Collaborative Research: Understanding New Labor Relations for the 21st Century

这个合作项目调查了近几十年来，随着工业和仓库就业条件的变化，哪些因素导致了劳工组织的区域和部门差异。本研究采用定量调查数据与访谈和田野调查的定性研究相结合的方法来检验这些变量，从而为劳动研究提供了一种新的科学模型。该项目为研究生和博士后提供了科学研究方法方面的高级培训机会。研究结果将通过非学术途径广泛传播。研究人员采用创新的多变量模型来研究劳动关系，整合访谈、调查数据和实地考察，以确定哪些变量有助于劳动力动态的变化。在21世纪劳动力需求异质性不断扩大的背景下，研究人员测试了提高劳动力强度和生产率所涉及的多种因素的影响。这一结果推进了文化人类学、社会学和经济学中关于劳动动力学以及美国经济中商业部门的健康和生产力的科学辩论。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This collaborative project investigates what factors contribute to regional and sectoral variation in labor organizing as the conditions of industrial and warehouse employment have changed in recent decades. The research uses a mixed methodology of quantitative survey data with qualitative insights from interviews and fieldwork to examine these variables and thus provide a new scientific model for the study of labor. The project provides advanced training opportunities in scientific research methods for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The results will be widely disseminated through non-academic pathways.The researchers employ an innovative, multivariate model for the study of labor relations, integrating interviews, survey data, and on-the-ground fieldwork to identify what variables contribute to changing labor force dynamics. The investigators test for the impacts of multiple factors involved in the enhancement of labor strength and productivity in the context of the expanding heterogeneity of the needs of the 21st century workforce. The results advance scientific debates in cultural anthropology, sociology, and economics about labor dynamics and the health and productivity of commercial sectors of the U.S. economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.