Abstract
This article examines the features of the worldwide contributions to the specialized literature in labour relations in the period 1970–2016. The source considered has been the Scopus Elsevier database, together with bibliometric analysis techniques. Different aspects of the publications are analysed, such as publication type, field, language, subcategory and journal type, as well as the keyword occurrence frequency. The results of this work show that the most popular keywords were Trade Union, Employment, Labour Market and Industrial Relations. It is observed how the United States, being the most productive country, leads in almost all the keywords except in two, “Labour market” and “Working Conditions”, which are led by UK. If the keywords are studied only as geographical terms we can find the United States, Eurasia and India. The contributions are geographically and institutionally broken down. The most active categories are Social Sciences, Business, and Management and Accounting. The evolution of the most popular keywords indicates how in the last years “Trade Unions” “Industrial Relations” and “Personnel” have lost importance against “Labor Market” and “Employment”, showing new concerns in the labour relations field.
Highlights
Labour relations can be defined as the set of processes and activities that unions and employers develop and use to clarify, manage, reduce, and resolve conflicts between employees and their representatives while accommodating the various goals of each [1]
Labour relations are the links established in the field of work [2]
Labour relations can be understood in a broad sense as the social transformations of work and employment [4,5], gender relations [6], or even all kinds of social policies [7]
Summary
Labour relations can be defined as the set of processes and activities that unions and employers develop and use to clarify, manage, reduce, and resolve conflicts between employees and their representatives while accommodating the various goals of each [1]. Labour relations are the links established in the field of work [2]. They refer to the relations between labour and capital within the framework of the productive process [2]. Some authors extend this concept as tripartite consultation whereby workers‚ employers and government contribute to the development of labour standards and the protection of workers’ rights through voluntary interaction and dialogue [3]. Labour relations can be understood in a broad sense as the social transformations of work and employment [4,5], gender relations [6], or even all kinds of social policies [7]. Labour relations have a wide spectrum of study covering issues directly related to work and employment [1], and from a multidisciplinary point of view that includes: Sociology [8]; Law [9,10,11]; Anthropology [12]; Philosophy [13]; Economics [14,15]; or Psychology [16], among other subjects
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