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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER
Paper should be 3000-3500 words including everything except the title page and DOUBLE SPACED.
Paper should be a 10-15 page paper.
Paper should tell a "story" or address a particular question or issue of relevance to the paper. It should also cohere into a unified whole.
Use Sub-headings and be careful on the grammar.
Since the paper compares 2 countries, actively compare, referring back and forth as you go. Don’t just describe each in isolation from the other.
Paper must have good introductions, addressing what the paper is about, why this is of Interest/importance, and how the paper is laid out (i.e., what is addressed and in what order). Introductions should be from half-a-page to a page-and-a-half.
Citations belong in the body of the paper, in brackets. Include in-text citations.
Sources must be listed alphabetically, by the last name of the author or, if no author, the name of the source cited.
The paper is to involve an original library search and to be based primarily on academic journals and books; roughly 5 to 10 reasonably current (5-10 years) published academic sources preferably from a university library NOT Google.
Don’t use any non-academic sources e.g., newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, or any sources with questionable objectivity.
Bibliographies belong at the end of the paper. They are to include all sources cited in the paper.
Footnotes should be used sparingly, normally to elaborate on a point made in the text of the paper.
The countries you’ll work with are JAPAN & CANADA.
You can choose between the 3 options listed below on which to write on and outline which you chose.
THE 3 OPTIONS
Paper must have a comparative IR/HRM focus and should ideally draw
on themes or concepts from the course. In general, you may:
(1) compare and attempt to explain similarities and differences between
two or more nations with respect to one or more specific aspects of IR/HRM, or
(2) focus on a particular country, but analyse it from a comparative
perspective, comparing to another country or other countries where relevant, or
(3) go into greater detail than does the course with respect to a particular topic or theme, either in general (e.g., the role of states) or in a particular country other than Canada (e.g., works councils in Germany), drawing implications for other countries or for IR/HR in general.
Suggested Journal Sources: This does not include all possible quality sources but will be appreciated if one or more is used.
British Journal of Industrial Relations (UK)
Industrial Relations Journal (UK)
Industrial and Labor Relations Review (U.S.)
Industrial Relations (U.S.)
International Journal of Human Resource Management (UK)
Human Resource Management Journal (UK)
Human Resource Management Review (US)
Asian Pacific Journal of Human Resources
European Journal of Industrial Relations (U.K. )
Socio-Economic Review
Work, Employment, and Society (U.K)
Economic and Industrial Democracy (Sweden)
Relations Industrielles (Canada)
Journal of Industrial Relations (Australia)
International Labour Review
