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Sarosh C Kuruvilla

Professor

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

  • collective bargaining
  • conflict prevention and resolution
  • curriculum design
  • dispute resolution
  • distance learning
  • economic development
  • education and workforce preparedness
  • industrial relations Systems
  • international studies
  • labor law
  • mutual gains and win/win bargaining
  • economic and workforce development
  • labor relations
  • work and the global economy
  • industrial relations and human resource policies for economic development
  • skills development for economic development
  • labor policy in developing countries
  • industrial relations transformation
  • transnational labor relations
  • Asian development
  • External Research Director, ILO Multinational Project on Development of Measures of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining.
  • Institutional Features of Skills Development and Policy Implications for Developing Countries: A Comparative Investigation.
  • Peak Level Tripartism in Singapore and Korea,
  • Issues in India’s outsourcing industry 

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. Business Administration, University of Iowa, December 1989        
  • Post Graduate Honors Diploma, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations   Xavier Labor Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, India. June 1979‑May 1981.               
  • Bachelor of Commerce and Industrial Organization, University of Madras, India. 1976-1979.

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Changwon Lee and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 2006. The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Large-size enterprises in Korea: Appraisals of Korean enterprise unionism. Seoul:  Korea Labor Institute.  
  • Kuruvilla, S. (2006). Sustainable workforce development: The paths of Singapore and India (Impact Brief #4). Ithaca, NY: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/4
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla. 2006.  Social Dialogue for Decent Work. In Dharam Ghai (Ed)  “Decent Work: Objectives and Strategies”.  International Institute for Labor Studies, ILO. 2006.
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla, 2006. Conclusion: Large Firm Industrial Relations at the Cross-roads. In Changwon Lee and Sarosh Kuruvilla (Eds) The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Large-size enterprises in Korea: Appraisals of Korean Enterprise Unionism. Korea Labor Institute. Forthcoming
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla and Anil Verma (2006).  Hard Law, Soft Law, and the Roles of National Governments in the International Labor Standards Debate. Journal of Industrial Relations. Volume 48, no 1. 
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla and Ariel Avgar. 2006.  Review of Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.  Volume 59, no 2. pp 326-329.
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla. 2007. Skills Development in Singapore and India’s Outsourcing Sector.  In Dennis Rondinelli and John Heffron (EDs). Globalization and Policy. Lynne Reiner: 2007 Forthcoming
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Anil Verma. (2004). Globalization, Logics of Action, International Labor Standards, and National Government Roles. Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy, Volume 4, No. 2. pp 25-44 
  • Tony Edwards  and Sarosh Kuruvilla. International HRM: national business systems, organizational politics and the international division of labour in MNCs, International Journal of HRM. Volume 16, no 1, January 2005, 1-21.
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla and Anil Verma. 2004.  Logics of Action, Global Labor Standards, and National Government Roles. KLI Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy. Vol 4.
  • Christopher Erickson, Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Rene Ofreneo. Globalization and Industrial Relations in the Philippines. Industrial Relations. April 2003.
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla ,Christopher Erickson and Alvin Hwang. 2002. An Assessment of the Singapore Skills Development System: Lessons for Developing Countries. World Development. Forthcoming in the August 2002 issue (Vol. 30,No. 8), pp. 1461-1476 
  • Stephen Frenkel and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 2002. Logics of Action, Globalization, and Employment Relations Change in China, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Industrial and Labor Relations Review,  Vol 55, no. 3 (April). Pp.387-412
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla and Christopher Erickson. 2002.  Change and Transformation in Asian Industrial Relations. Industrial Relations.  Volume 41, no 2 (April) , 171-228
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla, Subesh Das, Hyunji Kwon and Soon-won Kwon. 2002.   Union Growth, Decline and Revitalization in Asia. British Journal of Industrial Relations,  Vol 40, No. 3, September, pp.431-463
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla and Adam Lee. 2002.  The Changing Social Contract in Asia. Global Business Review,   Volume 2,  no. 2, 259-288. 
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla, Stephen Frenkel and David Peetz. 2002.  MNCs as Important Diffusers of Best ractice Employment Relations  in Developing Nations: Discussion and Propositions based on Selected Case Studies. in W.M. Cooke Ed, Multinational Companies &Transnational Workplace Issues. Quorum Books: Forthcoming 2002.
