John BuddProfessor
Chair (With Faculty Rank)
Departmental Director

John BuddIndustrial Relations Landgrant Professor
CSOM Human Rsc & Industr Rel,
3-300T CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/624-0357
Fax: 612/624-8360
jbudd@umn.edu

Personal URL
Education
AB, 1987, Economics and Mathematics, Colgate Univ.
MA, 1989, Economics, Princeton Univ.
PhD, 1991, Economics, Princeton Univ.

Research

Expertise
Industrial Relations
Labor Relations/Collective Bargaining
Labor Policy

Current Research
Unionism Over the Life Cycle
Concepts of Work
Employment and Labor Law Reform


Publications

Major Publications

  • "Improved Metrics for Workplace Dispute Resolution Procedures: Efficiency, Equity, and Voice," with A. Colvin, Industrial Relations, 2008
  • "Values, Ideologies, and Frames of Reference in Industrial Relations," with D. Bhave, in P. Blyton et al. (eds.), Sage Handbook of Industrial Relations, 2008
  • "The Effect of Unions on Employee Benefits and Non-Wage Compensation: Monopoly Power, Collective Voice, and Facilitation," in J. Bennett and B. Kaufman (eds.), What Do Unions Do? A Twenty-Year Perspective , 2007
  • "Family-Friendly Work Practices in Britain: Availability and Perceived Accessibility," with K. Mumford, Human Resource Management Journal, 2006
  • "Wages and International Rent Sharing in Multinational Firms," with J. Konings and M. Slaughter, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005

Books

  • "Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives: Bringing Workplace Law and Public Policy Into Focus," with S. Befort, Stanford University Press, 2009
  • "Labor Relations: Striking a Balance", 2/e, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008
  • "The Ethics of Human Resources and Industrial Relations," edited with J. Scoville, Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2005
  • "Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice", Cornell University Press, 2004 [Chinese translation: Peking University Press, 2007; Arabic translation: Al-Ahlia, 2007]

Instruction

Courses

Fall, 2009
HRIR 5062 Personnel Economics Sec.  001
Spring, 2010
HRIR 5062 Personnel Economics Sec.  001


Service

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Editorial Board, British Journal of Industrial Relations
  • Editorial Board, Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • Editorial Board, WorkingUSA

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • "Texty" Textbook Excellence Award, Textbook and Academic Authors Association, 2005
  • Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, 2004
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005
  • Industrial Relations Research Association, Excellence in Education Award, 2001
  • Industrial Relations Research Association Outstanding Young Scholar Award, 1998