relations, 24(3), 395-405.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Das, C. & Anil Verma. June 1985. "A Heuristic Method for Finding the Optimal Location and Size of Facilities with Variable Demands", Transportation and Logistics Review, 21(2).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sen, A., G. Sridhar and Anil Verma. June 1977. "Effectiveness of Young Professional Managers - Analysis & Prospects", Indian Management, 3-15.

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WORKING PAPERS:

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Jeffrey G. Reitz and Rupa Banerjee. Revise & Resubmit. Unionization, Race, Immigrants and Earnings: A Longitudinal Examination of the Effect of Union Membership on the Income Progression of Immigrants to Canada". British Journal of Industrial Relations.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Revise & Resubmit. “The ‘New’ Division of Labour: Can Unions and NGOs Collaborate in Response to Globalization?” British Journal of Industrial Relations.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Walsworth, Scott and Anil Verma. Forthcoming 2007. “Globalization, Workplace Practices and Innovation: Recent Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)”. Industrial Relations.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil & Sara Mann. “Learning Among Lower Wage and At-Risk Workers: The Roles of Personal, Organizational and Social Resources". Manuscript under preparation for submission to a journal. Expected date of completion: September 2006.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Sara Mann. 2006. “The Variability of Employer-paid Training over Time: An Analysis of Workplace Longitudinal Data from Canada”. Manuscript under preparation for submission to a journal. Expected date of completion: September 2006.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Tony Fang. “Unions and Employment Growth”.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Tony Fang. “Union Wage Differentials and Workplace Practices”. Under revision.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Tony Fang. "Do Unions Impact Wages? A Longitudinal Analysis". Under revision.

 

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MONOGRAPHS, THESES, PROCEEDINGS:

Frank Reid, John Kervin, Anil Verma and Karen Bentham. 2003. Trade and Labour Protection:Can the two be made to work together? Selected Papers from the XXXIXth Annual CIRA Conference, a joint conference with the International Industrial Relations Association 4th Regional Congress of the Americas. Quebec City: Les Presses Laval, 418p.

Verma, Anil. 2001. Proceedings of the International Conference on Union Growth. Toronto: Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto, April 30 & May 1, 2001.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Rick Chaykowski, Paul-André Lapointe, Guylaine Vallée and Anil Verma. 1997. Worker Representation in the Era of Trade and Deregulation. Selected papers from the XXXIIIrd Annual CIRA Conference. Québec: Canadian Industrial Relations Association.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Joseph P. Weiler. 1994. Understanding Change in Canadian Industrial Relations: Firm-level Choices and Responses. Kingston, ON: IRC Press, 61p.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Jain, Harish and Anil Verma, eds. 1994. Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing Human Resources/Labour Relations Diversity for Global Competitiveness. Hamilton, ON: McMaster University, May 22-24.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Ratnam, C.S. Venkata and Anil Verma. 1993. Industrial Relations: Current Perspectives. Proceedings of National Conference on Changes in Human Resources and Industrial Relations in Indian Industry, International Management Institute, New Delhi, 19-21 August, 1993, 409p.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Deborah Irvine. 1992. Investing in People: The Key to Canada's Growth and Prosperity. Toronto: Information Technology Association of Canada, 38p. (in its second printing; also published in French as Investir dans les Ressources Humaines: La Clé de la Prospérité et de la Croissance du Canada).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Union and Nonunion Industrial Relations Systems at the Plant Level. 1984. Ph.D. thesis, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. Selected parts excerpted in Thomas A. Kochan, H.C. Katz, and R.B. McKersie, 1986. The Transformation of American Industrial Relations. New York: Basic Books. (see pages 72-75; 100-105).

 

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CHAPTERS & ARTICLES IN BOOKS:

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2006. “What Do Unions Do to the Workplace? Union Impact on Management and HRM Policies”. In Bruce Kaufman and James T. Bennett, eds., What Do Unions Do: A Twenty-Year Retrospective Assessment. Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Press (a unit of Rutgers University).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Rupa Banerjee. Forthcoming 2005. "Workforce Diversity and Public Policy Responses in Canada". In S. Reddy, (ed). Workforce Diversity : Global Experiences. Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Thomas A. Kochan. 2004. "Unions in the 21st Century: An International Perspective". In Anil Verma and Thomas A. Kochan (Eds). Unions in the 21st Century: An International Perspective. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-16.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Ratnam, Venkata C.S. and Anil Verma. Forthcoming 2004. "Hard laws or Soft laws: India and International Labour Standards". In John J. Kirton and Michael Trebilcock, eds., Hard Choices, Soft Law: Voluntary Standards in Global Trade, Environment, and Social Governance. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Daphne Taras. Forthcoming 2004. "Managing the High Involvement Workplace", in Morley Gunderson, Allen Ponak and Daphne Taras, eds., Union-Management Relations in Canada, 4th Edition.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Ratnam, Venkata C.S. and Anil Verma. Forthcoming 2004. "Non-Governmental Organisations and Trade Unions - The Case Of India". In Anil Verma and Thomas A. Kochan (Eds). Unions in the 21st Century: An International Perspective. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 250-262.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Lonti, Zsuzsanna and Anil Verma. Accepted and forthcoming. "Developments in Public Management in Canada". In Pauline Dibben, Geoff Wood and Ian Roper, eds., Contemporary Public Sector Management: An International and Critical Perspective. London, U.K.: Palgrave.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Anil Verma. 2003. "Industrial Relations in the Global Economy". In Bruce Kaufman, ed. Balancing the Interests: The Evolution from Industrial Relations to Human Resources and Beyond. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2003. "Forks in the Road - Workplace Governance and the Global Marketplace". In Noel M. Cowell and Clement Branche, eds., Human Resource Development and Workplace Governance in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2001. "Corporate codes of conduct and the North-South Divide: What Can Governments Do?" In A. S. Oberai, A. Sivananthiran and C. S. Venkata Ratnam, eds., Promoting Harmonious Labour Relations in India. New Delhi: South Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team, International Labour Organisation and Indian Industrial Relations Association, pp.168-188.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gangaram Singh and Anil Verma. 2001. "An application of the life course perspective to assess the return to work decision after early retirement". In V.W. Marshall, W. Heinz, H. Krueger and A. Verma, eds., Restructuring Work and the Life Course. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Gangaram Singh. 2001. "Patterns of Employment and Working Time among Early Retirees of a Telecommunications Firm". In Susan Houseman and Ging Wong, eds., Employment and Working Time in the Information Economy. Kalamzoo, MI: Upjohn.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2000. "The Role of Public Policy in Industrial Relations: What Can Governments Do?". In Arnold Sibanda and Doreen Nyamukapa, eds., Industrial Relations and Structural Adjustment Programmes in Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Industrial Relations Association, Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Daphne Gottlieb Taras. 2000. "Employee Involvement in the Workplace", in Morley Gunderson, Allen Ponak and Daphne Taras, eds., Union-Management Relations in Canada, 4th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Addison-Wesley, 447-485

