Where do we stand in industral relations and human resources, Morley Gunderson and Anil Verma; an reinterpretation of the historical foundations of the Wagner Act, Bruce Kaufman; critical junctures in the transformation of industrial relations systems - a comparative study, Christopher Erickson and Surosh Kuruvilla; employee communciations - a new analytical overview, Morris Kleiner and Chang-Ruey Ay; successor unions and the evolution of industrial relations in former Communist countries, Derek Jones; the evolution of HRM policies and practices in Japan, Motohiro Morishima; the role of loyalty in exit and voice - a conceptual and empirical analysis, David Lewin and Karen Boroff; regulating the workplace - the vexing problem of implementation, David Weil; unions, human resource innovations and organizational outcomes, John Delaney; the financial power of public employee unions, Marick Masters.