Useful links
This section lists some useful link for the study of institutional economics, the comparative study of employment relations and the study of Japanese and Dutch employment practices in particular.
Manchester
International organisations
Organisations Japan
Organisations the Netherlands
Conferences
Academy of International Business (AIB); Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS); Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE); Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA); European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS); International Employment Relations Association (IERA); International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA); International Labour Process Conference (ILPC); European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAPEE); European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS); Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE); British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA).
Journals
Asia Pacific Journal of Management (APJM); British Journal of Industrial Relations (BJIR); Employee Relations; European Journal of Industrial Relations; Human Resource Management Journal (HRMJ); Industrial Relations Journal; International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM); International Labour Review; Journal of Management Studies (JMS); Labour Economics; Work, Employment and Society (WES)
Others
Manchester
International organisations
- EUROPA: Policies related to employment at the official website of the European Union.
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO): New and analysis on European industrial relations.
- Eurofound (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions): a European Union body to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.
- Eurostat: Statistical information by the European Union.
- International Labour Organization (ILO): Tripartite UN agency that promotes international improvement in working conditions: LABORSTA: ILO Statistics; Key indicators of the Labour Market: country level data on 18 indicators
- Organisation for Economic Co-ordination and Development (OECD): Organisation for collecting data, montioring trends and analysing economic and social developments.
- OECD Employment Outlook: Annual assessment of labour market developments and prospects in member countries (Downloadable editions)
- Real World Economics Review: A quarterly PDF journal on heterodox economics.
- SOURCE OECD: Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals.
- UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development): Produces the World Investment Report plus other useful data on multinationals.
- World Bank Data Catalog: numerous databanks, working paper, etc.
- World Bank: The complete World Development Report online
- International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT)
Organisations Japan
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT): Research on labour issues and policies, both in Japan and internationally. The site also contains links to Japan's ministries, trade unions, employers' organisations and research institutes (Japanese/English).
- Labor Force Survey
- Cabinet Office
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (English)
- Japanese Trade Union Federation - Rengo (English)
- Japan Business Federation - Nippon Keidanren (English)
- UI Zensen - The Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions (English)
Organisations the Netherlands
- Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS): Statistics about the Netherlands (Dutch/English); with database Statline.
- Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid: Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Dutch).
- Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER): Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands, an advisory and consultative body of employers' representatives, union representatives and independent experts.
- Stichting van de Arbeid (STAR): Labour Foundation, a national consultative body whose members are the three peak trade union federations and three peak employers’ associations in the Netherlands.
- Flex Work Research Centre (FWRC): information on research reports and articles relating to temporary employment.
- Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP): The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, an agency which conducts research into the social aspects of all areas of government policy; with OSA Trendraporten
Conferences
Academy of International Business (AIB); Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS); Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE); Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA); European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS); International Employment Relations Association (IERA); International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA); International Labour Process Conference (ILPC); European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAPEE); European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS); Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE); British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA).
Journals
Asia Pacific Journal of Management (APJM); British Journal of Industrial Relations (BJIR); Employee Relations; European Journal of Industrial Relations; Human Resource Management Journal (HRMJ); Industrial Relations Journal; International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM); International Labour Review; Journal of Management Studies (JMS); Labour Economics; Work, Employment and Society (WES)
Others
- Google-sites: Google; Google Scholar; Google Accounts
- Dictionaries: Interglot; Google translate; Babel Fish