Chris Erickson studies various aspects of industrial relations in the local, national and world economies.

His research focuses on comparative industrial relations systems, industrial relations and labor market transformation in different regions of the world, wage determination, collective bargaining, innovations in union organizing, and skills development. He has been associated over the years with the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the UCLA - National University of Singapore Global Executive MBA, the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management, the UCLA Center for International Business Education and Research and the Labor and Employment Relations Association. He has been at UCLA Anderson since 1991, and was previously a faculty member at the Cornell Industrial and Labor Relations School. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT, a B.A. from Yale and a diploma from John W. North High School in Riverside, California.

Teaching Focus
Negotiations Behavior (Mgmt. 286, 478 & 482)

Labor Relations, Negotiation, International Comparative Industrial Relations, Public Policy, Collective Bargaining, Wage Determination, Labor Standards, Immigrant Workers, Employer-Provided Training