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 2000. "Employee Involvement in Nonunion Firms: What Canadian Employers Do and Why?" In Bruce Kaufman and Daphne Taras, eds., Employee Involvement in Nonunion Organizations. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe, 307-327.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1998. "The Impact of Deregulation, Privatization and Restructuring on Employment and Employment Relations in Telecommunications in Developed Countries". In Tomoaki Ishii, ed., Labour and Social Dimensions of Privatization and Restructuring: Telecommunications Services. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 1-32.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Cook, Maria Lorena, Morley Gunderson, Mark Thompson and Anil Verma. 1999. "Protecting Labor Rights in the Context of Free Trade". (in Spanish). In Graciela Bensusan, ed., International Regulation of Labor Standards after NAFTA. Mexico City: FLACSO and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1999. "Maquiladoras in the Post-NAFTA Era: The Evolution of Manufacturing in Mexico and the Role of Human Resources". In Oscar Contreras, ed., La Globalización y el futuro de las maquiladora en México. Hermosillo, Mexico: El Colegio de Sonora.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Richard P. Chaykowski. 1998. "Employment and Employment Relations at the Crossroads". In Anil Verma and Richard P. Chaykowski, (Eds.) Contract and Commitment: Workplace Change and the Evolution of Employment Relations in Canadian Firms. Kingston: Queen's IRC Press, 1-20.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Richard P. Chaykowski. 1998. "Business Strategies and Employment Relations". In Anil Verma and Richard P. Chaykowski, (Eds.) Contract and Commitment: Workplace Change and the Evolution of Employment Relations in Canadian Firms. Kingston: Queen's IRC Press, 338-354.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1998. "From POTS to PANS: The Evolution of Employment Relations in Bell Canada under Deregulation". In Anil Verma and Richard P. Chaykowski, eds. Contract and Commitment: Workplace Change and the Evolution of Employment Relations in Canadian Firms. Kingston: Queen's IRC Press, 182-210.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Frost, Ann and Verma, Anil. 1998. "Restructuring in Canadian Steel: The Case of Stelco, Inc.". In Anil Verma and Richard P. Chaykowski, (Eds.) Contract and Commitment: Workplace Change and the Evolution of Employment Relations in Canadian Firms. Kingston: Queen's IRC Press, 82-112.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Kai Lamertz and Peter Warrian. 1998. "CSTEC: Old-fashioned Labour-Management Cooperation or an Innovation in Joint Governance?" In Andrew Sharpe and Morley Gunderson, eds., The Emergence of Sector Councils in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 234-253.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1997. "Labour, Labour Markets and Economic Integration of Nations". In Duncan Campbell, Asma Lateef, Aurelio Parisotto and Anil Verma, Eds. Regionalization and Labour Market Interdependence in East and South-East Asia. London: Macmillan, 260-78.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Richard P. Chaykowski. 1997. "Canada". In Harry C. Katz, ed., Telecommunications: Work and Employment Relations in a Global Industry. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 153-185.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sharma, Basu, Anil Verma and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 1996. "Strategic Economic Cooperation and Employment Relations Issues". In Udo Staber, Norbert Schafer and Basu Sharma, eds., Networks: Strategy for Regional Development. Berlin: DeGruyter.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld. 1996. "Workplace Innovations and Systems Change in the Public Sector". In Dale Belman, Morley Gunderson and Douglas Hyatt, Eds. Public Sector Employment. Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 201-242.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Thomas A. Kochan and Russell D. Lansbury. 1995. "Employment Relations in an Era of Global Markets: A Conceptual Framework". In Anil Verma, Thomas A. Kochan, and Russell L. Lansbury, eds. Employment Relations in the Changing Asian Economies. London: Routledge, 1-26.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Yan Zhiming. 1995. "The Changing Face of Human Resource Management in China: Opportunities, Problems and Strategies". In Anil Verma, Thomas A. Kochan, and Russell L. Lansbury, eds. Employment Relations in the Changing Asian Economies. London: Routledge, 315-335.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Thomas A. Kochan and Russell D. Lansbury. 1995. "Lessons from the Asian Experience: A Summary". In Anil Verma, Thomas A. Kochan, and Russell L. Lansbury, eds. Employment Relations in the Changing Asian Economies. London: Routledge, 336-357.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1995. "Employee Involvement in the Workplace". In Morley Gunderson and Allen Ponak, (Eds.), Union-Management Relations in Canada, 3rd Edition. Don Mills, ON: Addison-Wesley, 281-308.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) R.P. Chaykowski and Verma, Anil. 1994. "Innovation in Industrial Relations: Challenges to Organizations and Public Policy". In T.J. Courchane, ed., Stabilization, Growth and Distributional Linkages in the Knowledge Era. Bell Canada Papers on Economic and Public Policy, Vol. 2. Kingston, ON: John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University, 1-36.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Joseph M. Weiler. 1994. "Restructuring in Industrial Relations and the Role for Public Policy". In Brian D. Bruce, Ed., Work, Unemployment and Justice. Montreal: Les Éditions Thémis, 487-502.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Meltz, Noah M. and Verma, Anil. 1995. "Developments in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Practices in Canada: An Update from the 1980s". In Thomas A. Kochan, Richard P. Locke and Michael J. Piore, (Eds.), Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 91-130.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld. 1993. "Joint Governance in the Workplace: Beyond Union-Management Cooperation and Worker Participation". In Bruce E. Kaufman and Morris M. Kleiner, (Eds.), Employee Representation: Alternatives and Future Directions. Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 197-234.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kochan, Thomas A. and Verma, Anil. 1992. "A Comparative View of U.S. and Canadian Industrial Relations: A Strategic Choice Perspective", In Alan Gladstone, Hoyt Wheeler, Jacques Rojot, François Eyraud and Ruth Ben-Israel, eds. Labour Relations in a Changing Environment. New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 187-202.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Peter Warrian. 1992. "Industrial Relations in the Canadian Steel Industry". In Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma, eds. Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Joseph P. Weiler. 1992. "Industrial Relations in the Canadian Telephone Industry". In Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma, (Eds.), Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Chaykowski, Richard P. and Verma, Anil. 1992. "Adjustment and Restructuring in Canadian Industrial Relations: Challenges to the Traditional System". In Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma, (Eds.), Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Chaykowski, Richard P. and Verma, Anil. 1992. "Canadian Industrial Relations in Transition". In Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma, (Eds.), Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry. Toronto: Holt, Rheinhart & Winston.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1991. "Restructuring in Industrial Relations and the Role for Labor". In Margaret Hallock and Steve Hecker, (Eds.), Labor in a Global Economy: A U.S.-Canadian Symposium. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Books, 47-61.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1990. "A Comparative Perspective on the Strategic Choice Framework in Industrial Relations", in James Chelius & James Dworkin, (Eds.), Reflections on Transformation in Industrial Relations. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University IMLR Press, 174-188.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Wilfred Zerbe. 1989. "Employee Involvement Programs and Worker Perceptions of New Technology", in G. J. Bamber & R. D. Lansbury (Eds.), New Technology: International Perspectives on Human Resources and Industrial Relations. London: Unwin & Hyman, p.117-134.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Thomas A. Kochan. 1985. "The Growth & Nature of the Nonunion Sector Within a Firm", in Thomas A. Kochan (Eds.), Challenges and Choices Facing American Labor. Cambridge, Ma: M.I.T. Press, 89-118.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1985. "Electric Cable Plant", in Thomas A. Kochan & Thomas A. Barocci, Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management. Boston, Ma.: Little Brown, 425-440.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kochan, Thomas A. & Verma, Anil . 1983. "Negotiation in Organizations: Blending Industrial Relations and Organizational Behavior Approaches", in Max H. Bazerman & Roy J. Lewicki (Eds.), Bargaining Inside Organizations. Beverly Hills, Ca.: Sage Publications, 13-32.

