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Contents

    366-degree performance review systems96
    academic literature on conflict management1–2
    accessibility of ombudsperson procedures215
    accountability
      bargaining relationship143
      conflict management systems255
    adjudication96
    Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (1990, USA)263
    Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service See Acas
    affinity groups68
    Age Discrimination Act (2004, Australia)438
    Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967, USA)280, 415
    age factors
      grievance procedures118
      UK conflict resolution479
    agencies, conflict resolution1
    Alexander v. Gardner Denver280, 283
    Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG)373–374
    Alternative Dispute Resolution Act (1998, USA)282
    Alternative Dispute Resolution Assistance Scheme (ADRAS)431
    Alternative Dispute Resolution Pledge194
    American Arbitration Association (AAA)120, 122
    American Bar Association (ABA), Labor and Employment Section122
    American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)298, 299, 302
    American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees298
    American Federation of Teachers298
    Americans With Disabilities Act280
    anonymity
      ombudsperson procedures215
      of voice96
    appeal procedures
      pluralist frame of reference26
    appreciative inquiry (AI)151, 162
    Asia, growing interest in conflict management2
    assisted negotiations4, 257
    Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)436
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)437
    Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission428
    Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)438
    Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)430, 432
    bargaining relationship143, 145
    best practices271
    Board of Inquiry (USA)123
    books on conflict management1–2
    Bretton Woods Agreement (1944)41
    bureaus of human resources and social security, China500, 511, 515, 516
    Burlington Industries v. Ellerth61, 69
    Business Council of Australia (BCA)429
    California Nurses Association (CNA)309
    capitalism
      critical frame of reference18, 20, 21
      employment relationship27
      endemic nature of conflict29
      institutional conflict approach40
      strikes and lockouts, trends in116
      systemic sources of conflict30
      unitarist frame of reference18
    case assessment, early408, 412
    Central Labour Relations Commission (Japan)390, 393
    change, organizational227
    Change to Win298
    Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams62, 177
    civil code, Germany374
    Clinton, Bill263
    co-determination rights, Germany370
    Collective Bargaining Act (Germany)366, 367
    collective labor law, Germany365
    commitment, organizational236, 266
    Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (Australia)427–428
    Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (Australia)427
    Commonwealth Industrial Court (Australia)427–428
    company unions39
    competition
      growing intensity2
      history of conflict management41
      international112
      voluntary procedures in dispute resolution138
    Conciliation and Arbitration Act (C&A Act, 1904, Australia)427, 428
    Confederation of Germany Employers (BDA)366
    conflict resolution agencies1
    consultation rights, Germany370
    Control Data Corporation217
    Coolidge, Calvin312
    coordinated market economies426
    co-regulation, employment rights65–73
    corporate social responsibility (CSR)262, 508
    critical frame of reference
      employment relationship18, 21
    cultural factors in conflict resolution411
    decision science161
    delegation
      conflict management systems256
    democracy
      collective bargaining and union representation58
      grievance procedures117
      ombudsperson procedures218
    Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS, UK)334
    Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA, UK)334
    deregulation, regulated self-regulation as form of64
    Disability Discrimination Act (1992, Australia)438
    discipline, and grievance procedures118
    Dispute Adjustment System (Japan)390
    Dispute Resolution Commitment194
    distributive bargaining141, 368
    distributive justice
      as goal of conflict management15
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in181
      unitarist frame of reference22, 23
    Early Conciliation (EC, UK)485
    early neutral evaluation408, 412
    economic policies38
    educational factors, judicial mediation in employment tribunals346, 347
    efficiency
      benefits of alternative dispute resolution418, 419
      critical frame of reference21
