Wednesday, February 01, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 February 2006
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 1 February 2006
Academic Research
International
January 2006] http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205.htm or http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205.pdf [full-text, 13 pages] or http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205.xls [spreadsheet] and Highlights http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205_fax.pdf
BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-DECEMBER 2005 [31 January 2006] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf [full-text, 20 pages] and Supplemental Files Table of Contents http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN DECEMBER 2005 AND ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR 2005 [25 January 2006] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf [full-text, 12 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 1 February 2006
Academic Research
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
- Latin American Research Network
- Red de Centros de Investigación
- Research Network Working paper #R-517
- CEO and Director Turnover in Venezuela
- R-517
- Author: Garay, Urbi & González, Maximiliano
- Published: November 2005
- http://www.iadb.org/res/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.View&pub_id=R-517
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-517.pdf
- [full-text, 72 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
- Latin American Research Network
- Red de Centros de Investigación
- Research Network Working Paper #R-519
- Corporate Governance in Costa Rica
- R-519
- Author: Arce, Gilberto E. & Robles C., Edgar
- Published: December 2005
- http://www.iadb.org/res/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.View&pub_id=R-519
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-519.pdf
- [full-text, 80 pages]
- Research and Practice in HRM (RPHRM) jointly published by Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia and Singapore Human Resources Institute
- Research and Practice in Human Resource Management
- http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/
- Current Issue includes--
- A Relationship Perspective to Investigate the Effect of Human Resource Capability on Information System Outsourcing Success
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/relationship-ab.html>
- Promoting Employees' Innovativeness and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour through Superior-Subordinate Relationship in the Workplace
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/innovative-ab.html>
- An Emic Approach to Understand Culturally Indigenous and Alien Human Resource Management Practices in Global Companies
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/emic-ab.html>
- Reducing Resistance to Change through Knowledge Management: A Conceptual Approach
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/conceptual-ab.html>
- The Choice of Strategic International HRM Orientation by Japanese Firms: Examining the Effects of Affiliates' Local Business Strategies
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/japan-ab.html>
- Achieving Organisational Prosperity through Employee Motivation and Retention: A Comparative Study of Strategic HRM Practices in Malaysian Institutions
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/malaysia-ab.html>
- Information Technology Offshore Outsourcing in India: A Human Resources Management Perspective
- < http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/india-ab.html>
- A Relationship Perspective to Investigate the Effect of Human Resource Capability on Information System Outsourcing Success
- Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
International
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- Bringing Health to Work [27 January 2006]
- http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/
- EMPLOYERS
- http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/employers.html
- EMPLOYEES
- http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/employees.html
- PRACTITIONERS
- http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/practitioners.html
- http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/employers.html
- European Agencey for Safety and Heath at Work
- Priorities for occupational safety and health research in the EU-25 [27 January 2006]
- http://osha.eu.int/publications/reports/6805648
- and
- http://osha.eu.int/publications/reports/6805648/full_publication_en.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Press Release
- More challenges for occupational safety and health in the future, EU experts warn
- http://agency.osha.eu.int/press_room/20060112_OSH_Research
- More challenges for occupational safety and health in the future, EU experts warn
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS (for January 2006)
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/stratprod.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/getb06en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release
- ILO annual jobs report says global unemployment continues to grow, youth now make up half those out of work
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2006/1.htm
- ILO annual jobs report says global unemployment continues to grow, youth now make up half those out of work
- Bringing Health to Work [27 January 2006]
- BLS: Charts of gross job losses and gross job gains, by industry sector
- http://www.bls.gov/bdm/charts1.htm
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [25 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Charts: Access to and Participation in Employer-Provided Health Care Plans, Private Industry, 2005 (01/25/2006)
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060120ch01.htm
- Summary: New Research on Retirement Savings among Workers (01/25/2006)
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060110yb01p1.htm
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060120ch01.htm
- 2002 Economic Census
- Survey of Business Owners
- Issued January 2006
- SB02-00CS-WMN
- Company Statistics Series
- Women-Owned Firms: 2002
- http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200cswmn.pdf
- [full-text, 850 pages]
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
- BUSINESS PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLANNING CHECKLIST [December 2005]
- http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic/pdf/businessChecklist.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2007 to 2016
- http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7027&sequence=0&from=7
- or
- http://mirror1.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7027/01-26-BudgetOutlook.pdf
- [full-text, 196 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia, Europe January 2006 [25 January 2006]
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/
- or
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/chartbook.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- The SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY: A REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 2005 [5 January 2006]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sb_econ2005.pdf
- [full-text, 141 pages]
- OSHA Announces New Partnership to Protect Workers on Cornell University Construction Project
- http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=11825