 

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

Verma, Anil and Sara Mann. 2006. “Learning Among Low Wage Workers: Evidence from a Field Study”. Proceedings of the 14th World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Lima (Peru), September 11-14, 2006.

  Verma, Anil and Sara Mann. 2005. “Learning Among Low Wage Workers”. Proceedings of the 5th  Regional Congress Of The Americas, International Industrial Relations Association, Santiago (Chile), July 26-28, 2005.

Anil Verma and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 2004. "The Role of National Governments in International Labor Standards". Proceedings of 56th Annual Meeting, Industrial Relations Research Association, January 2-5, 2004, San Diego, CA.

Anil Verma and Tony Fang. 2003. "Workplace Innovation and Union Status: Synergy or Strife?". Proceedings of 55th Annual Meeting, Industrial Relations Research Association, January 2-5, 2003, Washington, D.C.,189-198

Jain, Harish C., and Anil Verma. 2002. "Duty to Consult Unions by Employers Under the Federal Employment Equity Act in Canada: Has it Been Effective?". Proceedings of the Third Regional Congress of the Americas, International Industrial Relations Association, June 25-28, Toronto.

Fonseca, Maria and Anil Verma. 2002. "Learning and Work-Life Balance in Canada: Evidence from the General Social Survey". Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association. Quebec City: CIRA, Laval University.

