Kirsty Newsome is Reader in Employment Relations at the University of Sheffield and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures at the University of Leicester, UK. Phil Taylor is Professor of Work and Employment Studies in the Department of Human Resource Management and also Vice Dean International in Strathclyde Business School at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Jennifer Bair is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Al Rainnie is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Business School, University of Western Australia, Australia.