About Me
I am an academic who specializes in industrial relations and human resources and their related fields (i.e., sociology of work, labour studies).
I have many research interests, but two are top of mind right now. First I conduct research on the video game industry. Specifically I am interested in the working conditions, workplace representation and human resources processes of video game developers. Second, I conduct research on pension governance and examine the role of member and labour trustees on pension boards.
In addition to the above topics, I have published articles and book chapters on topics including pregnancy leave, underemployment, job control, workplace learning and union education.
I have just joined the ranks of academic staff at the University of Western Ontario in London and I will be teaching undergraduate courses in Industrial Relations and Training and Development and a masters level course in Project Management.
Please get in touch!
Works
- Sayce, S., Weststar, J. & Verma, A. (forthcoming).
“The recruitment and selection of pension trustees: A model of integration?” Human Resource Management Journal. - Weststar, J. (2012).
“Negotiating in silence: Experiences with parental leave in academia”. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations 73(3), 345-367. - Verma, A. & Weststar, J. (2011).
Token presence or substantive participation? A study of labor trustees on pension boards. Journal of Labor Research, 32(1), 39-60. - Weststar, J. (2011).
“A review of women’s experiences of three dimensions of underemployment”. In D. Feldman & D. Maynard (Eds.). Underemployment: Psychological, Economic and Social Challenges. New York, NY: Springer Publishing. Chapter Five. - Legault, M-J. & Weststar, J. (2010).
“Is the notion of ‘representation’ relevant for the regulation game of video game developers?” presented at Challenges of Work and Workers Conference, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, October, 2010. - Weststar, J. (2009).
Worker control as a facilitator in the match between education and jobs. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 47(4), 723-740. - Weststar, J. (2009).
Worker control and workplace learning: Expansion of the Job Demand-Control Model. Industrial Relations Journal of Economy and Society, 48(3), 533-548. - Weststar, J. (2009).
“Staying current in information technology: The role of schooling, formal courses and informal learning” in D. Livingstone (Ed.) Education and jobs: Exploring the gaps (pp. 185- 210). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. - Weststar, J. and Verma, A. (2008).
“Just having it is not enough: Labour’s voice on pension boards”. In J. Quarter, I. Carmichael, and S. Ryan (Eds.). Pensions at Work: Socially Responsible Investment of Union-Based Pension Funds (pp. 42-69). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. - Weststar, J. & Verma, A. (2007).
What makes for effective labor representation on pension boards? Labor Studies Journal, 32(4), 382-410l. - Weststar, J. (2005).
Union education, union leadership and union renewal: The role of PEL. In P. Kumar and C. Schenk (Eds.). Paths to union renewal: The Canadian experience (pp. 307-322). Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press. - Weststar, J.
“Understanding Video Game Developers as an Occupational Community”. - Weststar, J., Peticca-Harris, A., & McKenna, S.
“A polyphonic approach into the 'dark side' of making videogames”.
Contact Me
- bit.ly/weststar
- weststar@uwo.ca
- tel : (519) 661-2111 x86148
- DAN Program in Management and Organizational Studies
Western University, Social Science Centre, Room 4427
1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