Verma, Anil and Caroline Weber. 2000. "Union-Nonunion Differences in Workplace Practices: Recent Evidence from Canadian Establishments". Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Tokyo, May 29-June 3.

Verma, Anil and Gordon Betcherman. 2000. "Effective Skill Formation: The Missing Link between Capital Investment and Increasing Prosperity". Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Tokyo, May 29-June 3.

Lonti, Zsuzsanna and Anil Verma. 1999. "Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Implications of Government Restructuring: Evidence from Canadian Case Studies". Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth Annual Conference, Canadian Industrial Relations Association, June 7-9, Sherbrooke, Quebec.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Weber, Caroline and Anil Verma. 1998. "The Flexibility of Small and Medium-sized Establishments: Evidence from Canadian Establishments". Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Bologna, September 22-26, Volume 2, 25-30.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Jain, Harish and Anil Verma. 1997. "Workforce Diversity, Employment Equity/Affirmative Action Programs and Public Policy in Selected Countries". Proceedings of the Fifth European Regional Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Dublin, August 26-29.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1996. "Workplace Reorganization in the Telephone Services Industry", Proceedings of the Forty-eighth Annual Meetings, Industrial Relations Research Association, Madison, WI, 332-339.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Russell Smith, Marcus Sandver, Kathryn Ready, Morley Gunderson, Lance Compa and Richard P. Chaykowski. 1996. " Free Trade, Labor Markets and Industrial Relations: Insitutional Developments and the Research Agenda", Proceedings of the Forty-eighth Annual Meetings, Industrial Relations Research Association, Madison, WI, 421-442.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Basu Sharma, Joseph Lee and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 1996. "Sustaining Growth in Growth Triangles". Proceedings of the Third Asian Regional Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept 30-Oct 4.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1994. "Human Resources in Maqulidoras in the post-NAFTA Era". Proceedings of a Conference on The Maquiladoras in Mexico: Present and Future Prospects of Industrial Development, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and the International Institute for Labour Studies, Tijuana, Mexico, May 23-25.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Jain, Harish and Verma, Anil. 1994. "Workforce Diversity and Globalization of Markets: Are the two pulling us in opposite directions?" Procedings of Conference on International Conference on Workforce Diversity and Competitiveness, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, May 22-24.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Verma, Anil. 1993. "Free Trade and Its Impact on Labour". Proceedings of the Second Congress of the Americas, International Industrial Relations Association, Caracas, Venezuela, September 1-4.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Chaykowski, Richard P. and Verma, Anil. 1992. "Adjustment and Restructuring in Canadian Industrial Relations: Challenges to the Traditional System (A Summary Report)". Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Charlottetown, P.E.I., June 4-6.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Diane L. Miller and Verma, Anil. 1992. "Age and Preference for Unionization". Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Quebec City, Quebec.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Maureen Stephen. 1991. "Who Speaks Up in the Workplace? A Comparison of Union and Nonunion Workers". Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Employee Responsibilities and Rights, Virginia Beach, VA., October 10-11.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Jean-Guy Bergeron. 1991. "Recent Evidence on Canadian Workers' Preference for Unionization". Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Kingston, Ontario June 2-4 .

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Noah M. Meltz. 1990. "Union Organizing Activity in Ontario in the 1980s", Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Victoria, B.C.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kochan, Thomas A. and Verma, Anil. 1989. "A Comparative View of U.S. and Canadian Industrial Relations: A Strategic Choice Perspective", Proceedings of the Eighth World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Brussels, Belgium. (Invited paper) , September 4-8.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil & Mark E. Thompson. 1989. "Managerial Strategies in Industrial Relations in the 1980s: Comparing the US & Canadian Experience", Proceedings of the Forty-first Annual Meetings, Industrial Relations Research Association, Madison, WI. (Invited paper).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1988. "Good News and Bad News: Media Portrayal of Industrial Relations Events". Proceedings of the First Industrial Relations Congress of the Americas, International Industrial Relations Association, Quebec City. (Contributed paper), August 21-27.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1987. "Employee Involvement Programs: Do They Alter Worker Affinity Towards Unions?" Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting, Industrial Relations Research Association, Madison, Wisconsin. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Wilfred Zerbe. 1986. "Employee Involvement Programs and Worker Perceptions of New Technology", Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Hamburg, W. Germany. (Invited paper), September 1-4.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1986. "Recent Changes in Workrules in Collective Bargaining in British Columbia", in Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Reprinted in Public Employers' Council of British Columbia Newsletter, 1987. (Contributed paper).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1985. "Union & Nonunion Industrial Relations Systems at the Plant Level", in Proceedings of the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting, Industrial Relations Research Association, Madison, Wisconsin. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition).

 

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BOOK REVIEWS:

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Through Jaundiced Eyes: How the Media View Organized Labour. Reviewed in Relations Industrielles, 49(1), 1994, 205-206.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Robust Unionism: Innovations in the Labor Movement. Reviewed in Journal of Labour Research, XIV(2), Spring 1993, 195-196.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Changing Technology & Work: Northern Telecom, by D. Robertson and Jeff Wareham. (North York, Ont.: Canadian Auto Workers, 1989). Reviewed in Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 43(5), July 1990.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Teamwork: Joint Labor-management Programs in America, ed. Jerome M. Rosow. (New York: Pergamon Press, 1986). Reviewed in Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 42(2), January 1989.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Employee-Organization Linkages: The Psychology of Commitment, Absenteeism and Turnover by Richard T. Mowday, Lyman Porter and R. M. Steers. (New York: Academic Press, 1982). Reviewed in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 38(2), January 1985.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) The Collective Bargaining Process by Jean A. Baderschneider, Richard N. Block & John A. Fossum. (Plano, TX: Business Publications, 1983). Reviewed in Sloan Management Review, Fall 1983.

