Exam 1: Introduction

Compare and contrast the pluralist/institutional view of IR and the political economy view.

Which view of industrial relations is based on Marxist theory?

Why do some scholars reject the human resources/strategic choice view of industrial relations?

In the industrial relations system, what does the phrase "web of rules" refer to?

Discuss three implications of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program on the Canadian economy.

A goal of Marxism is to overthrow management and allow employees to have more control of their workplace.

Name the four actors of the IR system as presented in the text.

Procedural rules refer to the outcomes of employment relationships.

Money markets do not play a key role in the industrial relations system.

How many actors are described in Dunlop's industrial relations model?

According to Meltz (1997), which term refers to the employment relationships and issues in union and nonunion workplaces?

Why has Dunlop's systems approach been criticized over the past 30 years?

There are several views of how our industrial relations system developed. Explain two of these views.

In which context does a shared set of ideas and beliefs figure prominently?

What term refers to the amount of time a person has belonged to a union?

Which statement describes the neoclassical economics view of industrial relations?

Strikes can be both outputs and conversation mechanisms in the IR systems framework.

According to the text, the decrease in unionization in the United States calls into question one of Dunlop's concepts. Which concept is called into question?

Dunlop suggests that the distribution of power is somewhat important.

Which statement describes the pluralist/institutional view of industrial relations?