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla and Stephen Frenkel. 2001. Globalization and Workplace Relations in the Electronics Industries in India, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines.  Indian Journal of Labour Economics Vol.44, No.3. July-September 2001.  pp.429-446.   
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla. Globalization, Workers, and Industrial Relations Institutions in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia Bulletin, Fall-Winter 2000-2001. Cornell University. pp. 12-16
  • Assessing the Progress of Countries on Social Dialogue: Development of New Indicators. International Institute for Labor Studies, ILO, Geneva. October: 2003.
  • Decent Work and Social Dialogue: Concepts and Measurement. ILO, Forthcoming 2003.
  • Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Developing World. (Eds) Sarosh Kuruvilla and Bryan Mundell. Monographs in Organizational behavior and Industrial Relations, Volume 25 . Stamford, CT:  JAI Press, 1999
  • Globalization and Industrial Relations in India. A Study of Industries and Firms. 2000. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Wesley Hiers. ILO: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific: Bangkok,.
  • Globalization and Employment Relations in the Philippines. 2000. Sarosh Kuruvilla, Mark Anner, Christopher Erickson, Maragtas Amante, Rene Ofreneo and Ina Ortiz.  ILO: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific: Bangkok.
  • Regionalization and Industrial Relations in ASEAN. 2000.  Sarosh Kuruvilla, Corinne Osborne and Byron Gibson. ILO: Geneva, Forthcoming
  • How Do Nations Develop Skills? Lessons from the Skill Development Experiences of Singapore. 2000. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Rodney Chua. Global Business Review, Vol 1, No. Jan-June 2000,  pp. 11-49.
  • The Impact of Globalization on Economies and Industrial Relations Systems: Theory and Evidence. Sarosh Kuruvilla. 2000. In C.S. Venkataratnam and A Sivananthiran (Eds), Globalization, Labour Management Relations in South Asia.  New Delhi: ILO-SAAT and IIRA.
  • Transnational Labor Relations in Asia, Problems and Prospects. 2000 Sarosh Kuruvilla.   Geneva: ILO, Forthcoming.
  • Globalization and Employment Relations in South Asia. 1999. Sarosh Kuruvilla, ILO: New Delhi. 
  • Globalization and Employment Relations:  A Framework for Research. 1997.  Sarosh Kuruvilla. ILO EASTMAT: Bangkok
  • Member-Union Relations in Korea.  Stephen Frenkel and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 1999. British Journal of Industrial Relations: vol 37, no. 4, 559-575
  • What is Industrial Relations Transformation? Chris Erickson and Sarosh Kuruvilla. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol 52. No. 1, (October), 1998.
  • Industrial Relations Implications of the Asian Financial Crisis. Christopher L. Erickson and Sarosh Kuruvilla. Perspectives on Work. IRRA, 1998, Vol 2, No.1, pp.
  • Kuruvilla-The Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Relations: A rejoinder. 1999. Industrial Relations Journal. Volume 29, No. 1, March 1998, pp. 78-82.
  • Industrialization Strategies and National Industrial Relations Policy in Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and India. 1996. Sarosh Kuruvilla Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol 49, no. 4, pp. 635-657. 
  • National Industrialization Strategies and their Influence on Workplace HR Practices: Case Studies in Malaysia and the Philippines. 1996. Sarosh Kuruvilla  Human Resource Management Journal. Vol 6 no. 3 1996
  • Economic Development, Industrial Relations and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century in South and Southeast Asia. Past Trends and Future Directions. Sarosh Kuruvilla. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 27. No 1, March 1996.
  • Asian Growth Triangles.  Basu Sharma, Anil Verma, and Sarosh Kuruvilla. In Udo Staber, Norm Schaefer and Basu Sharma, eds., Business Networks, Production Clusters, and Industrial Districts: Making the Most of Complexity.  Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1996. 
  • New Conceptualizations: Development and test of an Integrated Theory. Magnus Sverke and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 1996.  Journal of Organizational Behavior Volume 16. Pp. 505-533. 
  • Antecedents of Union Loyalty; The effect of individual dispositions and organizational context. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Ricky Iverson. 1996.  Journal of Organizational Behavior. Volume 16, pp. 557-583.
  • Industrialization Strategies and Industrial Relations Policy in Malaysia. Sarosh Kuruvilla. In Stephen Frenkel and Jeffrey Harrod (Eds) Industrialization and Labor Relations: Contemporary Research in Seven Countries Ithaca, ILR Press: 1996.
  • Labor Costs and the Social Dumping Debate in the European Union. Christopher Erickson and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 1995.   Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol 48 no.1 (October) 28-48.  
  • The Linkages between Industrialization Strategies, National Industrial Relations Policies, and Workplace IR/HR Policies in Southeast Asia. Sarosh Kuruvilla. In  Kerstin Wever and Lowell Turner (Eds.) Comparative Political Economy of Industrial Relations. The 1995 IRRA Research Volume