 

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POPULAR & PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS:

Verma, Anil. 2005. "Union Avoidance". In Susan Cartwright, ed. The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management 2nd Edition. Oxford: Blackwell.

Verma, Anil. 2003. Expert Commentary on "Exporting Jobs, Importing Talent". HR Professional, October/November, 39-40.

Verma, Anil. 2001. "Emerging HRM Paradigms for a Knowledge Economy", HRM Research Quarterly, Fall, Vol. 5(3).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1999. "When foreign investment does not necessarily create sustainable growth: Lessons in Skill Formation from the Asian Crisis", Perspectives on Work, 2(2).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1996. "The Auto 1996 Bargaining Round: Breakthrough or More of the Same?" Labour Alert, 1(1), (Toronto: Carswell).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. March, 1996. "Sustaining Growth in Growth Triangles", CIB Perspectives, 4(4), October, Centre for International Business, University of Toronto.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1996. "Union Avoidance". In Larry Peters, Stuart Youngblood and Bob Greer, eds. A Dictionary of Human Resource Management. Oxford: Blackwell.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1994. "Tekko Sangyo no Risutorakuchuaringu: Canada, America, Nihon no Kyokun", in Japanese, (Restructuring of Steel Industry: Comparison of Canada, U.S., and Japan), JIL Risachi, (Japan Institute of Labour Research), 20, 36-37.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. March, 1994. "Human Reosurce Management in China", CIB Perspectives, 2(2), Centre for International Business, University of Toronto.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Evans, M.G., D.A. Ondrack and Verma, Anil. July 20, 1991. "Unions in the Workplace" (letter). Globe & Mail.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. May-June, 1990. "The Lonely Seven: Full-time Labour Reporters an Endangered Species". Content, pp.10-11.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. Winter 1989. "Worker Participation". Inside Guide, p. 87.

 

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PUBLICATIONS-VIDEOS:

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)Verma, Anil. 2004. “50 years of Developments in Bargaining Theory”, talk given by Robert B. McKersie. DVD Video, 25 minutes.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)Verma, Anil. 2005. “Zero-Tolerance Policies & Sexual Harrassment”, starring Judy Haiven. DVD Video, 23 minutes.

 

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CONFERENCE PAPERS:

(excluding those that have been published as conference proceedings)

Mann, Sara L. & Anil Verma. 2006.  “Strategy and high performance work practices as predictors of training culture.”   Paper to be presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, May 5-6,  Dallas, TX.

Verma, Anil. “Labour’s Effective Representation on Pension Boards”. Labor Studies Section, Labor & Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Boston, January 5-7, 2006.

Verma, Anil and Sara Mann. 2005. “Self-efficacy, Social Capital and Access as Determinants of Learning Among Low Wage and At-risk Workers”. 4th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Sydney (Australia), December 12-14.

Verma, Anil. “Ethical Conduct in the Employer-employee Relationship”. Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics, Korea Association of Business Ethics, Seoul, November 5, 2005.

Verma, Anil. “Life-long Learning: From Concept to Policy and Practice”. Workshop on Life-long Learning, Korea Chamber of Commerce, Seoul, November 4, 2005.

Tourangeau, A., Doran, D., McGillis-Hall, L., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Pringle, D., Tu, J., & Verma, A. “Tests of models of mortality and unplanned readmission for acute medical patients in Canadian hospitals.” IsQua 22nd  International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 25-28, 2005.

Tourangeau, A. E., Doran, D., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Pringle, D., McGillis-Hall, L., Tu, J., & Verma, A. Determinants of 30-day mortality for medical and surgical patients. 2005 National Nursing Administration Research Conference, University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, Arizona, October 5-8, 2005.

Verma, Anil, Jing Wang and Stephen Frost. “Improving Labour Standards in China: Is There a Third Way?”, prepared for Asian Congress, International Society for Labour Law and Social Security, Taipei, November 2005.

Mann, Sara and Anil Verma. “Employer-supported Training: Does Training Culture Matter?”, prepared for conference on The Evolving Workplace, sponsored by Statistics Canada, Ottawa, September 29-30, 2005.

Verma, Anil and Tony Fang. “Unionization and Employment Growth”, prepared for conference on The Evolving Workplace, sponsored by Statistics Canada, Ottawa, September 29-30, 2005.

Walsworth, Scott and Anil Verma. “Workplace Internationalization, Innovation and HR Practices”, presented to conference on Labor & Globalization, Hubert H. Humphrey Centre for Public Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April 15, 2005.

Verma, Anil and Johanna Weststar. “Effective Labour Representation on Pension Boards”, presented to conference on Pensions at Work, Winnipeg, October 16-17, 2004.

Verma, Anil. “Public Policy and Industrial Relations in Canada”, talk given to 7th European Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Estoril, Portugal, September 9-10, 2004.

Kuruvilla, Sarosh and Anil Verma. “Globalization, Logics of Action, International Labor Standards  and National Government Roles”, presented to the 5th Asian Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Seoul, Korea, June 23-26, 2004.

Verma, Anil and Tony Fang. 2004. "Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials and the Role of Workplace Practices". Presented to the 64th Annual Meeting , Academy of Management, August 6-11, New Orleans, LA.

