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Dr Leon Gooberman
Reader in Employment Relations and Business History
- Welsh speaking
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.
Publication
2024
- Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2024. Beyond liberalization: Employers' organizations' varied responses to employment law. Employee Relations (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. 2023. The emergence of regional industrial policy in Britain, the case of Wales, 1939 to 1947. Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History (10.1017/eso.2023.44)
- 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 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. 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 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., Hauptmeier, M. and Heery, E. 2024. Beyond liberalization: Employers' organizations' varied responses to employment law. Employee Relations (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. 2023. The emergence of regional industrial policy in Britain, the case of Wales, 1939 to 1947. Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History (10.1017/eso.2023.44)
- 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. 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. 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)
- 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
- 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. 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 co-ordinated and delivered various undergraduate and postgraduate modules, and have developed and delivered Welsh medium provision.
Modules taught include:
BS2534, Employment Relations
BS3594, European Business Environment
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
