Employment Research Unit

We aim to coordinate and develop employment relations and human resource management research.

The Employment Research Unit (ERU) aims to coordinate and develop employment relations and human resource management (HRM) research.

This includes organising research seminars and conferences, supporting PhD students, conducting joint research projects, managing the Montague Burton Visiting Fellowship and developing joint funding proposals.

ERU is based within the Management, Employment and Organisations section of Cardiff Business School, but also includes researchers with an interest in human resource management and employment relations from other areas.

Gaining collaborative advantages: The changing role of employers' organisations in the British economy

This project runs from 20 June 2014 to 19 June 2017.

It is sponsored by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and led by Dr Marco Hauptmeier with Dr Leon Gooberman and Professor Edmund Heery.

Award type: Research, ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellowship

Montague Burton visiting fellowship

Since 1990, the ERU has organised a regular visiting scholar programme based on the Montague Burton Fund.

The unit uses these funds to build up contacts with international researchers, to facilitate research collaboration between members and internationally renowned scholars and to enhance the international reputation of both the Employment Research Unit and Cardiff Business School.

Forthcoming and past scholars

2014/2015 - Rebecca Givan (Rutgers University, USA), Lise Lotte Hansen (Roskilde Universitet, Denmark), Cathie Jo Martin (Boston University, USA).
2013/2014 - Kerstin Harmann (University of Central Florida, USA), Greg Bamber (Monash University, USA), Lowell Turner (Cornell University, USA).
2012/2013 - Charles Heckscher (Rutgers University, USA), Sanford Jacoby (UCLA, USA), and Christian Levesque (Montreal University, Canada).
2011/2012 - Ed Carberry (Boston University, USA), Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota, USA), Sarosh Kuruvilla (Cornell University, USA).
2010/2011 - Janice Fine (Rutgers University, USA), Martin Behrens (Hans Böckler Foundation, Germany), Marian Baird (University of Sydney, Australia).
2009/2010 - Luis Ortiz (Pompeiu Fabra), Nikola Smit (North West University, South-Africa)
2008/2009 - Michael Burawoy (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Ruth Milkman (CUNY, USA), Bradon Ellem (University of Sydney, Australia).