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Professor Paul Blyton

Emeritus Professor

Overview

From 1995 to 2013 Paul Blyton was Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology at Cardiff Business School.

During that period he also held Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Melbourne and Deakin University in Australia, and the University of Victoria, BC Canada. From 2004 -2012 he was a Research Associate in the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) at Cardiff University. He has also acted as an expert Advisor to the OECD, the ILO and the International Metalworkers’ Federation. He is now an Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University.

Member of the Employment Research Unit, Cardiff Business School.

Publication

2017

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

  • Blyton, P. and Jenkins, J. 2009. Changed work, changed lives?. Presented at: 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA), Sydney, Australia, 24-27 August 2009.
  • Blyton, P. and Jenkins, J. 2009. End of the campaign. Presented at: BUIRA Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 2-4 July, 2009.
  • Blunsdon, B., Reed, K., Blyton, P. R. and Dastmalchian, A. 2009. Social change and ways of living: an introduction. In: Blyton, P. R. et al. eds. Ways of Living: Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-16.

2008

  • Blyton, P. R. 2008. Working hours and work-life balance. In: Blyton, P. R. et al. eds. The Sage Handbook of Industrial Relations. London: Sage, pp. 513-528.
  • Blyton, P. R. and Jenkins, J. 2008. Key concepts in work. SAGE Key Concepts series. Sage.
  • Blyton, P. R. 2008. Towards more sustainable work patterns. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, Skiathos, Greece, 24 - 26 September 2008 Presented at Gospodini, A., Brebbia, C. A. and Tiezzi, E. eds.The Sustainable City V: Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 117. WIT Press pp. 487-494.
  • Jenkins, J. and Blyton, P. R. 2008. Works councils. In: Blyton, P. R. et al. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations. London: Sage, pp. 346-357.
  • Heery, E. J. et al. eds. 2008. The SAGE handbook of Industrial Relations. London: Sage.
  • Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J., Bacon, N. and Fiorito, J. 2008. Introduction: the field of industrial relations. In: Heery, E. J. et al. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations. London: Sage, pp. 1-32.

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Articles

Book sections

Books

Conferences

  • Blyton, P. R. 2011. Working Time and the Persistence of Inequality. Presented at: Europe 2020: comparative perspectives and transnational action, Modena, Italy.
  • Blyton, P. R. and Jenkins, J. 2011. The Local Workplace. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
  • Blyton, P. R. 2010. Working Time, Work-Life Balance and Inequality. Presented at: Industrial Democracy, Partnership, and Decent Work in Responding to Global Financial Crisis, Sanur, Bali.
  • Blyton, P. and Jenkins, J. 2009. Changed work, changed lives?. Presented at: 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA), Sydney, Australia, 24-27 August 2009.
  • Blyton, P. and Jenkins, J. 2009. End of the campaign. Presented at: BUIRA Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 2-4 July, 2009.
  • Blyton, P. R. 2008. Towards more sustainable work patterns. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, Skiathos, Greece, 24 - 26 September 2008 Presented at Gospodini, A., Brebbia, C. A. and Tiezzi, E. eds.The Sustainable City V: Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 117. WIT Press pp. 487-494.
  • Bacon, N. and Blyton, P. R. 2007. The management and experience of older workers in contemporary work organizations. Presented at: Current Management Thinking: Drawing from Social Sciences and Humanities to Address Contemporary Challenges: 7th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management, Paris, France, 16-19 May 2007.

Monographs

Research

  • Working time
  • Work-life Balance
  • Human Resources 'Climates'
  • Garment Industry

Biography

Qualifications

  • BA (Soc Sci) 2:1, Leicester University, 1975
  • PhD (Industrial Relations) Sheffield University, 1980

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