James ScovilleGrad School Committee Member
Professor

James Scoville
CSOM Human Rsc & Industr Rel,
3-289 CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/624-1579
scovi001@umn.edu


Education
AB, 1961, Economics, Oberlin College
AM, 1963, Economics, Harvard Univ.
PhD, 1965, Economics, Harvard Univ.

Research

Expertise
International and comparative industrial relations
Labor markets in developing countries

Current Research
Social dialogue in the commerce sector
Theories of the labor movement
Worker participation
Third World urban employment problems


Publications

Major Publications

  • "Compensation: the American Way" with Ross Azevedo, Journal of Comparative International Management, December 2001
  • "Segmentation in the Market for Child Labor: the Economics of Child Labor Revisited," American Journal of Economics & Sociology, July 2002
  • "The Latin Model of Compensation", with Laura Moran and Nora Wilmot Ragatz, Journal of Comparative International Management, December 2001
  • "Was Lenin Truly Taylorized?" Industrial Relations, April 2004
  • "Discarding facts - the Economics of Caste," Review of Development Economics, August 2003
  • "The Taylorization of Vladimir Ilich Lenin," Industrial Relations, Spring 2001
  • "Labor Market Underpinnings of a Caste Economy: Foiling the Coase Theorem", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, October 1996
  • "New Tasks for the Theory of the Labor Movement: New Beginnings in Eastern Europe", Labour, Winter 1995
  • "The Traditional Industrial Sector: An Update on its Role and Functioning", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, July 1986
  • "The Labor Market in Pre-revolutionary Iran", Economic Development and Cultural Change, October 1985
  • "Afghan Labor Markets: A Model of Interdependence, Industrial Relations," Oct. 1974
  • "A Theory of Jobs and Training," Industrial Relations, October 1969.
  • "Organizing our Thoughts about Workers' Participation, Labour and Society," July 1980
  • "Remuneration in Afghan Industry," Intl. Lab. Rev., April 1969

Books

  • "Ethics of Human Resources and Industrial Relations," 2005 IRRA/LERA Research volume, edited with John Budd.
  • "Status Influences in Third World Labor Markets: Caste, Gender and Custom," DeGruyter, 1991
  • "The International Labor Movement In Transition", edited with Adolf Sturmthal, Univ of Illinois Press, 1971
  • "The Job Content of the US Economy", McGraw-Hill, 1969
  • "Manpower and Occupational Analysis: Concepts and Measurements," DC Heath 1972
  • "Perspectives on Poverty and Income Distribution," DC Heath, 1971

Other Publications

  • "Moral Philosophy, Business Ethics, and the Employment Relationship," with John Budd in Budd and Scoville, eds. (above).
  • "Non-western Ethical Frameworks," with John Lawler and Xiang Yi, in Budd and Scoville, eds., (above)

Instruction

Courses

Spring, 2010
HRIR 5054 Public Policies on Employee Benefits: Social Safety Nets Sec.  001


Service

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Human Resource Development Review
  • Perspectives on Work

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • Vice President, Annual Program chair (1998), President (1999), International Section of the Industrial Relations Research Association
  • Program Committee member, Industrial Relations Research Association
  • Chair, International Industrial Relations Association study group on urban labor markets

Community Relationships

  • Consultant for USAID, International Labor Office, UNDP
  • Listed on the Minnesota and Iowa PERB Arbitration Rosters and FMCS Roster
  • Labor-Management arbitrator