ILR Review
Economics (General) | Industrial Relations (General) | International Employee Relations
Aims and Scope
Our goal is to publish the best empirical research on the world of work, to advance theory, and to inform policy and practice. We welcome papers that are bold and original, novel theories, innovative research methods, and new approaches to organizational and public policy.
Important real world problems
ILR Review publishes research on important issues—globalization, capital and labor mobility, inequality, wage setting, unemployment, labor market dynamics, international migration, work organization and technology, human resource management and personnel economics, demographic and ethnic differences in labor markets, workplace conflicts, alternative forms of representation, and labor regulation.
International and comparative scope
Research by international scholars is central to the ILR Review and to our mission of advancing knowledge of the changing nature of work and employment relations. It also improves our awareness, acceptance, tolerance, and understanding of others' perspectives and challenges. Comparative institutional, organizational, and market analyses make critical contributions to the journal.
Interdisciplinary approaches
ILR Review highly values research from diverse social science perspectives including anthropology, economics, history, industrial relations, law, management, political science, psychology, and sociology. We believe that interdisciplinary debate spurs innovative research and policy development.
Diverse research methodologies
ILR Review publishes high-quality empirical work that embraces a wide range of methodologies. We feature ethnographic and qualitative approaches and theory-building, mixed methods, and formal econometric modeling.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
All issues of ILR Review are available to browse online.
Aims and Scope
Our goal is to publish the best empirical research on the world of work, to advance theory, and to inform policy and practice. We welcome papers that are bold and original, novel theories, innovative research methods, and new approaches to organizational and public policy.
Important real world problems
ILR Review publishes research on important issues—globalization, capital and labor mobility, inequality, wage setting, unemployment, labor market dynamics, international migration, work organization and technology, human resource management and personnel economics, demographic and ethnic differences in labor markets, workplace conflicts, alternative forms of representation, and labor regulation.
International and comparative scope
Research by international scholars is central to the ILR Review and to our mission of advancing knowledge of the changing nature of work and employment relations. It also improves our awareness, acceptance, tolerance, and understanding of others' perspectives and challenges. Comparative institutional, organizational, and market analyses make critical contributions to the journal.
Interdisciplinary approaches
ILR Review highly values research from diverse social science perspectives including anthropology, economics, history, industrial relations, law, management, political science, psychology, and sociology. We believe that interdisciplinary debate spurs innovative research and policy development.
Diverse research methodologies
ILR Review publishes high-quality empirical work that embraces a wide range of methodologies. We feature ethnographic and qualitative approaches and theory-building, mixed methods, and formal econometric modeling.
| Virginia Doellgast | Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution, Cornell University, ILR School, USA |
| Lawrence M. Kahn | Braunstein Family Professor and Professor of Economics, Cornell University, ILR School, USA |
| Candace J. Akins | Cornell University, USA |
| Tom Rushmer | Cornell University, USA |
| Katharine Abraham | University of Maryland, USA |
| Mark Anner | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Michel Anteby | Boston University, USA |
| Eileen Appelbaum | Center for Economic and Policy Research, USA |
| Iwan Barankay | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Stephen Barley | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Rosemary Batt | Cornell University, USA |
| Peter Berg | Michigan State University, USA |
| Matthew Bidwell | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Francine Blau | Cornell University, USA |
| Alison Booth | Australian National University & University of Essex, UK |
| Gerhard Bosch | University Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| Clair Brown | University of California at Berkeley, USA |
| John Budd | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Diane Burton | Cornell University, USA |
| Peter Cappelli | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Elizabeth Cascio | Dartmouth College, USA |
| Kerwin Charles | Yale School of Management, USA |
| Alexander J. Colvin | Cornell University, USA |
| Juan Dolado | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
| Richard Freeman | Harvard University, USA |
| Stephen Frenkel | The University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Eli Friedman | Cornell University, USA |
| Barry Gerhart | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Shannon Gleeson | Cornell University, USA |
| Dan Hamermesh | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Tove Hammer | Cornell University, USA |
| Andrea Ichino | European University Institute, Italy |
| Natasha Iskander | NYU Wagner, USA |
| Sanford Jacoby | University of California Los Angeles, USA |
| Chinhui Juhn | University of Houston, USA |
| Arne Kalleberg | University of North Carolina, USA |
