Sarosh C. Kuruvilla

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Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations
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Director, International Program Committee
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Ithaca, NY 14853
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Sarosh Kuruvilla is currently Professor of Industrial Relations, Asian Studies and Public Affairs at Cornell University. He joined Cornell's faculty in 1990 after obtaining a doctorate in business administration from the University of Iowa in 1989, and after a career as a labor relations manager in the industry in India. His research has largely focused on national human resource and labor policies in Asia and has worked with Asian governments. He currently directs the New Conversations Project: Sustainable Labor Standards In Global Supply Chains at Cornell.

Research Statement 

Professor Kuruvilla's research interests focus broadly in the area of comparative industrial relations and specifically on the linkages between industrial relations policies and practices, national human resource policies and practices and economic development policies. His recent research has been concerned with developing policy approaches to improving national skills development, skills up-gradation and labor policy. His research has informed government policy and practice in Asia, particularly in relation to Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, S. Korea, Taiwan and more recently, in China and India. He serves as a consultant to many international agencies, as well as global corporations, and has authored a large number of refereed journal articles on labor and human resource policies and practices. He has started a new project on sustainable labor practices in global supply chains, focusing primarily on the global apparel industry.

Areas of Expertise

Alternative dispute resolution
Collective Bargaining
Comparative labor movements
Conflict prevention
Contract negotiations
Dispute resolution
Economic Development
Economic growth and development
Education and workforce preparedness
Employee Relations
Executive development, education, and coaching
Global economy
Human Rights and Workplace Practices
Industrial relations systems
Interest-based negotiations (win-win)
International and Comparative Workplace Studies
International and comparative political economy
Labor relations
Labor rights
Labor-management cooperation
Negotiations

Other expertise

Globalization and Employment Relations, Human Resources for Asia, Labor Relations in Asia, Outsourcing

Publications

Books

  • . . From Iron Rice bowl to Informal Employment: State, Markets and Workers in China.. Cornell university Press.
  • . . Private Regulation of Labor in Global Supply Chains: Problems, Progress and Prospects. Cornell University Presss.
  • . . Private Regulation, LAbor Practices in Global Supply Chains, Problems, Progress and prospects.. Cornell University Press.
  • . . Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Problems, progress and Prospects. Cornell University Press.
  • , & . . The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Large-size enterprises in Korea: Appraisals of Korean enterprise unionism. Korea Labor Institute.
  • , & . . Globalization and Industrial Relations in India: A Study of Industries and Firms. ILO: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
  • , , & . . Industrial Relations Reform in S. Korea: Principles and Policies in IR Systems Design. Korea Labor Institute.
  • , , & . . Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining. World Bank, PHREE.

Book Chapters

  • . . Introduction to From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization. In From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: States, workers and markets in China. . (pp. 20 pages). Cornell university Press.
  • , & . . Revitalizing Private Regulation for the 21st Century. (pp. 28 pages). ILO .
  • , , & . . Private Regulation of Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains: Current Status and Future Directions. International Labour Organization.
  • , & . . Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in Gkobal Supply Cains: An Empirical Investigation..
  • . . The Trajectories of Industrial Relations in China and India. In Perspectives of Neoliberalism, labor and globalization in INdia . Palgrave McMillan.
  • . . Industrial Relations TRajectories in India and China. In ). Globalisation and Dynamics of Labour Market and Industrial and Employment Relations – Discourses, Institutions and Dynamics. Palgrave-McMillan.
  • , & . . Globalization and Employment Relations in Southeast Asia. In Asian HAndbook of HRM.
  • . . Globalization and Employment Relations. In Comparative Employment Relations: A Textbook. Routledge.
  • , & . . Informality and Re-regulation in East Asian Economies. In Critical Issues in Employment Relations and Human resource management. (pp. 250). Routledge.
  • . . Conclusions: Towards Informalization. In From iron Rice bowl to Informalization< States, MArkets and Workers in a Chamnging China. (pp. 20 pages). Cornell university Press.
  • . . The Influence of Tripartism on Economic Reform in Singapore and Korea. In Blunting Neo-Liberalism: Tripartism and Economic Reforms in the Developing World. (pp. 85-122). Palmgrave.
  • . . Skills Development in Singapore and India’s Outsourcing Sector. In Globalization and Change in Asia. (pp. 127-148). Lynne Reiner.
  • . . Conclusion: Large Firm Industrial Relations at the Cross-roads. In The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Large-size enterprises in Korea: Appraisals of Korean Enterprise Unionism. Korea Labor Institute.
  • . . Social Dialogue for Decent Work. In Decent Work: Objectives and Strategies. International Institute for Labor Studies.
  • , , & . . MNCs as Important Diffusers of Best Practice Employment Relations in Developing Nations: Discussion and Propositions based on Selected Case Studies. In Multinational Companies and Transnational Workplace Issues. Quorum Books.
  • . . The Impact of Globalization on Economies and Industrial Relations Systems: Theory and Evidence. In Globalization, Labour Management Relations in South Asia. ILO-SAAT and IIRA.
  • , , & . . Asian Growth Triangles. In Business Networks, Production Clusters, and Industrial Districts: Making the Most of Complexity. Walter de Gruyter.
  • . . Industrialization Strategies and Industrial Relations Policy in Malaysia. In Industrialization and Labor Relations: Contemporary Research in Seven Countries. ILR Press.
  • , & . . Economic Development, National Industrial Relations Policies, and Workplace IR/HR Practices in Malaysia. In Industrial Relations and Human resource Management in an Era of Global Markets: An Asia-Pacific Perspective. Routledge.
  • . . The Linkages between Industrialization Strategies, National Industrial Relations Policies, and Workplace IR/HR Policies in Southeast Asia. In Comparative Political Economy of Industrial Relations. Industrial Relations Research Association.
  • , & . . NAFTA, AFTA, and Industrial Relations in ASEAN. In Regional Integration and Industrial Relations in North America. (pp. 233-254). Institute for Collective Bargaining.
  • , , & . . Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining. In Impediments to Competitive Labor Markets: An Overview of Policy and Research Issues. World Bank.
  • , & . . Unit Labor Cost Differentials in the EC. In National Labor, Global Capital: Societal Responses to Economic Integration in Asia, Europe and North America. Oxford University Press.
  • , , & . . Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining: Suggestions for Emerging Democracies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In Double Shift: The Transformation of Work in Post-Socialist and Post-Industrial Societies. (pp. 187-208). M. E. Sharpe.
  • . . The Implications of Europe 1992 for Labor Management Relations: Comment. In The Future of Industrial Relations. Institute for Collective Bargaining.

