James Martin

Emeritus Professor of Management and Industrial Relations

Faculty areas of expertise

Labor relations, Collective bargaining, Compensation administration, Union stewards, Contract ratification, Union loyalty, Part-time work, Work satisfaction, Effective crew chief utilization

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Mike Ilitch School of Business
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Detroit, MI 48201

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Biography

JAMES E. MARTIN, PhD
James E. Martin is Emeritus Professor of Management and Industrial Relations in Wayne State University’s (WSU) Mike Ilitch School of Business. He has a Ph.D. and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, and a BA from Antioch College. His research focused on applying behavioral science methods and theory to labor relations and human resource topics and problems in unionized work settings, and was funded by numerous unions, employers, and foundations. He has published over 60 scholarly articles and chapters, including articles in the top refereed journals in the both the management and industrial relations areas, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Industrial Relations, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Journal of Labor Research. He has also presented many papers at learned societies such as the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association.

He has two written books, including the 1990 250-page research monograph, Two-Tier Compensation Structures: Their Impact on Unions, Employers, and Employees, published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, which was awarded 1 of 6 Wayne State University Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Awards in 1991. He received several honors from the School of Business including, the School of Business Administration Board of Visitors Faculty Fellowship from 2006-2008, the School of Business Administration Distinguished Research Award in 2002, and the School of Business Administration Distinguished Faculty Award in 1987 and 1997. He has served on the faculty of Antioch College from 1969-1971 and the University of Illinois at Springfield from 1972-1976. He was formerly employed by the Illinois Office of Collective Bargaining, and has done consulting with several unions and employers. He presented expert testimony on two-tier compensation structures in the 1992 US Postal Service-Postal Workers Union arbitration, in the 2013 US Postal Service-Mailhandlers Union arbitration and the 2017 State of Illinois Corrections Department-AFSCME arbitration.