Verma, Anil. 2003. "A Division of Labour: Unions and NGOs in the Context of Globalization", presented to the First Caribbean Labour Policy Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, April 2-5, 2003.

Jain, Harish C., Anil Verma and Deb Zinni. 2003. "Consultation with Unions Under the Federal Employment Equity Act in Canada: Barriers and Prospects", presented to the 55th Annual Meeting, Industrial Relations Research Association, January 2-5, 2003, Washington, D.C.

Verma, Anil. 2003. "Knowledge Work and New HRM Paradigms", presented to conference on Globalization, Innovation and Human Resource Development for Competitive Advantage, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, December 15-17.

Verma, Anil. 2003. "The HR Dynamics of Skill Formation in Developing Economies", presented to the Third Bi-ennial Conference, Asia Academy of Management, sponsored by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, December 12-14.

Verma, Anil and Tony Fang. 2002. "Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials and Workplace Practices", presented to, The Evolving Canadian Workplace, a conference on the Workplace & Employee Survey sponsored by Statistics Canada, Canadian Workplace Research Network and the Canadian Employment Research Forum, Ottawa, November 14-15.

Verma, Anil. 2002. "Labour Standards: Preventing a Race to the Bottom", presented to the Third African Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Stellenbosch, South Africa, March 5-8.

Verma, Anil. 2002. "Workplace and Globalization: Making the Connection for Workers and Employers", presented to conference on Workplace Governance and Globalization, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, February 22.

Verma, Anil. 2001. "International Labour Standards: Can they be promoted along with increase in Trade?", presented to Fourth Asian Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Manila, Philippines, November 21-22.

Ratnam, Venkata C.S. and Anil Verma. 2001. "Social Dialogue and Volunteerism in Setting Labour Standards in South Asia", presented to the Second Annual EnviReform Conference, "Hard Choices, Soft Law: Combining Trade, Environment and Social Cohesion in Global Governance", University of Toronto, November 8-9.

  Verma, Anil. 2001. "Concessions Bargaining in Canada", presented to the Study Group #9 on Pay Systems, Industrial Relations Research Association, New Orleans, January 4.