Book Reviews

  • . . Review of Compressed Development.
  • , & . . Review of 'Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies'.
  • . . Review of 'Globalization and Labour Relations' edited by Peter Leisink.
  • . . Review of 'Researching the World of Work: Strategies and Methods in Studying Industrial Relations' by Keith Whitfield and George Strauss.
  • . . Review of 'Worker Rights and Labor Standards in Asia’s four new tigers: A Comparative Perspective' by Marvin Levine.
  • . . Review of 'The ILO in Africa' by Kwamina Panford.
  • . . Review of 'Comparative Industrial Relations: Contemporary Research and Theory' by Roy Adams.
  • . . Review of 'Inclusive Unionism' by Jelle Visser.

Journal Articles

  • . . Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining: A research Agenda. Journal of Supply Chain Management.
  • . . Field Opacity and Practice Outcomes Decoupling. Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 73(4), 841-872. (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793920903278)
  • , & . . Editorial Essay: Improving Private Regulation of Labor in Global Supply Chains. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 73(4), 809-816.
  • , & . . Labor Standards and Global Supply Chains: Introductory ESsay. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
  • . . Constructing Transnational Solidarity: The Role of Campaign Governance. British Journal of Industrial Relations. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(1), 27-49.
  • , & . . Constructing Transnational Solidarity: The Role of Campaign Governance. British Journal of Industrial Relations, Forthcoming(Forthcoming), 1-23.
  • , , & . . Field OPacity and Practice-Outcomess Decoupling: Private Regulation and Labor Practices in Global supply Chains. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Forthcoming, 36.
  • . . From CAutious Optimism to Renewed Pessimism: Labor Voice and Labor Scholarship in China. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 71(5).
  • . . PrivateRegulation in a B corporation.
  • , & . . Varieties of Collective Bargaining in China: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 38(2), 35.
  • , & . . Varieties of Collective Bargaining in China: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. . Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, Forthcoming(2017), pp.
  • , , & . . Globalization of Commodification: Legal Process Outsourcing and Indian Lawyers. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 46(4), 614-640.
  • . . From Pyramids to Diamonds: Legal process Offshoring and Law labor Markets in the US and India. Industrial and labor Relations Review, 69(March), 354-377.
  • , & . . From Pyramids to Diamonds: Legal process Offshoring and Law labor Markets in the US and India. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 69(2), 354-378.
  • , & . . Labor Unrest and Incipient Bargaining in China. Management and organization Review, 12(1), 159-189.
  • , , & . . Globalization, Industrialization, and Labour Markets. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 20(1), 2-14.
  • . . The Offshoring of Knowldge Work and the Emerging Structure of Employment in the Global Economy. . Adapt International and Comparative Labour Studies, Vol 1(Issue 1).
  • , & . . Experimentation and Decentralization in Industrial Relations in China. Human Relations.
  • , , & . . From the firm to the network: Global value chains and employment relations theory. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51(3), 440-472.
  • , , & . . From the Firm to the Network: Global VAlue Chains and Employment Relations Theory. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51(3), 440-473.
  • , & . . Across Boundaries: The Global Challenges Facing Employment Relations . British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51(3), 425-439.
  • , & . . Dual alignment of industrial relations activity: From strategic choice to mutual gains. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 18, 1-39.
  • , , & . . A Case study of the Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme for the Rural poor in India. International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 3(3/4), 261-306.
  • , & . . Health Security for the Rural Poor? A Case Study of a Health Insurance Scheme for Rural Farmers and Peasants in India. International Social Security Review, 60(4), 3-21.
  • , & . . Hard Law, Soft Law, and the Roles of National Governments in the International Labor Standards Debate. Journal of Industrial Relations, 48(1), 41-58.
  • , & . . International HRM: national business systems, organizational politics and the international division of labour in MNCs. International Journal of Human Resources Management, 16(1), 1-21.
  • , & . . Globalization, Logics of Action, International Labor Standards, and National Government Roles. Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy, 4(2), 25-44.