      neoliberal egoist frame of reference19, 20
      unitarist frame of reference22
    Elcano, Mary281
    elections
      co-regulatory regime73
      works councils73
    employee lockouts116
    employee turnover236
    Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT, UK)333
    employment at will
      alternative dispute resolution86–7
      employment rights61, 72
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in175, 176
    employment laws and policies
      Marxian perspective on conflict38
      pluralist frame of reference27
    Employment Relations Amendment Act (2004, New Zealand)459–460
    Employment Relations Amendment Act (2010, New Zealand)460, 462, 468
    Employment Relations Mediation Service (New Zealand)467, 468
    Employment Tribunal Service (ETS, UK)334, 340, 348
    engagement, job244
    Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (UK)339
    enterprise boards, Germany365
    Enterprise Labor Dispute Negotiation and Mediation Regulations (ELDNMR, 2011, China)499, 500, 501, 502
    equal consultation and collective contract system, China505
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC, USA)196, 280, 281
    Equal Opportunities Commission (USA)263
    equity
      critical frame of reference21
      neoliberal egoist frame of reference19, 20
      unitarist frame of reference22
    ethnicity factors
      grievance procedures118
      judicial mediation in employment tribunals346, 347
      UK conflict resolution479
    Europe
      growing interest in conflict management2
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in182
    European Commission138
    European Union (EU)
      third party involvement138
    European Works Councils365
    evaluative mediation192, 285
      United States Postal Service292
    evolutionary perspective on conflict32
    fairness
      Australian labor market regulation428
      conflict management systems255
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in179, 181
      ombudsperson procedures209, 226
      third party involvement140
    Fair Work Australia (FWA)431
    Fair Work Building and Construction (Australia)436
    Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act (ROA, 2009, Australia)441
    Faragher v. City of Boca Raton61, 69
    Federal Arbitration Act (USA)177
    Federal Court (Australia)428
    Federal Labor Relations Authority (USA)280
    Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS, Canada)139
    Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FCMS, USA)1, 122
      advisory role139
      interest-based bargaining159, 161
      Kaiser Permanente299
      New Zealand’s Industrial Mediation Service456
      United States Postal Service282
    Federal Transport Security Administration (TSA, USA)267
    fee-for-service approach, Japanese unionism398
    Fernandez, Gary300
    financial markets, deregulation and globalization44
    foreign direct investment137
    France
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in182
      third party involvement138, 139
      union density136
    gender factors
      grievance procedures118
      UK conflict resolution479
    General Equal Treatment Act (AGG, Germany)373–374
    geometry of dispute resolution16, 26, 27
    German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)366, 369
    Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.62, 177
    goals of conflict management12–16, 27–28
      critical frame of reference21
      neoliberal egoist frame of reference19–20
      unitarist frame of reference22
    grievance right, Germany369
    Harman International410
    Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992, New Zealand)466
    Higgins, Henry Bournes427
    high-performance work systems (HPWS)87, 417
    historical perspective on conflict40–5
    Hobbit/Actors Equity dispute463, 464
    HR Nicholls Society429
    Human Resource Institute New Zealand467
    Human Rights Act (1993, New Zealand)461, 466, 467
    Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC, Australia)438
    Human Rights Commission (New Zealand)467
    identification, organizational
      conflict management systems266
    illness, and workplace conflict440
    income distribution, Japan391
    incomes policies41
    Individual Flexibility Agreements (IFAs), Australia432
    individual labor law, Germany365
    Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act (IC&A Act, 1894, New Zealand)450, 454, 455, 456
    Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (1970, New Zealand)450, 460
    Industrial Mediation Service (New Zealand)456
    industrial pluralist perspective on conflict32–3
    industrial relations
      collective bargaining105
      interest-based bargaining151
    Industrial Relations Act (IR Act, 1988, Australia)428
    Industrial Relations Reform Act (1993, Australia)429
    inflation, UK476