| Harry C. Katz | Cornell University, USA |
| Erin Kelly | MIT Sloan School of Management, USA |
| Thomas Kochan | MIT Sloan School of Management, USA |
| Francis Kramarz | CREST (Paris), France |
| Peter Kuhn | University of California - Santa Barbara, USA |
| Sarosh Kuruvilla | Cornell University, USA |
| Susan Lambert | The University of Chicago, USA |
| Russell Lansbury | Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney, Australia |
| C. K. Lee | University of California Los Angeles, USA |
| Mingwei Liu | Rutgers University, USA |
| Richard Locke | Apple University, USA |
| Lisa Lynch | Brandeis University, USA |
| John Paul MacDuffie | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Stephen Machin | London School of Economics, UK |
| Paul Marginson | University of Warwick, UK |
| Alex Mas | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Leslie McCall | The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA |
| Xin Meng | Australian National University, Australia |
| Ruth Milkman | The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA |
| Ron Oaxaca | University of Arizona, USA |
| Paul Osterman | MIT Sloan School of Management, USA |
| Dionne Pohler | University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Valeria Pulignano | University of Leuven, Belgium |
| Aruna Ranganathan | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Jake Rosenfeld | Washington University in St Louis, USA |
| Jill Rubery | The University of Manchester, UK |
| Mari Sako | University of Oxford, UK |
| Jeffrey J. Sallaz | University of Arizona, USA |
| Leticia Saucedo | University of California Davis School of Law, USA |
| Daniel Schneider | Harvard University, USA |
| Aaron Sojourner | W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, USA |
| Katherine Stone | UCLA Law School, USA |
| Wolfgang Streeck | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany |
| Andrea Weber | Central European University, Austria |
| Kim Weeden | Cornell University, USA |
| Matthew Wiswall | University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA |
| Basit Zafar | University of Michigan, USA |
| Junsen Zhang | Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |
| Matthew Amengual | University of Oxford, UK |
| Chiara Benassi | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Adam Seth Litwin | Cornell University, USA |
| Amalia Miller | University of Virginia, USA |
| Maite Tapia, Book Review Editor | Michigan State University, USA |
| Bruce A. Weinberg | Ohio State University, USA |
| Reed Eaglesham | Cornell University, USA |
The Industrial and Labor Relations Review (ILR Review) publishes peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary research that advances new theory, presents novel empirical work, and informs organizational and public policy on the world of work and employment. Criteria for acceptance include fit, research quality and originality, and the significance of the contribution to the field. See our Aims & Scope webpage for more details. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The ILR Review will not consider any paper under simultaneous review by any other journal or publisher. Before submitting your paper, please follow these links for information on:
Conditions of Publication and Data Policy
Editor Conflict of Interest Policy
Guidelines for Qualitative Research
Manuscript Style Guide for Authors
Submit manuscripts electronically through our website at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ilrr.
If you encounter any technical problems,
contact our office at ilrr@cornell.edu or 607-255-3295.
The version of the paper you upload must be purged of all information identifying you, your coauthors, and your institution(s). Prepare a separate cover note or title page (which you can upload as a file separate from the manuscript and/or copy into the Cover Letter field) providing us with author name, current professional title, address, telephone number, and e-mail address for each author of the manuscript, along with any acknowledgments; this cover note will not be visible to referees.
Length and Format
Manuscripts should adhere to a 10,000 maximum word count. This limit includes all text, tables and figures, footnotes, references, and appendices to be included in the article itself (i.e., not as an online supplement). For papers that exceed the limit, please state in your cover letter why a somewhat greater length is needed. Your AE will work with you on final length. Any supplemental tables may be posted as an Online Appendix. This online material will not count as part of the 10,000 word limit and will not be copyedited or formatted by our editorial office. Please submit your paper as a Word file—double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font. Our system will convert your Word document to a PDF for the peer review process. If you work with LaTeX software, the system may have trouble accepting the files. Detailed instructions for LaTeX authors are available at http://mchelp.manuscriptcentral.com/gethelpnow/training/author/. Please contact us if you need assistance submitting a LaTeX manuscript. Although we can work with LaTeX and PDF files during the review process, should your article be accepted for publication we will then need a Word document for the production steps—copyediting and typesetting. Submitting Your Paper
Follow the on-screen instructions to create an account and/or to log onto your existing account at the http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ilrr website. (After you have an account, you will use that same information to log on each time you return to the site.) The system will guide you through the six-step manuscript submission process, prompting you for any information that may be missing.
