J. Ryan Lamare
Updated July 2026
Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
Appointments
London School of Economics and Political Science — Department of Management
2024–
Professor
2024–
Faculty Group Lead, Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
2024–
PhD Programme Director
Previous Positions
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — School of Labor and Employment Relations
2022–2024
Reuben G. Soderstrom International Labor Relations Professor
2021–2022
Professor
2017–2021
Associate Professor
2015–2017
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University — School of Labor and Employment Relations
2012–2015
Assistant Professor
University of Manchester — People, Management, and Organisations Division
2010–2011
Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor)
University of Limerick — Department of Personnel and Employment Relations
2008–2010
Research Scholar
Education
Cornell University — School of Industrial and Labor Relations
2008
PhD2005MS2004BS
Editorial Positions
2024–
Editor-in-Chief, British Journal of Industrial Relations
2020–2024
Editor-in-Chief, Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
2022–2024
Associate Editor, Labour and Industry
Editorial Advisory Boards
2022–
Human Resource Management
2016–
Human Resource Management Review
2014–
Human Resource Management Journal
Special Issue Guest Editor
2024–
ILR Review — political parties, political systems, and industrial relations
2020–2023
Industrial Relations — the impacts of COVID-19 on employment relations
2015–2016
Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations — conflict management
Honours & Awards
2023
James G. Scoville Best International/Comparative Industrial Relations Paper (LERA)
2018
Luis Aparicio Prize, runner-up (ILERA)
2015
John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar (LERA)
2010
Thomas A. Kochan & Stephen R. Sleigh Best Dissertation, honourable mention (LERA)
Publications
Books
2023
Ariel C. Avgar, Deborah Hann, J. Ryan Lamare, and David Nash, eds. The Evolution of Workplace Dispute Resolution: International Perspectives. LERA Annual Research Volume.
Journal Articles
2026
Kwon Hee Han, Tingting Zhang, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Methods for Studying Union Effects: A Review and Comparative Analysis of Empirical Industrial Relations Literature”. Industrial Relations Journal 57(3): 205–231.
2025
John W. Budd and J. Ryan Lamare. “Organizational Governance and Trade-Offs Between Pay and Subjective Employee Well-Being: A Comparative Analysis”. British Journal of Industrial Relations 63(2): 305–322.
2024
J. Ryan Lamare, Richard A. Benton, and Patricia Michel Tabarani. “An Empirical Analysis of Race and Political Partisanship Effects on Workplace Mobility Outcomes during Lockdown, Reopening, and Endemic COVID-19”. ILR Review 77(4): 475–505.
2023
Tony Dobbins, Stewart Johnstone, Marta Kahancová, J. Ryan Lamare, and Adrian Wilkinson. “Comparative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Work and Employment — Why Industrial Relations Institutions Matter”. Industrial Relations 62(2): 115–125.
2023
John W. Budd, Stewart Johnstone, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Never ‘One-Size-Fits-All’: Mick Marchington’s Unique Voice on Voice, from Micro-Level Informality to Macro-Level Turbulence”. Human Resource Management Journal 33(3): 539–550.
2023
Hye Jin Rho, Christine A. Riordan, Christian Lyhne Ibsen, J. Ryan Lamare, and Maite Tapia. “Do Workers Speak Up When Feeling Job Insecure? Examining Workers’ Response to Precarity during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Work and Occupations 50(1): 97–129.
2022
Weihao Li, J. Ryan Lamare, and Robert Bruno. “Does Union Canvassing Affect Voter Turnout in Times of Political Duress? Empirical Evidence from Illinois”. Labor Studies Journal 47(3): 213–240.
2022
J. Ryan Lamare and John W. Budd. “The Relative Importance of Industrial Relations Ideas in Politics: A Quantitative Analysis of Political Party Manifestos across 54 Countries”. Industrial Relations 61(1): 22–49.
2021
John W. Budd and J. Ryan Lamare. “The Importance of Political Systems for Trade Union Membership, Coverage, and Influence: Theory and Comparative Evidence”. British Journal of Industrial Relations 59(3): 757–787.
2021
Aibak Hafeez and J. Ryan Lamare. “An Empirical Examination of How Third-Party Neutral Sourcing and Qualification Differences Affect Employment ADR Practice Usage: Evidence from the Fortune 1000”. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations 26: 125–144.
2020
J. Ryan Lamare. “The Devil Is in the Details: Attorney Effects on Employment Arbitration Outcomes”. ILR Review 73(2): 456–478.
