I ndustrial relations researchers have historically been diligent in analyzing the most important and visible cases of labor management innovation of their time. Examples of such analyses include studies of labor management cooperation in the 1920s (Harbison and Coleman 1951; Slichter 1941), the TVA (Selznick 1984), the west coast mechanization and modernization agreement (Hartman 1969), the Ar...

Enterprise unions have been viewed as one of the Japanese-style employment systems; following the harsh labor disputes of the 1950s and 60s, the labor-management consultation system was improved and relationships based on collaboration and cooperation with those in management were created. As a result, although enterprise unions have contributed to increases in productivity at companies, they a...