Kelly I Pike

Biography

Kelly Pike earned a PhD in Industrial and Labour Relations from Cornell University. She specializes in the role of worker voice and participation in the regulation of international labour standards, with a particular focus on the global garment industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her research contributes to the literature on regulating labour in global value chains. Her doctoral dissertation analyzes workers’ perceptions of labour standards compliance in two global value chains in Lesotho’s clothing industry, demonstrating how ownership nationality and end market influence these perceptions, and what the repercussions of poor supervisor relations are for labour standards compliance. In her current research she examines the relationship between multi-stakeholder initiatives and compliance with labour standards, with particular interest in the role of industrial relations – trade unions, worker-management committees, and other forums for activating worker voice.

Research Interest

Employment and Labour , Globalization , Labour Standards Enforcement, Sub-Saharan Africa