Sociology of Industrial RelationsIsmo Kantola (coordinator) & Paul Jonker-Hoffren

& Tomi Oinas

9 lectures, 2 credits; literature (optional) 3 credits

method of validation for lecture and literature: written exam

The course programme (preliminary)

1st lecture: presentation of the course programme (Kantola)

2nd lecture Thu 15th Mar: Industrialization as a public project (Kantola)

3rd lecture Tue 20th Mar: Industrial relations theory (Jonker-Hoffren)

4th lecture Thu 22nd Mar:Recent perspectives into sociology of work (Kantola)

5th lecture Tue 27th Mar:Industrial relations in the Finnish paper industry - the representativeness of its union (Jonker-Hoffren)

6th lecture Thu 3rd Apr:Greening of industrial relations - the case of energy supply (Kantola)

7th lecture Tue10th Apr:The new economy - art, knowledge, and digital capitalism (Kantola)

8th lecture Thu 12 Apr:Outsourcing (Jonker-Hoffren)

9th lecture Tue 17th Apr:Attitudes of large scale corporations’ CEOs’ to employees (Oinas)