Distinguishing between employment relations and industrial relations: Is employment relations an old wine in a new bottle?

Agbakwuru; Kelvin Ndubuisi; Ejakpovi; Osolobrugwetega Peter

doi:10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.2.0221

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Distinguishing between employment relations and industrial relations: Is employment relations an old wine in a new bottle?

Agbakwuru, Kelvin Ndubuisi ^{1, *} and Ejakpovi, Osolobrugwetega Peter ²

1 Department of Management and Entrepreneurship Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti.
2 International Business Management, Griffith College, Dublin.

Review Article

International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 08(02), 154–160.

Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.2.0221

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.2.0221

Publication history

Received on 03 February 2023; revised on 15 March 2023; accepted on 17 March 2023

Abstract

In the review of extant literature as regards industrial and employment relations approaches, it has been unveiled in this study that there exist differences in these approaches. These differences revealed shows that the shift from industrial relations to employment relations approach is not an “old wine in a new bottle” but a “new wine in a new bottle”. This study which is anchored upon Unitary and Conflict theories provides some justification for this viewpoint and recommends some positive actions to be taken in order to end the confusion in the usage of the two concepts/approaches both in theory and practice.

Keywords

Employment Relations; Employee; Industrial Relations; Worker

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Agbakwuru Kelvin Ndubuisi and Ejakpovi Osolobrugwetega Peter. Distinguishing between employment relations and industrial relations: Is employment relations an old wine in a new bottle?. International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 08(02), 154–160. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.2.0221

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