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Critical Reflection HR & IR Systems

Critical Reflection HR & IR Systems. William Kwok  Enoch Ng  Ainsley Hart  Martina Nikic Axel Durand- Smet  Mahmoud Abu Hannoud. Introduction Discussion on the assigned article Common theme of the assigned articles Discussion on the additional articles Shared theme and scope

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Critical Reflection HR & IR Systems

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  1. Critical ReflectionHR & IR Systems William Kwok Enoch Ng Ainsley Hart Martina Nikic Axel Durand-Smet Mahmoud Abu Hannoud

  2. Introduction • Discussion on the assigned article • Common theme of the assigned articles • Discussion on the additional articles • Shared theme and scope • Centralized Wage Bargaining • Government Intervention / Partisanship • Conclusion & Factbook Application Table of Contents

  3. Questions to think about: • 1.What are the factors that you think contribute to the income equality/inequality of the countries? • The levels of wage inequality and its determinants is a fundamental component of HRM • Importance of understanding the research structures, sampling, and measurement methodologies Introduction

  4. Article 1: Comparative Research in Human Resource Management: A Review and an Example by Brewster, C., Tregaskis O., Hegewisch, A. & Mayne L. (1996) • Article 2: Wage-Setting Institutions and Pay Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies by Michael Wallerstein (1999) Assigned Articles

  5. Article 1 • Provides a deep understanding of the importance of the research structures, sampling, and measurement methodologies • Serves as the backbone and provides a comprehensive standard • Article 2 • Depicts the wage-setting determinants • Gives us ideas of the dimensions and variables to focus on Common Theme of Articles

  6. Article 3: Economic Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Income Inequality in the Developed Countries: A Cross-National Study by Vincent Mahler (2004) Additional Articles

  7. Article 4: Institutions, Partisanship, and Inequality in the LongRunby Scheve and Stasavage (2009) Additional Articles

  8. Article 5 Has the national minimum wage reduced UK wage inequality? by Dickens and Manning (2004) Additional Articles

  9. Article 6 Diverging Developments in Wage Inequality: Which Institutions Matter? by Rebecca Oliver (2008) Additional Articles

  10. Data analyzed & methodologies in regards to the determinants of wage inequality • Two Major Determinants of Wage Inequality • Centralized Bargaining • Government intervention Shared Theme and Scope

  11. Mahler’s three reasons: • More efficient • Improve political position of workers • Contributes to distributive justice • Wallerstein’s explanations: • Economical • Political • Ideological • Positive relationship between centralization and egalitarian distribution of wage • Mahler and Wallerstein’s explanations corresponding Centralized Wage Bargaining

  12. ScheveDISAGREED with the previous findings! • His study shows no evidence of a positive relationship between centralized bargaining and income equality • Wage inequality is instead affected by another underlying economic force • There is NOT a casual correlation Centralized Wage Bargaining

  13. Spectrum of government intervention (degree) • Left governments assumptions • Empirical results • Causal relationship? • Example: National Minimum Wage • Minimal effect on entire labor sector Government Intervention /Partisanship

  14. Limitations: appropriateness and compatibility of methodologies (Article 1) • Centralized bargaining: a controversial matterWhat is the appropriate method of research? Conclusion

  15. Difference in level of wage bargaining between countries • Degree of government intervention in wage setting of countries • Poland (conservative liberalism ) vs Switzerland (democratic) Factbook Application

  16. Thank you

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