2020
David B. Lipsky, Ariel C. Avgar, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Organizational Conflict Resolution and Strategic Choice: Evidence from a Survey of Fortune 1000 Firms”. ILR Review 73(2): 431–455.
2019
J. Ryan Lamare and David B. Lipsky. “Resolving Discrimination Complaints in Employment Arbitration: An Analysis of the Experience in the Securities Industry”. ILR Review 72(1): 158–184.
2019
Elaine Farndale, J. Ryan Lamare, Maja Vidovic, and Amar S. Chauhan. “Understanding Financial Participation across Market Economies”. International Studies of Management & Organization 49(4): 402–421.
2019
Weihao Li, Ying Chen, and J. Ryan Lamare. “The Effects of Ownership on Labor Standards in China: A Comparison of Foreign Multinationals and Indigenous Firms”. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations 25: 91–117.
2018
John W. Budd, J. Ryan Lamare, and Andrew R. Timming. “Learning about Democracy at Work: Cross-National Evidence on Individual Employee Voice Influencing Political Participation in Civil Society”. ILR Review 71(4): 956–985.
2017
M. Teresa Cardador, Brandon C. Grant, J. Ryan Lamare, and Gregory B. Northcraft. “To Be or Not to Be Unionized? A Social Dilemma Perspective on Worker Decisions to Support Union Organizing”. Human Resource Management Review 27(3): 554–568.
2016
J. Ryan Lamare. “Union Experience and Worker Policy: Legislative Behavior in California, 1999–2012”. ILR Review 69(1): 113–141.
2016
J. Ryan Lamare. “Labor Unions and Political Mobilization: Diminishing Returns of Repetitious Contact”. Industrial Relations 55(2): 346–374.
2016
David B. Lipsky, Ariel C. Avgar, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Introduction: New Research on Managing and Resolving Workplace Conflict: Setting the Stage”. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations 22: ix–xxxi.
2016
J. Ryan Lamare. “Beyond Repeat Players: Experience and Employment Arbitration Outcomes in the Securities Industry”. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations 22: 135–160.
2016
Anthony McDonnell, Patrick Gunnigle, Jonathan Lavelle, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Beyond Managerial Talent: ‘Key Group’ Identification and Differential Compensation Practices in Multinational Companies”. International Journal of Human Resource Management 27(12): 1299–1318.
2015
J. Ryan Lamare and James W. Lamare. “Electoral Reform, Situational Forces, and Political Confidence: Results from a Multi-Wave Panel”. Electoral Studies 40: 361–371.
2015
J. Ryan Lamare, Felicity Lamm, Nadine McDonnell, and Helen White. “Independent, Dependent, and Employee: Contractors and New Zealand’s Pike River Coal Mine Disaster”. Journal of Industrial Relations 57(1): 72–93.
2014
Thomas J. Stipanowich and J. Ryan Lamare. “Living with ADR: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations”. Harvard Negotiation Law Review 19(Spring): 1–68.
2014
J. Ryan Lamare and David B. Lipsky. “Employment Arbitration in the Securities Industry: Lessons from Recent Empirical Research”. Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law 35(1–2): 113–133.
2014
Michael Wasser and J. Ryan Lamare. “Unions as Conduits of Democratic Voice for Non-Elites: Worker Politicization from the Shop Floor to the Halls of Congress”. Nevada Law Journal 14(2): 396–413.
2014
Evelyne Leonard, Valeria Pulignano, J. Ryan Lamare, and Tony Edwards. “Multinational Corporations as Political Players”. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 20(2): 171–182.
2013
J. Ryan Lamare, Patrick Gunnigle, Paul Marginson, and Gregor Murray. “Union Status and Double-Breasting at Multinational Companies in Three Liberal Market Economies”. ILR Review 66(3): 696–722.
2013
David B. Lipsky, J. Ryan Lamare, and Abhishek Gupta. “The Effect of Gender on Awards in Employment Arbitration Cases: The Experience in the Securities Industry”. Industrial Relations 52(S1): 314–342.
2013
J. Ryan Lamare. “Mobilization and Voter Turnout: Should Canvassers Worry about the Weather?”. PS: Political Science & Politics 46(3): 580–586.
2013
Ariel C. Avgar, J. Ryan Lamare, David B. Lipsky, and Abhishek Gupta. “Unions and ADR: The Relationship between Labor Unions and Workplace Dispute Resolution in U.S. Corporations”. Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 28(1): 63–106.