    information rights, Germany370
    Institute for Public Affairs (Australia)429
    interactional justice243
    International Brotherhood of Teamsters298
    International Conference of Labour Statisticians437
    International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees298
    International Labour Organization (ILO)312
    International Longshore and Warehouse Union298
    International Ombudsman Association (IOA)221
    International Ombudsman Organization209
    international trade, trends137
    International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)154–155, 159–160
    intra-organizational bargaining141, 142
    Intrater, Karen281
    invisible hand
      employment relationship17
    Ireland, Republic of
      conflict management systems262, 266
      non-judicial conflict resolution139
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in183
      third party involvement139
    issue-by-issue final offer arbitration314
      New Zealand Police330
    Jackson, Peter464
    Japan385–404
      changing nature of dispute resolution395–397
      convergences with other countries355
      divergences from other countries350–1
      experimentation in dispute resolution397–399
      external dispute resolution mechanisms389–390
      fragmentation of dispute resolution mechanisms392–395
      growing interest in conflict management2
      ombudsperson procedures225
      terms and conditions of employment393
      “traditional” system of industrial relations and dispute resolution386–390
      union density136
      wage bargaining and dispute settling procedures387–389
    Japan Productivity Centre396
    job satisfaction
      conflict management systems266
      Kaiser Permanente309
      voice, employee willingness to use88–9
    joint action by individual workers, Japan398–399
    Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS)120, 122
    just cause protection72
    Keeler Brass Automotive Group (1995)84
    Kolstad v. American Dental Association69
    Labor Contract Law (2008, China)495
    labor courts81
    labor inspection agencies, China516
    Labor Law (1994, China)499
    labor law monitoring committees (LLMCs), China504, 505
    labor protection monitoring and inspection committees (LPMICs), China504, 505
    Labour Adjustment Law (1946, Japan)388
    Labour Relations Agency (Northern Ireland)139
    Labour Relations Commission (South Korea)15–16
    Law for Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes (2001, Japan)393–394
    Lawrence, David300
    learning, organizational
      ombudsperson procedures212, 228
      voice, employee willingness to use91
    legal benefits of alternative dispute resolution418, 419
    Letters and Visits Offices, China498, 499, 516
    liberal market economies (LMEs)426
      endemic nature of conflict46
      micro conflict management systems47
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in182–183
    literature on conflict management1–2
    loopbacks, conflict management systems252, 253, 254
    loyalty, organizational236
      ombudspeople209
    Magna Carta25
    management by exception245
    managerial perspective on conflict31–2, 34
      history of strike activity42
      limitations37
    marginal productivity justice19
    Maritime Union New Zealand (MUNZ)464, 465
    Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)196
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)217
    media coverage of mediation145
    Mediation Law (Germany)374
    Mediationsgesetz374
    mediation-supported arbitration316, 331
    Mediterranean countries, non-judicial conflict resolution139
    Merit Systems Protection Board (USA)281
    mining sector, Australia437
    Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS), China495, 497, 510, 512, 513, 516
    moral hazard31
    National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA, USA)120, 122
    national emergency dispute provisions, USA123
    National Enterprise Labour Relations Law (Japan)388
    National Health Insurance Law (2010, USA)307–308
    National Labor Relations Act (NLRA, 1935, USA)
      Kaiser Permanente305
      Taft-Hartley amendments (1947)56
      union organizing activity175
    National Labor Relations Board (USA)
      peer review panels84
      United States Postal Service280, 281
    National Mediation Board (USA)123
    National Union of Health Care Workers (NUHW)304, 305, 306, 309
    natural justice140
    negotiated processes260
    neutral evaluation, early408, 412
    new institutional economics42
    new public management (NPM)2
    New Zealand Fire Service468
    no strike procedures144
    Obama, Barack307
    occupational health and safety
      departments, growth of59
    Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA, 1970, USA)59, 415
    Office and Professional Employees International Union298