Lonti, Zsuzsanna and Anil Verma. 2000. "Workplace Innovations In Government: Evidence From A Survey Of Government Managers In Canada", presented to the Annual Conference, Industrial Relations Research Association, January 6-8, Boston, MA.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Reitz, Jeffery and Anil Verma. 1999. "Immigration, Ethnicity and Unionization", presented to University and College Labor Education Association/AFL-CIO Education Conference on Forging a Labor Community Agenda: Race, Class and Gender and the Fight for Economic Justice, April 8-11, Atlanta, GA.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gangaram Singh and Anil Verma. 1998. "An application of the life course perspective to assess the return to work decision after early retirement". Presented to Restructuring Work and the Life Course: An International Symposium, May 7-9, Toronto, sponsored by the Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto and the Life Course Institute, University of Bremen, Germany.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kaufman, Bruce, David Lewin, John Fossum and Anil Verma. 1997. "Nonunion Employee Involvement and Participation Programs: The Role of Employee Representation and the Impact of the NLRA". Presented to conference on Nonunion Employee Representation Conference, Banff, Alberta, September 4-5.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Gangaram Singh. 1997. "Do managers and workers have different labour market experiences after early retirement? Presented to the Thirty-fourth Annual Conference, Canadian Industrial Relations Association, June 10-12, St. John’s.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Weber, Caroline and Anil Verma. 1997. "The Flexibility of Canadian Establishments: Results from the WES Pilot Data". Presented to the Thirty-fourth Annual Conference, Canadian Industrial Relations Association, June 10-12, St. John’s.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kaufman, Bruce, David Lewin, John Fossum and Anil Verma. 1996. "Bridging the Conceptual Gap Between Employee Participation and Representation". Presented to the Fifth Bargaining Group Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, October 11-12.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Gangaram Singh. 1996. "Patterns of Employment and Working Time among Early Retirees of a Telecommunications Firm". Paper presented to conference on Worktime Arrangements, sponsored by Canadian Employment Research Forum, Ottawa, June 13-15.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Meltz, Noah and Anil Verma. 1996. "Union Organizing and Certification Activity in Canada and Ontario: Comparisons with the United States". Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, St. Catharines, ON, May 29-31.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Diane Irvine. 1996. "Organizational Factors in Workplace Safety Outcomes". Presented to conference on Workplace Safety, sponsored by the Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, May 1-2.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Kai Lamertz and Peter Warrian. 1996. "CSTEC: Old-fashioned Labour-Management Cooperation or an Innovation in Joint Governance". Paper presented to conference on Sectoral Councils, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Montreal, January 12-13.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Lamertz, Kai and Verma, Anil. 1995. "Joint Governance: A Network Approach to Participation in Workplace Decision-making between Labour and Management", presented to the annual conference of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, B.C., August 4-9.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Stephen, Maureen and Verma, Anil. 1995. "Industrial Relations Practices and Financial Performance:Evidence from Unionized Canadian Firms", presented to the Forum on Canadian Workplace Practices, Human Resource Development, Government of Canada, Ottawa, March 23-24.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and N.M. Meltz. 1994. "Canadian Developments in Industrial Relations and Implications for the U.S.", paper presented to Conference on Labor Relations Institutions and Economic Performance, Work and Technology Institute, Washington, D.C., March 14-15.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Daniel J.B. Mitchell. 1994. "Union Wage Freezes and Cuts in the U.S. and Canada". Paper presented to a joint session at the Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association and the North American Economics and Finance Association, Boston, January 4-6.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil, Thomas A. Kochan, and Russell Lansbury. 1992. "A Framework for Comparative Research in Industrial Relations/Human Resource Management in South-east Asia", presented to the MIT-NTU conference on Comparative Research in IR/HR in South-east Asia, Singapore, Sept. 7.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Chaykowski, Richard P. and Verma, Anil. 1992. "Adjustment and Restructuring in Canadian Industrial Relationsin the 1980s", presented to the Ninth World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Sydney, Australia, September 1-3.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Noah M. Meltz and Verma, Anil. 1992. "Industrial Relations and Human Resource Practices in Canada", presented to the conference on Comparative IR/HR Systems, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, June 22-24.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Basu Sharma. 1992. "The Role of Strategic Choice in Employment Relations in the Context of Economic Development", presented to the Third Biennial Southeast Asia Business Research Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI., May 16-17.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Savita, Verma, Anil and Morley Gunderson. 1992. "Job Loss and its Effect on Market Value of the Firm: Canadian Evidence from the 1980s", presented to a joint session of the North American Economics and Finance Association and the Industrial Relations Research Association, New Orleans, LA., January 3-5.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Verma, Anil. 1991. "The Impact of Free Trade on the Collective Agreement". Presented to conference on North American Free Trade: Labor, Industry, and Government Policy Perspectives, Minneapolis, sponsored by the University of Minnesota and the Twin City Area Labor Management Council. (Invited paper), November 19-20.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Joseph Weiler. 1991. "Restructuring in Industrial Relations and the Role for Public Policy". Presented to the conference on "Work, Unemployment and Justice" sponsored by the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, held in St. Andrews-by-the-sea, New Brunswick. (Invited paper), October 16-19.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Mark Gallina. 1990. "Radical and Unionist Critiques of Direct Worker Participation". Presented to the Third European Regional Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, Bari-Naples, Italy. (Contributed paper), September 23-26.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Gunderson, Morley and Verma, Anil. 1990. "Canadian Labour Policies and Global Competition", paper presented to the coference on Canadian Federalism and Global Competition, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, September 15.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Alan M. Saks. 1990. "International Trade and Convergence in Human Resource Management Systems: Some Theoretical Propositions", presented to the Frontiers in Global Management International Conference, Shizuoka, Japan; sponsored by the Western Academy of Management. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition), June 17-20.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Thompson, Mark E. and Verma, Anil. 1987. "Managerial Strategies in Industrial Relations in the 1980's: The Canadian Experience". Presented to the Second European Regional Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, Herzlia, Israel. (accepted as part of a symposium selected through competition), December 13-17.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, Thomas A. Kochan, and Verma, Anil. 1987. "Employee Involvement: Lessons from the U.S.", presented to the Pacific Rim Labour Policy Conference, Asia-Pacific Business Institute, Vancouver, B.C. (Invited paper), June 24-25.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1987. "Union Status as a Context Variable: The Impact of Unions on Organizational Structure", presented to the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Western Academy of Management, Universal City, CA. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition), April 9-11.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil and Wilf Zerbe. 1987. "A Comparison Group Analysis of the Scanlon Plan", presented to the Forty-Sixth Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Chicago IL. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition), August 13-16.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1985. "Development of the Nonunion Strategy and Its Implications for Unionized Work Places", presented to the Twenty-sixth Annual Meetings of the Western Academy of Management, San Diego, California. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition), March 28-30.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil. 1985. "To Invest or Not to Invest: Relative Flow of Capital to Union and Nonunion Plants Within a Firm", presented to the Second Berkeley Conference on New Directions in Industrial Relations, Institute for Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley. (selected through anonymous referral in a competition), February 22-23.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Verma, Anil & Thomas A. Kochan. 1983. "The Growth and Nature of the Nonunion Sector within a Firm", presented to the M.I.T. Union Leadership Conference, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Invited paper), June 19-21.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kochan, Thomas A. & Verma, Anil. 1982. "Negotiation in Organizations: Blending Industrial Relations and Organizational Behavior Approaches", presented to the Conference on Bargaining in Organizations, Andover, MA. (Invited paper), October 15-17.

 

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PROJECT REPORTS:

Verma, Anil. 2009. "Low Wage Service Workers: A Profile". Working Paper 2009-WPONT-016. Ontario in the Creative Age Series. Martin Prosperity Institute, Toronto.

Verma, Anil, Young-Chul Chang, Hyun Jeong Kim and Sarah Rainboth. 2007. "Realizing the Korean Dream for Work-Family Balance: Employer Policies for Sustainable Societies". Report made to Peter Drucker Society and Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

Co-author, April 2007 "An Industry at Crossroads: A High Road Economic Vision for Toronto Hotels", Report of the UNITE-HERE Taskforce.

Verma, Anil, Beatrice Moos, Young-Chul Chang and Hyun Jeong Kim. 2006. "Corporate Family Responsibility: How Firms can Contribute to Society through better Family-friendly Policies". Report made to Yuhan-Kimberly, Seoul, Korea.

Verma, Anil. 2006. “The Role of Employee Voice in Obtaining Better Labour Standards”, prepared for Federal Labour Standards Review Commission.

