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Call for articles for special issue of Employment Relations Record - ER in agriculture/primary sector & supply chains - Issue 1, 2008

Issue 1, 2008, will be a special issue with a focus on the employment relations of agriculture/the primary sector and its related supply chains.  It will be edited by Dr Rupert Tipples, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.  Rupert is New Zealand Vice-President of PERA and joint editor of the New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations.  In 2006 he edited a similar special issue for the NZJER (see Volume 31, no. 1, February 2006). This issue is intended to be more Australasian.

Articles on all primary sector topics will be considered.  Enquiries as to the suitability of topics can be emailed to tipplesr@lincoln.ac.nz.   Further suggestions on primary sector topics are provided on www.ruralemploymentrelations.org.nz .

Notice of an intention to submit a manuscript would be appreciated.   Manuscripts, in the journal's usual style, should be submitted by 1 April 2008 by email to the editor at the above address.

 

  
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