What to Include
Title, Author(s), Abstract, and Acknowledgments
Provide the article title, authors’ names, and abstract in the appropriate, separate fields of the webpage at the time you upload the paper. Do not include them in the body of the paper itself. In the Cover Letter field, provide your cover letter including acknowledgments (with exceptions noted below), a note stating which data and programs you are willing to make available on request to interested researchers, and the names and complete contact information of all authors. A typical note runs as follows: “For information regarding the data and/or computer programs used for this study, please contact the first author at [e-mail].” When the data used are proprietary, provide the names of agencies or persons who can guide other researchers through the procedures for accessing the data. If you created the data set yourself and wish to exploit it further before making it public, we recommend writing: “Data will be made available to others at reasonable cost from a date six months after the ILR Review publication date and for a period of three years thereafter.” A statement to this effect will be included in a footnote on the first page of the published article. Do not include acknowledgments to the editor or referees. Also, do not include a disclaimer stating that errors, or the views expressed, are the author’s (unless required by the owners of a data source or a funding organization).
Abstract
In the Abstract field, provide an abstract of no more than 150 words. The first sentence generally describes the data, method, and purpose of your paper. Two or three other sentences state the most important findings, conclusions, and, sometimes, implications. Use only terms that will be understood by a general audience (which includes readers who have little background in statistics).
Opening Text
Do not number subheadings, and do not include a subhead titled “Introduction.” The introductory section should be brief (approximately three to five paragraphs); free of technical econometric language; and as free as possible of in-text cites and footnotes. Give a brief background and explain how the study differs from previous ones. Do not present an outline of the paper; do not anticipate findings or conclusions.
Body of Paper
Number the pages of your article, so that text passages can easily be referenced. There should be headings, on average, every two to three pages. Avoid very long paragraphs. Use in-text parenthetical Author Date (“scientific”) citation style. Whenever a quote or fact or argument you are borrowing appears on specific pages in its source, cite those pages rather than the entire source. Tables and figures should appear at the end of the manuscript.
Conclusion
The conclusion is usually no more than two pages long. Briefly state conclusions, with reference to specific findings as necessary; recapitulate how the findings add to or differ from those of previous studies; and, if appropriate, discuss implications or unanswered questions (but avoid a detailed description of “more research needed”). As in the introductory paragraphs, avoid footnotes and in-text cites.
References and Footnotes
Provide full first names of authors and give both volume and issue number for article entries. Use footnotes sparingly—only for explanatory notes and citations (such as legal citations) that are not easily accommodated by the “scientific” system of citation. See the Manuscript Style Guide for Authors link above for more detailed formatting and style information.
Tables
Use substantive but brief table titles that are accessible to readers without a background in statistics. Include headings for all columns (including the far-left, descriptive column), in plain English as much as possible. Use plain English, or sensible abbreviations, in row descriptions as well. Tables should be sized at no larger than 5” x 8” for portrait orientation or 8” x 5” for landscape. Use asterisks to denote statistical significance, as follows: “*Statistically significant at the .10 level; ** at the .05 level; *** at the .01 level.” Take numbers to no more than three decimal places unless finer specification is meaningful. Table footnotes should include sources, notes (can be general for entire table, or can be keyed a, b, c, and so on) explaining cryptic or ambiguous elements, and an explanation of significance levels. We prefer that tables be compiled within Word’s Table feature, and tables must be editable (not copied into the file as a static image).
Figures
Although figures may be copied into the Word file for the initial submission and review process, if the paper is accepted we will probably need figures not embedded within the text. For example, they can be provided from their original software format, such as Excel, .eps, PowerPoint, .jpg, .tif, or .pdf files.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent, and fair peer review process, Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all coauthors to link their ORCID iD to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.