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Dr Leon Gooberman
- Welsh speaking
Teams and roles for Leon Gooberman
Reader in Employment Relations and Business History
Overview
I am Reader in Employment Relations and Business History at Cardiff Business School. My doctorate (2013) examined government intervention in the Welsh economy throughout the late twentieth century. I then joined the business school as a post-doctoral researcher working on an ESRC funded project examining employer collective action in the UK. Before obtaining my doctorate, I worked on economic development research and policy for organisations including PwC and Cardiff Council.
I research two areas. One is how and why employers organise and act collectively. The other is the relationship between economy and state in modern Wales. I have published widely in national and international peer-refereed journals including Work, Employment and Society, Journal of Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Business History, Enterprise and Society, and Labor History. My latest book, ‘Waging war and building peace: mobilising industry in Wales, 1934 to 1947’, will be published in July 2025. I have also carried out research for organisations such as the Welsh Government and the Hans Böckler Foundation.
I am Cardiff Business School's Academic Lead for the Welsh language. I have worked with colleagues to create Welsh medium provision (where I am part of the teaching team) and have enabled processes that allow our students to enrol in selected Welsh medium modules offered by other schools within the University.
Publication
2025
- Gooberman, L. 2025. Waging war and building peace: Mobilising industry in Wales, 1934 to 1947. University of Wales Press.
2024
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2024. Building bridges: forming a union coalition to improve working conditions for agricultural workers in Wales. In: Laroche, M. and Murray, G. eds. Experimenting for Union Renewal: Challenges, Illustrations and Lessons. European Trade Union Institute, pp. 75-81.
- Gooberman, L. 2024. The emergence of regional industrial policy in Britain, the case of Wales, 1939 to 1947. Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History 25(4), pp. 1321-1342. (10.1017/eso.2023.44)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2024. Beyond liberalization: Employers' organizations' varied responses to employment law. Employee Relations 46(7), pp. 1550-1565. (10.1108/ER-06-2023-0285)
- Gooberman, L. 2024. ‘A state of almost surreal vice versa’: the devolution referendums in Wales, 1979 and 1997. Contemporary British History 38(2), pp. 299-320. (10.1080/13619462.2023.2239157)
- Gooberman, L. 2024. Public governance of private munitions businesses in regional Britain, the case of Wales, 1938 to 1945. Business History 66(1), pp. 201-220. (10.1080/00076791.2021.1979520)
2023
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2023. Union coalitions and strategic framing: The case of the Agricultural Advisory Panel for Wales. Work, Employment and Society 37(5), pp. 1226-1243. (10.1177/09500170211069787)
2022
- Aranea, M., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2022. Beyond social dialogue: the varied activities of European employers' organizations. In: Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. Contemporary Employers' Organizations Adaptation and Resilience. Routledge, pp. 263-276.
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2022. Employers' organizations and the territorial divergence of employment relations in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. In: Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. Contemporary Employers' Organizations Adaptation and Resilience. Routledge, pp. 213-228.
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2022. The adaptation and resilience of employers' organizations. In: Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. Contemporary Employers' Organizations Adaptation and Resilience. Routledge, pp. 1-20.
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. 2022. Contemporary employers' organizations: Adaptation and resilience. Routledge Research in Employment Relations. New York: Routledge.
- Gooberman, L. 2022. 'Revolution in the coalfields': industrial relations in wartime south Wales, 1939-45. Labor History 63(1), pp. 55-72. (10.1080/0023656X.2022.2056585)
2021
- Demougin, P., Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2021. Revisiting voluntarism: private voluntary regulation by employer forums in the United Kingdom. Journal of Industrial Relations 63(5), pp. 684-705. (10.1177/00221856211038308)
- , M., , P., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2021. Handbook of European employers' organisations. Working paper. Hans Böckler Foundation. Available at: https://www.boeckler.de/en/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-008096
- Aranea, M., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2021. What do European Employers` Organisations do?. Working paper. Hans Böckler Foundation. Available at: https://www.boeckler.de/en/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-008113
2020
- Gooberman, L. 2020. ‘It’s déjà vu all over again’ : looking back at the Welsh Development Agency. Welsh Economic Review 27, pp. 1-5. (10.18573/wer.252)
- Gooberman, L. 2020. Business failure in an age of globalisation: interpreting the rise and fall of the LG project in Wales, 1995-2006. Business History 62(2), pp. 240-260. (10.1080/00076791.2018.1426748)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2020. A typology of employers' organisations in the United Kingdom. Economic and Industrial Democracy 41(1), pp. 229-248. (10.1177/0143831X17704499)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2020. The decay and revival of sub-UK employer organisation: a response to Dr. Ritson. Labor History 61(5-6), pp. 417-422. (10.1080/0023656X.2020.1830958)
2019
- Gooberman, L. and Boyns, T. 2019. Public venture capital in a regional economy: The Welsh Development Agency 1976-1994. Enterprise and Society 20(4), pp. 978-1006. (10.1017/eso.2019.15)
- Gooberman, L. and Curtis, B. 2019. The age of factories: the rise and fall of manufacturing in south Wales, 1945-1985. In: Miskell, L. ed. New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Gooberman, L. 2019. 'A very modern kind of English loneliness': John Redwood, the Welsh Office and devolution. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review 29(4), pp. 641-651. (10.16922/whr.29.4.5)
- Gooberman, L. and Boyns, T. 2019. The Welsh Development Agency: activities and impact, 1976 to 2006. In: Miskell, L. ed. New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Demougin, P., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2019. The unexpected survival of employer collective action in the UK. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations 74(2), pp. 353-376. (10.7202/1062087ar)
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2019. Employers' organisations and public value. In: Lindgreen, A. et al. eds. Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice. Routledge, pp. 236-251.