2013
Maria Figueroa, Jeff Grabelsky, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Community Workforce Agreements: A Tool to Grow the Union Market and to Expand Access to Lifetime Careers in the Unionized Building Trades”. Labor Studies Journal 38(1): 7–31.
2010
J. Ryan Lamare. “The Interactive Effects of Labor-Led Political Mobilization and Vote Propensity on Turnout: Evidence from Five Elections”. Industrial Relations 49(4): 616–639.
2010
J. Ryan Lamare. “Union Influence on Voter Turnout: Results from Three Los Angeles County Elections”. ILR Review 63(3): 454–470.
2010
Anthony McDonnell, J. Ryan Lamare, Patrick Gunnigle, and Jonathan Lavelle. “Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders — Evidence of Global Talent Management in Multinational Enterprises”. Journal of World Business 45(2): 150–160.
Articles Under Review
J. Ryan Lamare, Margaret Huizinga, and Jeffrey Thomas. “Employment Experience Effects on Socio-Politically Extreme Beliefs: Empirical Evidence from Europe.” 2nd R&R, ILR Review.
J. Ryan Lamare and John W. Budd. “The Role of Political Parties in Shaping Women’s Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: A Longitudinal Analysis of Party Characteristics, Positions, and Effects.” R&R, Industrial Relations.
Working Papers
Cherise Regier, J. Ryan Lamare, and Faraz Shahidi. “Employee Voice and Workplace Wellbeing in the Age of AI: Cross-National Empirical Evidence.” To be submitted to ILR Review.
Giorgos Galanis, J. Ryan Lamare, and Christian R. Proaño. “Multiplicity, Distance and Unionisation.”
Book Chapters
2024
Lorenzo Frangi, John Kallas, J. Ryan Lamare, and Tingting Zhang. “International Trends in Unionisation”. In M. Morley, P. Gunnigle, and D. Collings, eds., Global Industrial Relations. London: Routledge.
2024
Kwon Hee Han, J. Ryan Lamare, and Tingting Zhang. “The Evolution of Industrial Relations Research Methods: A Review of Key Union Effects Studies from the late 20th to early 21st Century”. In J. Parker, N. Donnelly, S. Ressia, and M. Gavin, eds., Field Guide to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations. Cheltenham: Elgar.
2023
Ariel C. Avgar, Deborah Hann, J. Ryan Lamare, and David Nash. “Introduction”. In The Evolution of Workplace Dispute Resolution: International Perspectives. LERA Annual Research Volume.
2023
Ariel C. Avgar, J. Ryan Lamare, and Katrina Nobles. “Up for the Challenge? Alternative Dispute Resolution at a Crossroads in the United States”. In The Evolution of Workplace Dispute Resolution: International Perspectives. LERA Annual Research Volume.
2021
John W. Budd and J. Ryan Lamare. “Worker Voice and Political Participation in Civil Society”. In K. F. Zimmermann, ed., Handbook of Labor, Human Resources, and Population Economics. New York: Springer.
2017
J. Ryan Lamare, David B. Lipsky, and Ariel C. Avgar. “Empirical Evidence on Critical Issues in Employment Arbitration Generally and Under FINRA in Particular”. In A. Feliu, W. Outten, J. Drucker, B. Winograd, and A. Bloom, eds., ADR in Employment Law. Arlington, VA: BNA Books.
2016
David B. Lipsky, Ariel C. Avgar, and J. Ryan Lamare. “The Evolution of Conflict Management Policies in US Corporations: From Reactive to Strategic”. In R. Saundry, P. Latreille, and I. Ashman, eds., Reframing Resolution: Innovation and Change in the Management of Workplace Conflict. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
2014
J. Ryan Lamare, Elaine Farndale, and Patrick Gunnigle. “Employment Relations and IHRM”. In D. G. Collings, G. Wood, and P. Caligiuri, eds., The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management. London: Routledge.
2014
David B. Lipsky, Ariel C. Avgar, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Conflict Resolution in the United States”. In W. K. Roche, P. Teague, and A. J. S. Colvin, eds., The Oxford Handbook on Conflict Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2013
J. Ryan Lamare, Jonathan Lavelle, Patrick Gunnigle, and Anthony McDonnell. “Multinational Companies and Trade Union Recognition in Ireland”. In T. Turner, D. D’Art, and M. O’Sullivan, eds., Are Trade Unions Still Relevant? Union Recognition 100 Years On. Dublin: Orpen Press.
