Excerpt from Dispute Resolution and the Transformation of U. S. Industrial Relations: A Negotiations Perspective Virtually every industry in the United States is grappling with fundamental changes in industrial relations and organizational arrangements. In the course of our own research tracing these changes (Kochan, Katz and McKersie, 1986; Walton, 1988; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, 1988), it has become clear that the degree and nature of change varies greatly across industries, within a single industry, and even within a single firm. As well, upon close examination, the variation can be understood as the product of a highly negotiated set of interactions among stakeholders to the employment relationship. This paper is a progress report on current research aimed at deepening understanding of the current variation in industrial relations practice via the examination of negotiations processes. In this research we have examined changes that are underway in three industries - paper, railroads, and auto supply - which have been selected to represent a range of competitive pressures and a range of production processes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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