    oil shock (1973)387
    open door policies83, 169, 170
      assumptions of conflict management23
      critical frame of reference24
      pluralist frame of reference26
      unitarist frame of reference21
    opening clauses in collective agreements (Germany)375–376
    Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP)298
    organizational change227
    organizational justice See justice
    outsourcing, collective bargaining strategies137
    package final offer arbitration314
    Pacts for Employment and Competitiveness (Germany)376
    parallel dispute resolution systems260
    path dependence, managers242
    peer mediation173
    peer review84, 169, 172, 185
      avoidance of unionization86
      conflict management systems254
      employment rights68
      grievance rates180
      pluralist frame of reference26
    pension schemes, Japan391, 396
    People’s Mediation Committees (PMCs, China)510, 511
    performance appraisals
    petitioning, China516
    Policing Act (2008, New Zealand)318, 322
    positive psychology162
    Postal Reorganization Act (1970, USA)280
    post-arbitration negotiation316
    power-based practices
      human resources management81
    principled negotiation251
    Privacy Act (1992, New Zealand)461
    privatization
      alternative dispute resolution as344
    procedural justice
      alternative dispute resolution87
      conflict management systems266
      as goal of conflict management15
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in177, 181
      ombudsperson procedures220
      unitarist frame of reference22, 23
    productivity, and conflict management systems266
    Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike43
    professional associations
      ombudsperson procedures220
    promotion, as grievance issue118
    Racial Discrimination Act (1975, Australia)438
    radical perspective on conflict33–4, 37
    Railway Labor Act (RLA, 1926, USA)123
    recorded settlements, New Zealand466
    Regulations for the Handling of Enterprise Labor Disputes (1993, China)499
    Regulations on Enterprise Democratic Management (REDM), China507
    Regulations on Enterprise Labor Dispute Negotiation and Mediation (ELDNMR, 2011, China)499, 500, 501, 502
    Rengo Fukuoka Union398
    Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Australian Industrial Relations Law and Systems428
    representation of employees
      non-union firms, conflict resolution in185–186
    Restructuring Associates, Inc. (RAI)300
    retributive justice291
    Rugby World Cup (2011)469
    Ruide Electronics508
    savings levels, Japan391
    Schneider, Tom300
    Sex Discrimination Act (1984, Australia)438
    shadow mediation317
    Shared Neutrals program284
    showcasing employee use of voice97
    shuttle diplomacy in judicial mediation339
    single-text strategy, third party involvement146
    skill level factors, UK conflict resolution479
    Smith, Adam17
    social dialog139
    social partnership, Germany363, 380
    Soviet Union, former137
    Sparks Nugget, Inc. (1980)84
    Spring Wage Offensive (shunto), Japan387, 388, 391
    strategic human resource management (SHRM)
      alternative dispute resolution87
    subsidiarity principle, conflict management systems258
    substantive justice290
    suicide by employees, China499, 508
    supervision as grievance issue118
    Sweden
      ombudsperson procedures217
      Saltsjöbaden agreement40
      third party involvement139
    Sweeney, John299
    temporary work, Japan391
    tenure, and judicial mediation in employment tribunals346, 347
    terms and conditions of employment, Japan393
    textbooks on conflict management1–2
    Title VII, Civil Rights Act (1964, USA)
      United States Postal Service280
    Trades Union Congress (TUC)141
    Trade Union Confederation (DGB, Germany)366, 369
    Trade Union Law (2001, China)504
    Trade Union Law (Japan)389
    tradition-based mediation465, 466
    Transforming Public Services: Complaints, Redress and Tribunals White Paper (UK)334
    transitional justice290
    Transport Security Administration (TSA, USA)267
    tripartite arbitration panels315
    union-on-demand approach, Japan398, 400
    United Autoworkers Union41
    United Food and Commercial Workers298
    United Healthcare Workers—West (UHW)305
    United Nurses Association of California (UNAC)298
    United Steel Workers298
    Veterans Affairs (VA)284
    violence
      United States Postal Service281
    Warner Brothers464
    welfare state policies46
    Wells, John Calhoun300
    Werner Enterprises410
    whistleblowers
      co-regulatory regime72
      risk, perceived90
    Winklemann, Justice467
    work groups2
    working conditions as grievance issue118
    workplace partnership agreements141
    world trade, growth of44
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