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- 2004 Demographic Profile of the Federal Workforce [27 January 2006]
- http://www.opm.gov/feddata/demograp/demograp.asp
- U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
- THE ROLE OF SMALL & MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN EXPORTS TO CHINA: A STATISTICAL PROFILE
- Results from the 2003 Exporter Data Base
[16 December 2005]- http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/docs/China_SME_2003_Final.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA)
- U.S. Exports to Peru: A State Perspective January 2006 [17 January 2006]
- http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/docs/Peru-Overview.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
- Industry, Trade, and the Economy: Data and Analysis
- http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/
- U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
- The Virtual World Trade Reference Room
- http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.html
- U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
- Trade Stats Express
- http://tse.export.gov/
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
- 2005 LATIN AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN: SELECTED ECONOMIC and SOCIAL DATA
- David Colin &Janet Rudasill-Allen
- Washington, DC 20523
- November, 2005
- http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNADE700.pdf
- [full-text, 197 pages]
- Online data set at -- http://qesdb.cdie.org/lac/index.html
- White House
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
- http://www.bls.gov/bdm/charts1.htm
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Toward What End? / Research Report
- by Yung-Ping Chen, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston & John C. Scott, J.D., MA Cornell University
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/2006_01_retire.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2006_01_retire.pdf
- [full-text, 59 pages]
- January 2006
- In Brief: Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Toward What End? / Research Report
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/inb113_retire.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/inb113_retire.pdf
- January 2006
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/inb113_retire.html
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute
- Pulling apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends [26 January 2006]
- http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/studies_pulling_apart_2006
- or
- http://www.epinet.org/studies/pulling06/pulling_apart_2006.pdf
- [full-text, 66 pages]
- Press Release [26 January 2006]
- INCOME INEQUALITY GREW ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES
- http://www.epinet.org/newsroom/releases/2006/01/1-26-06-sfpNATL-pr-FINAL.pdf
- INCOME INEQUALITY GREW ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES
- Cornell News 1 February 2006
- First-of-its kind New York City conference to look at labor's responses to globalization
- http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb06/Global.unions.prewrite.html
- China Labor Watch
- Labor Research Reports
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/laborresearch.htm
- Wal-Mart and Dollar General Toys Made with Blood and Sweat: Report by CLW and NLC
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50306
- Wal-Mart Sweatshops In China: Report Released Jointly by CLW and the National Labor Committee
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50304
- Procter & Gamble in China: Workers Fall Through the Cracks
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50296
- The Toy Industry in China: Undermining Workers' Rights and Rule of Law
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50285
- Marc Blecher: What are Chinese Workers Thinking?
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50255
- Dorothy Solinger: The Creation of a New Underclass in China and its Implications
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50256
- http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50306
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- SHRM Conference Focuses on Human Resources in a Global Workplace Environment [30 January 2006]
- http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_015551.asp#P-4_0
- Work Foundation
- Healthy Work: Productive Workplaces
- Why the UK needs more good jobs
- David Coats, Associate Director, The Work Foundation & Catherine Max, Programme Manager, The London
- Health Commission
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/Healthy_Work.pdf
- [full-text, 69 pages]
- Press Release 30 December 2005
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=184
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=184
- World Federation of Personnel Management Associations
- http://www.wfpma.com/nahrmar4.html
- Don't miss
- Survey of Global HR Challenges: Yesterday, today and tomorrow [2005]
- Conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA)
- http://www.wfpma.com/PDFs/hrglobalchallenges.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Where on Earth Companies Choose to Do BusinessAnd Why
- The factors that drive companies global site selection and sourcing decisions and what it means forHR management.
- A Paper Prepared for the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations
- Mexico City, May 29th, 2002
- By:Richard W. Judy, Discovery Institute,Seattle, Washington USA
- dickjudy@workforceassociates.com
- http://www.shrm.org/global/pdf/2002Judy.pdf
- HR Competencies and Professional Standards
- June 2000
- Professor Chris Brewster
- Elaine Farndale
- Dr Jos van Ommeren
- The authors of this Report are at the Centre for European Human Resource Management, Cranfield
- School of Management, Cranfield University, UK (Tel: +44 (0)1234 751122, Fax: +44 (0)1234
- 752081). The views expressed in the report are those of the authors only.
- http://www.wfpma.com/comp.pdf
- [full-text, 88 pages]
- Survey of Global HR Challenges: Yesterday, today and tomorrow [2005]
- Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Toward What End? / Research Report
- Congressional - Executive Commission on CHINA (CECC) Virtual Academy
- CHINA
- Labor Rights Resources
- http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/labor/index.php
- See in particular
- USEFUL LINKS
- http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/labor/index.php#links
- USEFUL LINKS
- CHINA
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2005 (ADVANCE) [27 January 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Technical Note
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/tech405a.htm
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a_fax.pdf
- BEA:
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: DECEMBER 2005
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.htm
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau [25 January 2006]
- African-American History Month: February 2006
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff01-2.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages
- Ask Sam
- STATE of the UNION ADDRESSES of the American Presidents 1790-2006 [31 January 2006]
- http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/StateOfTheUnion/
- African-American History Month: February 2006
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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