2011
J. Ryan Lamare. “Employees without Protections: The Misclassification of Vulnerable Workers in New York”. In M. Sargeant and M. Giovannone, eds., Vulnerable Workers — Safety, Well-Being, and Precarious Work. London: Gower.
2011
Mark Boocock, Zeenie Hannif, Suzanne Jamieson, J. Ryan Lamare, et al. “OHS of Migrant Workers: An International Concern”. In M. Sargeant and M. Giovannone, eds., Vulnerable Workers — Safety, Well-Being, and Precarious Work. London: Gower.
2011
Danae Anderson, J. Ryan Lamare, and Zeenie Hannif. “The Working Experiences of Student Migrants in Australia and New Zealand”. In R. Price, P. McDonald, J. Bailey, and B. Pini, eds., Young People at Work. London: Gower.
2009
Anthony McDonnell, J. Ryan Lamare, and Jonathan Lavelle. “Managing Across Borders: Autonomy, Coordination and Control in MNCs”. In J. Lavelle, A. McDonnell, and P. Gunnigle, eds., Human Resource Practices in Multinational Companies in Ireland. Dublin: Labour Relations Commission.
2009
Felicity Lamm, Gaye Greenwood, J. Ryan Lamare, and Barry Foster. “Bargaining, Negotiation and the Resolution of Conflict”. In E. Rasmussen, Employment Relations in New Zealand (2nd ed.). Auckland: Pearson.
Reports, Reviews & Other
2026
J. Ryan Lamare and Margaret Huizinga. “Entry: Organized Labor”. In Encyclopedia of International Human Resource Management and Global Talent Management (accepted).
2026
J. Ryan Lamare and Margaret Huizinga. “Entry: International Labour Organization (ILO)”. In Encyclopedia of International Human Resource Management and Global Talent Management (accepted).
2021
J. Ryan Lamare. “Book review: McKersie, R. B. (2018), A Field in Flux: Sixty Years of Industrial Relations”. Work and Occupations 48(4): 502–504.
2014
David B. Lipsky, J. Ryan Lamare, and Michael D. Maffie. “Mandatory Employment Arbitration: Dispelling the Myths”. Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation 32(9): 133–146.
2014
J. Ryan Lamare. “The Evolution of ADR Systems at Large U.S. Corporations”. Dispute Resolution Magazine 20(3): 4–7.
2014
Felicity Lamm, Nadine McDonnell, and J. Ryan Lamare. “The Impact of Disasters on Independent Contractors: Victims of Circumstances”. E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies 3(3): 79–109.
2013
J. Ryan Lamare. “The Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Cases in the Securities Industry”. Dispute Resolution Journal 68(1): 97–102.
2012
David Holman, J. Ryan Lamare, Damian Grimshaw, Lynne Holdsworth, and Mick Marchington. “The Diffusion of ‘Good’ HR Practices Across the Supply Chain”. Manchester: ACAS.
2011
Maria Figueroa, Jeff Grabelsky, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Community Workforce Provisions in Project Labor Agreements: A Tool for Building Middle-Class Careers”. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University ILR School.
2011
John Logan, Erin Johansson, and J. Ryan Lamare. “New Data: NLRB Process Fails to Ensure a Fair Vote”. Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.
2010
David B. Lipsky, Ronald L. Seeber, and J. Ryan Lamare. “Equity and Efficiency in Employment Arbitration: Lessons from FINRA”. Dispute Resolution Journal.
2007
Fred B. Kotler, J. Ryan Lamare, and Linda H. Donahue. “The Cost of Worker Misclassification in New York State”. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University ILR School.