  • , , , & . . From Core to Periphery? Recent Developments in Employment Relations in the Philippines. Industrial Relations, 42(3), 368-395.
  • , & . . The Changing Social Contract in Asia. Global Business Review, 2(2), 259-288.
  • , , , & . . Union Growth, Decline and Revitalization in Asia. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 40(3), 431-463.
  • , , & . . An Assessment of the Singapore Skills Development System: Lessons for Developing Countries. World Development, 30(8), 1461-1476.
  • , & . . Change and Transformation in Asian Industrial Relations. Industrial Relations, 41(2), 171-228.
  • , & . . Logics of Action, Globalization, and Employment Relations Change in China, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 55(3), 387-412.
  • , & . . Globalization and Workplace Relations in the Electronics Industries in India, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 44(3), 429-446.
  • . . Globalization, Workers, and Industrial Relations Institutions in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia Bulletin, 12-16.
  • , & . . How Do Nations Develop Skills? Lessons from the Skill Development Experiences of Singapore. Global Business Review, 1, 11-49.
  • , & . . Member-Union Relations in Korea. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 37(4), 559-575.
  • , & . . Industrial Relations Implications of the Asian Financial Crisis. Perspectives on Work, 2(1).
  • , & . . What is Industrial Relations Transformation?. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 52(1).
  • . . Kuruvilla-The Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Relations: A rejoinder. Industrial Relations Journal, 29(1), 78-82.
  • , & . . Antecedents of Union Loyalty; The effect of individual dispositions and organizational context. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 16, 557-583.
  • . . Industrialization Strategies and National Industrial Relations Policy in Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and India. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 49(4), 635-637.
  • . . National Industrialization Strategies and their Influence on Workplace HR Practices: Case Studies in Malaysia and the Philippines. Human Resource Management Journal (US), 6(3).
  • , & . . New Conceptualizations: Development and test of an Integrated Theory. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 16, 505-533.
  • . . Economic Development, Industrial Relations and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century in South and Southeast Asia: Past Trends and Future Directions. Industrial Relations Journal, 27(1).
  • , & . . Labor Costs and the Social Dumping Debate in the European Union. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 48(1), 28-48.
  • , & . . Does Dual Commitment Underlie Company and Union Commitment? Evidence from Australia, Sweden, and the United States. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 3(1).
  • , , & . . Swedish Professionals: Gender Differences. Social Forces, 72(2), 555-573.
  • , & . . Who will help?: The Determinants of Willingness to Work for Unions. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 49(3).
  • , & . . American Trade Unions and Public Approval: Can Unions Please All of the People All of the Time?. Journal of Labor Research, XV(2), 97-116.
  • , & . . Two Dimensions of Union Commitment Based on the Theory of Reasoned Action: Cross-cultural Comparisons. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 1(1), 1-16.
  • , & . . Union Commitment in Australia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 35(3).
  • , , & . . An Investigation of Member-Union Attitude Formation: Evidence from Sweden and Canada. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 46(3), 499-515.
  • , & . . Swedish Wage Earner Funds: An Experiment in Economic Democracy. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 45(4), 779-792.
  • , , , & . . Union Participation in Japan. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 43(4), 374-390.
  • , , & . . The Importance of Member Union Relations as a Determinant of Global Union Satisfaction: Additional Evidence. Industrial Relations, 29(1), 128-135.
  • , & . . US Business Divestment in S. Africa: In who's best interest?. Journal of Business Ethics, 7, 561-574.
  • , & . . Industrial Dispute Resolution in India: Theory and Practice. Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Journal, 9(2), 345-375.
  • , & . . Job Reservation in India. Labor Law Journal, 37(9), 653-659.

Monograph

  • . . Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Developing World.

Honors and Awards

  • 1996 Outstanding Young Scholar AwArd, IRRA.
  • LERA Fellow, LERA.
  • Fulbright research Scholar, Fulbright.
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