Ronald L. Seeber

People/Emeriti faculty
Professor Emeritus
Global Labor and Work
Ron Seeber

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CV
RLS+C+V++May+2013.pdf
Websites
Advancing Cornell as New York State's Land Grant University
Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution
Overview

Ron Seeber is a Senior Vice Provost at Cornell University and a Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations. He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University in 1975. He attended the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he received his A.M. (1977) and Ph.D. (1981).

As Senior Vice Provost, he is responsible for the social science infrastructure units, which support social scientists across all the colleges and include the Survey Research Institute, the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research, the Institute for Social Sciences and the Institute for Advancement of Economics. He also works with the Provost to oversee and advance social science and management science initiatives across the colleges.

In 2005 Professor Seeber was appointed the Vice Provost for Land Grant Affairs. He continues in that role by serving as the coordinator of the four New York State Contract Colleges at Cornell, and represents the University in its dealing with the State University of New York and the state government. In addition, his office supports the broader land grant mission of the University in all of the colleges. The ROTC programs on campus also report directly through Dr. Seeber to the provost.

Professor Seeber was appointed to the faculty at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1980, and became the Associate Dean and Director of Extension in 1987, a position in which he served until the end of 1999. He is also an Associate Director of the Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.

Professor Seeber has taught and conducted research on a wide variety of topics related to labor-management relations, negotiations and dispute resolution. He is the author or editor of seven books and monographs on labor relations and dispute resolution, as well as numerous scholarly articles and book chapters.

Teaching Statement 

I teach in the areas of collective bargaining, and more generally negotiation and dispute resolution.

Research Statement 

My research focus has been on negotiations, conflict resolution, industrial relations in various private sector industries, as well as conflict management in organizations.

Publications

Journal Articles

  • , , , & . . Adverse Selection and Incentives in an Early Retirement Program. Research in Labor Economics, 36, 159-190.
  • , , & . . The Arbitration of Employment Disputes in the Securities Industry. Dispute Resolution Journal, 65(1), 12; 54-61.
  • , & . . The Transformation of the Social Contract in the U.S. Workplace and the Emergence of New Strategies of Dispute Resolution. Human Resources and Employment Review.
  • , & . . What We Know and Don’t Know About Mediation. Business Law Today.
  • , & . . The Union Response to Employer-Initiated Drug Testing Programs. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 2(1).
  • , & . . The Decline in Union Success in NLRB Representation Elections. Industrial Relations, 22.
  • , , & . . Grievance Mediation: A Route to Resolution for the Cost Conscious 1980s. Labor Law Journal, 33.

Book Chapters

  • , , & . . Social Capital and the Labor Movement. In New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment: Revitalizing Industrial Relations as an Academic Enterprise. (pp. 89-109). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • , & . . Managing Organizational Conflicts. In The Sage Handbrook of Conflict Communication. (pp. 359-390). Sage Publications.
  • , , & . . An Uncertain Destination: On the Development of Conflict Management Systems in U.S. Corporations. In Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Employment Arena. (pp. 109-151). Kluwer Law International.
  • , , , , & . . The Context for Organizing Research. In Organizing to Win. Cornell University Press.
  • , & . . Looking Ahead: The Future of Labor Relations. In Under the Stars: Essays on Labor Relations in Arts and Entertainment. Cornell University Press.
  • , & . . Under the Stars. In Under the Stars: Essays on Labor Relations in Arts and Entertainment. Cornell University Press.
  • , , , & . . The Context for the Reform of Labor Law. In Restoring the Promise of American Labor Law. Cornell University Press.
  • . . Trade Union Growth and Decline: The Movement and the Individual. In The State of the Unions. Industrial Relations Research Association.
  • . . Agricultural Machinery. In Collective Bargaining in American Industry: Selected Studies. D.C. Heath.
  • . . Internal Organizing for Political Action. In Union Power in the Future. ILR Labor Studies Program.
  • . . Union Organizing in the Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1976. In Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations. JAI Press.

Conference Proceedings

  • , , , & . . Managing the Politics of Evaluation: Lessons from the Evaluation of ADR Programs.
  • , & . . Dispute Resolution in the Changing Workplace.
  • , & . . The Social Contract and Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of the Social Contract in the U.S. Workplace and the Emergence of New Strategies of Dispute Resolution.
  • , , , & . . The Arbitration Profession in Transition: Final Report to the National Academy of Arbitrators.
  • , , & . . The Arbitration Profession in Transition: Preliminary Results from a Survey of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
  • , & . . The Growth of Alternative Dispute Resolution in U.S. Employment Relations: Privatizing the American System of Justice.
  • . . The Labor Education / Industrial Relations Nexus: Challenges and Opportunities.

Research Reports

  • . . The Impacts of a Merger or Consolidation for the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA).
  • , , & . . The Energy Industry Gainsharing Handbook.
  • , , , & . . Final Report: Developing a Mediation Program for the U.S. Department of Labor: An Evaluation of a Pilot Program for Enforcement Cases.
  • , , & . . An Evaluation of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Pilot Program for Alternative Dispute Resolution.
  • , , & . . The Arbitration Profession in Transition: A Survey of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
  • , & . . The Appropriate Resolution of Corporate Disputes: A Report on the Growing Use of ADR by U.S. Corporations.
  • , , , , & . . An Evaluation of the Industrial Division of the IBEW: Prospects for Renewal.
  • , & . . Agricultural Labor Markets in New York State and Implications for Labor Policy.
  • , & . . The Impact of Technological Change on Labor Relations in the Arts and Entertainment Industry.
  • , & . . Scientific and Technical Personal in Energy Related Activities: Current Situation and Future Requirements.

Books

  • , , & . . Emerging Systems for Managing Workplace Conflict: Lessons from American Corporations for Managers and Dispute Resolution Professionals. Jossey-Bass.
  • , & . . Under the Stars: Essays on Labor Relations in Arts and Entertainment. ILR Press.
  • . . Restoring the Promise of American Labor Law (co-editor). Cornell University Press.
  • . . Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Special Issue on Labor Relations and Unions (co-editor). JAI Press.
  • , , & . . Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations. Prentice-Hall.

Magazine Publications

  • , , & . . The Future of Employment Conflict Resolution Systems. International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, 21(9), 169-175.
  • , & . . Top General Counsels Support ADR: Fortune 1000 Lawyers Comment on Its Status and Future. American Bar Association, 8(4), 24-28.

Policy Report

  • , , & . . The Phase II Project Labor Agreement at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations: History and Update.

Book Sections

  • , , , , & . . Organizing to Win: Introduction.

Professional activities

  • Arbitrating Employment Disputes in the Financial Services Industry: An Analysis of the Experience, 1988-2008. Presented to Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. Ithaca, NY. 2010.

Honors and Awards

  • IFC/Panhellenic Council Award for Teaching, Cornell University.
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