Wayne State University School of Business Administration

James E. Martin

Professor of Management and Industrial Relations

james.martin@wayne.edu
(313) 577-4485

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., Washington University, 1973
  • MBA, Washington University, 1968
  • BA, Antioch College, 1966

Teaching Interests

  • Labor Relations
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Human Resources Management

Research Interests

  • Union Stewards
  • Contract Ratification and Strike Votes
  • Dual and Union Commitment
  • Scheduling
  • Part-Time Work
  • Pay Systems

Publications & Presentations

  • "A typology of the part-time workforce: Differences on job attitudes and turnover", 2007,(with Sinclair), Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
  • "Factors affecting turnover in different groups of part-time workers", 2006, (with Senter), Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meetings, Dallas, TX.
  • "Examining some assumptions about lower income entry-level workers" 2006 (with Sinclair), Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meetings, Dallas, TX.
  • "Voting in an officer election: Testing a model in a multi-site local". 2005, (with Sherman), Journal of Labor Research.
  • "Models of strike propensity: A replication and longitudinal extension", 2005 (with Sinclair), Academy of Management meetings, Honolulu, HI.
  • "The effects of multiple mobility measures on retail employee turnover". 2005 (with Charles, Dezsofi, and Sinclair) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.
  • "Pay compression and pay dispersion: An application of equity theory". 2005 (with Boyce), Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.
  • "Strike Propensities: A Multiple Motive Approach", 2004, (with Sinclair). Advances in Psychology Research, S. Shohov, ed., Vol. 28, 2004, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • "Understanding the Organizational Attachments of Diverse Part-time Retail Workers", 2003 (with Sinclair), Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.
  • "A Threat - Appraisal Perspective on Employees, Fears about Antisocial Workplace Behavior", 2002, (with Sinclair and Croll), Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
  • "A Multiple Motive Perspective on Strike Propensities", 2001, (with Sinclair), Journal of Organizational Behavior.
  • "Employee Acceptance of the Crew Chief Program in the Postal Service: An Analysis with Pre and Post Data", 2001, Advances in Industry and Labor Relations.
  • "Full-time and Part-time Subgroup Differences in Job Attitudes and Demographic Characteristics," 1999, (with Sinclair and Michel), Journal of Vocational Behavior.
  • "Dual and Unilateral Loyalty: Methodological, Conceptual and Practical Issues," 1999, (with Magenau), Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations.
  • "Violence in public schools: Risk factors, consequences, and intervention strategies," 1999, (with Sinclair and Croll), Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago, IL.
  • "Testing Gordon and Ladd's (1990) framework of dual loyalty", 1999, (with Borovsky and Magenau), Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meetings, Atlanta, GA.
  • "Two-tier Wage Structures", 1997, in The Blackwell Dictionary of Human Resource Management, part of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management.
  • "Modeling the Influence of Steward Satisfaction and Participation on Perceived Union Influence," 1997, (with Sinclair, Tetrick, and McMillan), The Future of Trade Unionism: International Perspectives on Emerging Union Structures.
  • "When a Gain Comes at a Price: Pay Attitudes After Changing Tier Status," 1996, (with Lee), Industrial Relations.
  • "Predicting the Outcome of a Contract Ratification Vote," 1995, (with Berthiaume), Academy of Management Journal.
  • "An Exploratory Study of Employee Perceptions of Lump-Sum Payments," 1994, (with Heetderks), Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations.
  • "Stress and the Union Steward's Role," 1993, (with Berthiaume), Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management
  • Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly Industrial Relations Research Association)
  • The Bargaining Group