Research Grants
2026
National Academy of Arbitrators — British employment tribunal effectiveness and fairness in resolving public disputes (with William Fleming)
2020
National Academy of Arbitrators — seed grant for research on workplace conflict management
2019
Cornell Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies — organizational conflict management strategies at Fortune 1000 firms (with Ariel C. Avgar and David B. Lipsky)
2019
National Academy of Arbitrators — organizational conflict management strategies at Fortune 1000 firms (with Ariel C. Avgar and David B. Lipsky)
2014
Center for Global Studies, Pennsylvania State University — cross-national comparisons of ADR systems at large U.K. and U.S. corporations
2013
Searle Civil Justice Institute, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law — employment arbitration in the securities industry (with David B. Lipsky)
2011
Fairness at Work Pilot Project — diffusion of HR practices across supply chains (with Damian Grimshaw, David Holman, Mick Marchington, and Jill Rubery)
2010
ACAS Research Partnership — diffusion of HR practices across supply chains (with Grimshaw, Holman, Marchington, and Rubery)
2008
Seed Funding Research Grant — governance structures and multinational companies (with Jonathan Lavelle)
Keynote & Plenary Addresses
2024
“Industrial Relations Research in the Era of Crises: Rethinking How Unions and Politics Interact.” BUIRA keynote address
Invited Talks
2022
“An Empirical Analysis of Race and Political Partisanship Effects on Workplace Mobility Outcomes during COVID-19.” IRRU, Warwick Business School
2021
“Leveraging ADR to Deliver on Strategic Goals in Organizations: Evidence and Applications from the U.S.” PrOPEL Hub masterclass (Strathclyde, Sheffield, and CIPD)
2019
“An Empirical Assessment of Employment Arbitration Agreements.” Invited panel discussant, George Mason University
2018
“Vulnerability, Immigration, and Political Participation: Empirical Evidence from California.” University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2014
“The Strategic Underpinnings of Conflict Management in U.S. Corporations.” Sheffield University; Pennsylvania State University
2013
“Resolving Discrimination Complaints in Employment Arbitration.” George Mason University
2013
“Living with ADR: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations.” Yale University
2012
“The Effects of Gender and Repetition on Securities Industry Employment Arbitration Awards.” American Rights at Work
2011
“Employee Representation, Multinational Companies and Institutional Context.” Pennsylvania State University
2010
“The Industrial Relations System in the United States.” Trinity College Dublin
2008
“Union Mobilization and Voter Turnout in Los Angeles.” Cornell University
Public Engagement & Media
2024
“What organisations can learn from a Black bus driver in Michigan.” LSE Business Review
2024
“Race and Politics in US Crises.” Management With Impact podcast, episode 1
2020
Research featured by the University of Illinois News Bureau (also 2018, 2015)
Teaching
London School of Economics
The Management of People in Global Companies · Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar · A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management · Advanced Quantitative Analysis for Research in Management
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Collective Bargaining · Game Theory and HR Strategy · Human Resource Management · HRM and Strategy · Industrial Relations Theory · Negotiations · Workplace Dispute Resolution
Pennsylvania State University
Intro to Employment Relations · Seminar in Employment Relations · Workplace Dispute Resolution
University of Manchester
Human Resource Management · International Human Resource Management · Strategic Human Resource Management
Teaching Awards
2018–2022
LER Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (three times), University of Illinois
2015–2024
List of Teachers Rated as Excellent, University of Illinois
Non-Academic Positions
2010–2012
Research Analyst, American Rights at Work
Service & Professional Activities
PhD Supervision
Chair: Brandon C. Grant (first position, SUNY Farmingdale) · Aibak Hafeez (Cornell University) · Weihao Li (IAMAW)
Committee member: Yin Lee (NEOMA Business School) · Ki-Jung Kim (Eastern Kentucky University) · Kwon Hee Han (Louisiana State University)
Current: Margaret Huizinga
Committees — London School of Economics
ER/HR Search Committee (2023–2024); Macro OB Search Committee (2024)
Committees — University of Illinois
Dean Search Committee (2018–2019, 2021–2022); IR Search Committee (2018, 2020, chair 2021); Soderstrom Professor Search Committee (chair, 2019); HR/IR Search Committee (2015–2016, chair 2023); Executive Committee (2017–2020, 2021–2024); PhD Advisory Committee (2015–2023); MHRIR Admissions (2020–2023); Provost’s Labor Advisory Group (2019–); Faculty Senate (2016–2017)
Committees — Pennsylvania State University
Undergraduate, Graduate, Search, and Strategic Planning Committees (2012–2015)
Labor and Employment Relations Association
Nominating Committee Chair (2026); Secretary-Treasurer (2019–2020); Editorial Committee Chair (2020–2024); Poster Session Chair (2016–2019)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
ILR Review · Industrial Relations · British Journal of Industrial Relations · European Journal of Industrial Relations · Human Relations · Journal of World Business · Human Resource Management Journal · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · American Political Science Review · American Journal of Political Science · Nature Human Behaviour; among others