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2019. The decline of Employers' Associations in the UK, 1976 to 2014. Journal of Industrial Relations 61(1), pp. 11-32. (10.1177/0022185617750418)
- Demougin, P., Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2019. Employer organisations transformed. Human Resource Management Journal 29(1), pp. 1-16. (10.1111/1748-8583.12222)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2019. The evolution of employers' organisations in the United Kingdom: extending countervailing power. Human Resource Management Journal 29(1), pp. 82-96. (10.1111/1748-8583.12193)
2018
- Gooberman, L. 2018. The state and post-industrial urban regeneration: the reinvention of south Cardiff. Urban History 45(3), pp. 504-523. (10.1017/S0963926817000384)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2018. Contemporary employer interest representation in the United Kingdom. Work, Employment and Society 32(1), pp. 114-132. (10.1177/0950017017701074)
2017
- Heery, E., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2017. The petroleum driver passport scheme: a case study in reregulation. Industrial Relations Journal 48(3), pp. 274-291. (10.1111/irj.12179)
- Gooberman, L. 2017. From depression to devolution: economy and government in Wales, 1934 to 2006. University of Wales Press.
2016
- Gooberman, L. 2016. Welsh Office exceptionalism, economic development and devolution, 1979 to 1997. Contemporary British History 30(4), pp. 563-583. (10.1080/13619462.2016.1208567)
2015
- Gooberman, L. 2015. Moving mountains: The reclamation of derelict industrial land in post-war Wales. The Welsh History Review 27(3), pp. 528-551.
2014
- Gooberman, L. 2014. Recession and recovery: The Welsh Office and job creation in the 1980s. Llafur 11(3), pp. 115-127.
2013
- Gooberman, L. 2013. Government intervention in the Welsh economy: 1974 to 1997. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Gooberman, L. 2024. The emergence of regional industrial policy in Britain, the case of Wales, 1939 to 1947. Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History 25(4), pp. 1321-1342. (10.1017/eso.2023.44)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2024. Beyond liberalization: Employers' organizations' varied responses to employment law. Employee Relations 46(7), pp. 1550-1565. (10.1108/ER-06-2023-0285)
- Gooberman, L. 2024. ‘A state of almost surreal vice versa’: the devolution referendums in Wales, 1979 and 1997. Contemporary British History 38(2), pp. 299-320. (10.1080/13619462.2023.2239157)
- Gooberman, L. 2024. Public governance of private munitions businesses in regional Britain, the case of Wales, 1938 to 1945. Business History 66(1), pp. 201-220. (10.1080/00076791.2021.1979520)
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2023. Union coalitions and strategic framing: The case of the Agricultural Advisory Panel for Wales. Work, Employment and Society 37(5), pp. 1226-1243. (10.1177/09500170211069787)
- Gooberman, L. 2022. 'Revolution in the coalfields': industrial relations in wartime south Wales, 1939-45. Labor History 63(1), pp. 55-72. (10.1080/0023656X.2022.2056585)
- Demougin, P., Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2021. Revisiting voluntarism: private voluntary regulation by employer forums in the United Kingdom. Journal of Industrial Relations 63(5), pp. 684-705. (10.1177/00221856211038308)
- Gooberman, L. 2020. ‘It’s déjà vu all over again’ : looking back at the Welsh Development Agency. Welsh Economic Review 27, pp. 1-5. (10.18573/wer.252)
- Gooberman, L. 2020. Business failure in an age of globalisation: interpreting the rise and fall of the LG project in Wales, 1995-2006. Business History 62(2), pp. 240-260. (10.1080/00076791.2018.1426748)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2020. A typology of employers' organisations in the United Kingdom. Economic and Industrial Democracy 41(1), pp. 229-248. (10.1177/0143831X17704499)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2020. The decay and revival of sub-UK employer organisation: a response to Dr. Ritson. Labor History 61(5-6), pp. 417-422. (10.1080/0023656X.2020.1830958)
- Gooberman, L. and Boyns, T. 2019. Public venture capital in a regional economy: The Welsh Development Agency 1976-1994. Enterprise and Society 20(4), pp. 978-1006. (10.1017/eso.2019.15)
- Gooberman, L. 2019. 'A very modern kind of English loneliness': John Redwood, the Welsh Office and devolution. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review 29(4), pp. 641-651. (10.16922/whr.29.4.5)
- Demougin, P., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2019. The unexpected survival of employer collective action in the UK. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations 74(2), pp. 353-376. (10.7202/1062087ar)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2019. The decline of Employers' Associations in the UK, 1976 to 2014. Journal of Industrial Relations 61(1), pp. 11-32. (10.1177/0022185617750418)