Verma, Anil, Amanda Shantz, Young-Chul Chang and Hyun Jeong Kim. 2005. “Lifelong Learning in Organizations: Theory and Evidence from Leading Corporations”. To be published by Kyung-Hee University in collaboration with Yuhan-Kimberly, Seoul, Korea.

Verma, Anil and Shirish Grover. 2005. “Employer-Sponsored Training and Firm Growth: A Review of the Literature”. Prepared for Human Resources & Skills Development Canada.

Employer Consultation with Union under the Federal Employment Equity Act 1995. Prepared for Human Resources Development Canada - Labour Program. 2003. (Role: Co-author with Harish Jain).

Workplace Innovations in the Government. Prepared for Canadian Policy Research Networks, Ottawa, March 2001. (Role: Principal Investigator; with Zsuzsanna Lonti).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Organizational Factors in Workplace Safety and Health. Prepared for the Institute for Work and Health, April 1998. (role: principal investigator; with Diane Irvine).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Issues of an Aging Workforce: A Case-study of Slater Steels-Hamilton Specialty Bar Division. Prepared for Human Resources Development Canada, Centre for Studies of Aging, University of Toronto, April 1996. (Role: Case-study Coordinator)

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Issues of an Aging Workforce: A Case-study of Early Retirees of Bell Canada. Prepared for Human Resources Development Canada, Centre for Studies of Aging, University of Toronto, April 1996. (Role: Case-study Coordinator)

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Employee/Union Involvement in the Workplace: The Choices for Business Policy. Prepared for Bell Canada, July 1993.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Canadian Firms, Labour Policy and the New Economy. May 1993. Prepared for the Canadian Employers Council.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Managing Through Quality: How Employees See It? June 1992. Prepared for the Construction and Services Division, Ontario Hydro.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Change and Restructuring in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management in the 1980s: A Review of Firm-level Responses, June 1992. Prepared for the Economic Council of Canada. (with Joseph Weiler).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Harmonization of Occupational Safety and Health Laws, March 1992. Prepared for Labour Canada, Federal-Provincial Relations Branch. (with Morley Gunderson).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) The Prospects for Innovation in Canadian Industrial Relations in the 1990s, May 1990. Prepared for Canadian Federation of Labour and World Trade Centres in Canada Joint Committee on Labour Market Adjustment.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) The Changing Profile of Industrial Relations in British Columbia: A Survey Report, December 1986. Presented to the Business Council of British Columbia.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Fabrication Division Employee Survey, June 1985. Presented to the International Association of Machinists and the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Comparability of Dissimilar Jobs in Wage Discrimination Cases: Vuyanich v. Republic National Bank, 1982, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts. (with Phyllis A. Wallace).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Report on the Quality of Working Life Process: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers and the Xerox Corporation. December, 1982. (with T. A. Kochan and N. Mower).*

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Report on the Worker Participation Process: Newspaper Guild of the Twin Cities and the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. December, 1982. (with T. A. Kochan and N. Mower).*

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Report on the Quality of Work Life Process: Allied Industrial Workers and the Kunkle Valve Company, January, 1983. (with T.A. Kochan and N. Mower).*

* submitted to the Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO.

 

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PRESENTATIONS, MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND SERVICE (LAST FIVE YEARS ONLY):

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) “Change and Innovation in Graduate Programs in Industrial Relations and Human Resources: A Comparative Review of Curricula”. Presented to the Directors of University & College Programs in IR and HR, Boston, January 4, 2006.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)Attracting, Motivating & Retaining the Best: How Business is Meeting the Competitive Challenge of Globalization?”, presentation made to Marsh Canada, Regina, SK: Oct 11, 2005; Toronto, ON: Nov 7, 2005; London, ON: Nov 21, 2005; Montreal, QC: Nov 29, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Innovation & HRM Practices: How they can make Canadian Firms Internationally Competitive”, invited presentation to B.C. Human Resource Management Association, Prince George, B.C., October 25, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)Joining Hands: Labour, Management & Governments Responses to the ‘Invisible Hand’”, invited presentation given to Nova Scotia Labour-Management Conference, Halifax, NS, July 7, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)International Aspects of Human Resource Management, a 2-week intensive course given by invitation, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, April 19-30, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Labour Relations and the Challenge of Globalization”, invited public talk, organized by Department of Labor, Mediation Branch, Government of the Philippines, Davao, February 18, 2005.  

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Corporate Social Reponsibility – The Employee Dimension”, seminar given to School of Labor & Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines, February 17, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Labour Standards for the Global Economy”. Invited presentation to the International Labour Organization, Manila, Philippines, February 16, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)Discussant, “First Contracts: What They Reveal about the Labor-Management Relationship”, Annual Meeting of the Labor & Employment Relations Association, Philadelphia, January 7-9, 2005.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)Developing Trust with Employees”, invited presentation to the Conference Board of Canada, Toronto, December 6, 2004.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Labour Relations in Canada: Challenges and Choices”, invited talk given to the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, December 6, 2004.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes) Lectures on Human Resource Management given to managers from the Government of Beijing, July (2 sessions), October (4 sessions).

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)International Aspects of Human Resource Management, A 2-week intensive offered to GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade, Vishakhapatnam, India, February 1-15, 2004.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Learning among low-wage workers: a conceptual framework”. Seminar given to Project on Life-long Learning, OISE/UT, September 30, 2003.

blbutton.gif (123 bytes)“Bargaining outcomes of the CAW and other unions”. Seminar given to School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, October 31, 2003.

 

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