Andi Pekarek

Consumers in the gig economy: Resisting or reinforcing precarious work?

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek

Book Chapter  |  2023

There is a growing recognition of the importance of consumers in shaping the labour process and work. To date, attention has large..

Gender in Human Resources: Hiding in plain sight

Susan Ainsworth, Andreas Pekarek

Journal article  |  2022  |  HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL

This paper argues an important aspect of Human Resources (HR) as an occupation has been largely overlooked by mainstream and criti..

Delivering the goods? German industrial relations institutions during the COVID ‐19 crisis

Martin Behrens, Andreas Pekarek

Journal article  |  2022  |  Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused labor market disruptions at an unprecedented scale and is akin to a stress test for industrial re..

Divided We Stand? Coalition Dynamics in the German Union Movement

Martin Behrens, Andreas Pekarek

Journal article  |  2021  |  British Journal of Industrial Relations: an international journal of employment relations

Coalitions within national union movements have been an enduring means by which unions pursue shared interests and policy ambition..

The belated return of an Australian living wage

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek, Ray Fells

Book Chapter  |  2021

For much of the twentieth century, a distinctive system of compulsory arbitration sought to balance the competing criteria of work..

COVID-19 forced us to move a conference from a Greek island to the web — and quickly. Here’s what we learnt

Charlene Zietsma, Andreas Pekarek, Elke Schuessler, Markus Helfen, Rick Delbridge

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

In May this year, we were convening a dream conference: 140 like-minded academics on a Greek island for three-and-a-half days to w..

Systems for Conflict Resolution in Comparative Perspective

M Behrens, AJS Colvin, L Dorigatti, AH Pekarek

Journal article  |  2020  |  ILR Review

A cornerstone of industrial relations theory is the idea that the potential for conflict is inherent in the employment relationshi..

Sceptics or supporters? Consumers’ views of work in the gig economy

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek, Ariadne Vromen

Journal article  |  2020  |  New Technology, Work and Employment

Labour-management practices and workers’ experiences in the gig economy are topics of major interest for researchers, regulators a..

The standard consumers embrace is the standard we accept

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek, Ariadne VROMEN

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Work and wages in the gig economy: Can there be a High Road?

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek

Book Chapter  |  2020

The gig economy is a flashpoint in many contemporary debates about the future of work. Platforms’ reliance on contract workers is ..