- Demougin, P., Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2019. Employer organisations transformed. Human Resource Management Journal 29(1), pp. 1-16. (10.1111/1748-8583.12222)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2019. The evolution of employers' organisations in the United Kingdom: extending countervailing power. Human Resource Management Journal 29(1), pp. 82-96. (10.1111/1748-8583.12193)
- Gooberman, L. 2018. The state and post-industrial urban regeneration: the reinvention of south Cardiff. Urban History 45(3), pp. 504-523. (10.1017/S0963926817000384)
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2018. Contemporary employer interest representation in the United Kingdom. Work, Employment and Society 32(1), pp. 114-132. (10.1177/0950017017701074)
- Heery, E., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2017. The petroleum driver passport scheme: a case study in reregulation. Industrial Relations Journal 48(3), pp. 274-291. (10.1111/irj.12179)
- Gooberman, L. 2016. Welsh Office exceptionalism, economic development and devolution, 1979 to 1997. Contemporary British History 30(4), pp. 563-583. (10.1080/13619462.2016.1208567)
- Gooberman, L. 2015. Moving mountains: The reclamation of derelict industrial land in post-war Wales. The Welsh History Review 27(3), pp. 528-551.
- Gooberman, L. 2014. Recession and recovery: The Welsh Office and job creation in the 1980s. Llafur 11(3), pp. 115-127.
Book sections
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2024. Building bridges: forming a union coalition to improve working conditions for agricultural workers in Wales. In: Laroche, M. and Murray, G. eds. Experimenting for Union Renewal: Challenges, Illustrations and Lessons. European Trade Union Institute, pp. 75-81.
- Aranea, M., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2022. Beyond social dialogue: the varied activities of European employers' organizations. In: Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. Contemporary Employers' Organizations Adaptation and Resilience. Routledge, pp. 263-276.
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2022. Employers' organizations and the territorial divergence of employment relations in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. In: Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. Contemporary Employers' Organizations Adaptation and Resilience. Routledge, pp. 213-228.
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2022. The adaptation and resilience of employers' organizations. In: Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. Contemporary Employers' Organizations Adaptation and Resilience. Routledge, pp. 1-20.
- Gooberman, L. and Curtis, B. 2019. The age of factories: the rise and fall of manufacturing in south Wales, 1945-1985. In: Miskell, L. ed. New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Gooberman, L. and Boyns, T. 2019. The Welsh Development Agency: activities and impact, 1976 to 2006. In: Miskell, L. ed. New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2019. Employers' organisations and public value. In: Lindgreen, A. et al. eds. Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice. Routledge, pp. 236-251.
Books
- Gooberman, L. 2025. Waging war and building peace: Mobilising industry in Wales, 1934 to 1947. University of Wales Press.
- Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. eds. 2022. Contemporary employers' organizations: Adaptation and resilience. Routledge Research in Employment Relations. New York: Routledge.
- Gooberman, L. 2017. From depression to devolution: economy and government in Wales, 1934 to 2006. University of Wales Press.
Monographs
- , M., , P., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2021. Handbook of European employers' organisations. Working paper. Hans Böckler Foundation. Available at: https://www.boeckler.de/en/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-008096
- Aranea, M., Gooberman, L. and Hauptmeier, M. 2021. What do European Employers` Organisations do?. Working paper. Hans Böckler Foundation. Available at: https://www.boeckler.de/en/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-008113
Thesis
- Gooberman, L. 2013. Government intervention in the Welsh economy: 1974 to 1997. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
My research interests include:
Employer collective action
Employment Relations/ Political Economy
Regional economic development
Deindustrialisation
Teaching
I have led and delivered various undergraduate and postgraduate modules, and have developed and delivered Welsh medium provision.
I currently teach on:
BS2534, Employment Relations
BS3594, European Business Environment
BS3024, Rheoli Busnes Bach
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD, Cardiff University, ‘Government intervention in the Welsh economy, 1974 to 1997’.
- MPA, University of Liverpool
- B.A (Hons), University of Aberystwyth.
Contact Details
GoobermanLM@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 76563
Aberconway Building, Room Room R34, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
+44 29208 76563
Aberconway Building, Room Room R34, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