  • Economic Development, National Industrial Relations Policies, and Workplace IR/HR Practices in Malaysia. 1995. . Sarosh Kururvilla and Ponniah Arudsothy. In Thomas A. Kochan, Anil Verma, Russell Lansbury, in Industrial Relations and Human resource Management in an Era of Global Markets: An Asia-Pacific Perspective, Routledge: New York:  1995.  
  • Who will help?: The Determinants of Willingness to Work for Unions.  Sarosh Kuruvilla and Jack Fiorito. 1994.  Relations Industrielles, Vol 49, No. 3,
  • Swedish Professionals: Gender Differences. 1994.  Charles Mueller, Sarosh Kuruvilla and Ricky Iverson. Social Forces, Vol 72, no. 2, 555-573.
  • Industrial Relations Reform in S. Korea: Principles and Policies in IR Systems Design. 1994. Sarosh Kuruvilla, Harry Katz, and Lowell Turner.  Seoul: Korea Labor Institute 
  • Does Dual Commitment Underlie Company and Union Commitment? Evidence from Australia, Sweden, and the United States. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Ricky Iverson. 1994.  Research and Practice in Human Resource Management. Volume 3, no. 1. 
  • American Trade Unions and Public Approval: Can Unions Please All of the People All of the Time? Paul Jarley and Sarosh Kuruvilla. Journal of Labor Research. Vol XV, no. 2 (Spring) 1994, pp. 97-116. 
  • Unit Labor Cost Differentials in the EC. Christopher Erickson and Sarosh Kuruvilla. In Sanford M. Jacoby (Ed.), National Labor, Global Capital: Societal Responses to Economic Integration in Asia, Europe and North America. Oxford University Press. 1994  
  • NAFTA, AFTA, and Industrial Relations in ASEAN. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Adam Pagnucco. 1994.  In Harry C. Katz and Maria Cook (Eds.) Regional Integration and Industrial Relations in North America.  Institute for Collective Bargaining: Ithaca, 233-254.  
  • "Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining". Harry Katz, Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Lowell Turner. In Impediments to Competitive Labor Markets: An Overview of Policy and Research Issues. The World Bank. 1994.  
  • An Investigation of Member-Union Attitude Formation: Evidence from Sweden and Canada. 1993. Sarosh Kuruvilla, Daniel G Gallagher, and Kurt Wetzel. Industrial and Labor Relations Review,  Vol 46, No. 3 (April) pp. 499-515
  • "Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining: Suggestions for Emerging Democracies in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union"  1993. Harry Katz, Sarosh Kuruvilla and Lowell Turner. In Silverman, Vogt, and Yanowitch (Eds). Double Shift: Transforming Work in Post Socialist and Post Industrial Societies.  New York: Sharpe  
  • Union Commitment in Australia. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Ricky Iverson.  Journal of Industrial Relations.. Vol 35, No. 3, (Sept) 1993. 
  • Two Dimensions of Union Commitment Based on the Theory of Reasoned Action: Cross-cultural Comparisons. Sarosh Kuruvilla and Magnus Sverke. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, Vol 1. No. 1 pp. 1-16. 1993.
  • "Swedish Wage Earner Funds: An Experiment in Economic Democracy". 1992.  Jonas Pontusson and Sarosh Kuruvilla. 1992. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Volume 45, No.4, (July) pp. 779-92.
  • "The Importance of Member Union Relations as a Determinant of Global Union Satisfaction: Additional Evidence". 1992. Paul Jarley, Sarosh Kuruvilla and Douglas Casteel. Industrial Relations. Vol 29, No 1, (Winter) 1990.  128-135.
  • "The Implications of Europe 1992 for Labor Management Relations: Comment." 1992. Sarosh Kuruvilla. In Harry C Katz ed., The Future of Industrial Relations, Ithaca: Institute for Collective Bargaining, 1991.
  • "Union Participation in Japan", Sarosh Kuruvilla, Jack Fiorito, Daniel G. Gallagher and Mitsuru Wakabayashi. 1990.  Industrial and Labor Relations  Review. Vol 43, No. 4, (April) 1990. 374-390.
  • "Industrial Dispute Resolution in India: Theory and Practice.". 1987. Paul Lansing and  Sarosh Kuruvilla Loyola of  Los Angeles International and Comparative law Journal, Vol 9, no.2, 1987, pp.  345‑375.
  • "US Business Divestment in S. Africa: In who's best interest?" 1988.  Paul Lansing and Sarosh Kuruvilla  Journal of Business Ethics. Vol 7, 1988, 561-574.       
  • "Job Reservation in India". 1986. Paul Lansing and Sarosh Kuruvilla, Labor Law Journal, Vol 37, no 9, Sept 1986, pp 653‑659. Review of Gordon and Turner. Journal of Labor Research. Forthcoming. 
  • Review of "Inclusive Unionism" by Jelle Visser. Sarosh Kuruvilla Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol 45 No. 2 (January 1992), pp. 392-398.
  • Review of "Comparative Industrial Relations: Contemporary Research and Theory" by Roy Adams. Sarosh Kuruvilla Industrial and Labor Relations Review,  Vol 46, no. 4 (July 1993). 
  • Review "The ILO in Africa" by Kwamina Panford. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
  • Review of Brian Levine Worker Rights and Labor Standards in Asia’s four new tigers. A Comparative Perspective. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol 52, no. 3, April 1999 pp. 487-488. 
  • Review of Keith Whitfield and George Strauss. Researching the World of Work. Strategies and methods in Studying Industrial Relations. Cornell University Press.
  • Review of Globalization and Labour Relations edited by Peter Leisink, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, British Journal of industrial Relations.