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Paul D. Staudohar Paul D. Staudohar (born December 3, 1940) is an American labor economist, academic, author, and labor arbitrator known for his work in labor relations, industrial relations, and the economics of professional sports. He served as a professor of business administration at California State University, East Bay (formerly California State University, Hayward). His academic research has focused on collective bargaining, labor-management relations, dispute resolution, and labor relations in professional sports, including Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League.[1][2] ________________________________________ Early life and education Paul D. Staudohar was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on December 3, 1940. He attended the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962 and was a member of the university hockey team. He later pursued graduate studies at the University of Southern California, earning a Master of Business Administration (1966), a Master of Arts (1968), and a Ph.D. in economics (1969).[3] ________________________________________ Academic career Staudohar began his professional career at United California Bank in Los Angeles, where he served as an administrative officer in the trust department from 1964 to 1966. He subsequently joined the University of Southern California as an instructor in economics from 1967 to 1969. In 1969, he joined the faculty at California State University, Hayward (now California State University, East Bay), where he taught in the College of Business and Economics for nearly four decades. He was promoted to professor of business administration in 1978. During his academic career, Staudohar published numerous books and scholarly articles on labor relations and sports economics. His teaching and research focused on labor economics, industrial relations, dispute resolution, public-sector labor relations, and labor relations in professional sports.[4] He also served as a visiting professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 1971–1972 academic year. ________________________________________ Arbitration career Beginning in 1974, Staudohar worked as a labor arbitrator, resolving disputes between employers and labor unions in both the private and public sectors. His arbitration work involved interpreting collective bargaining agreements and resolving disputes related to workplace discipline, contract interpretation, and labor negotiations. Over his career, he decided hundreds of arbitration cases involving corporations, labor unions, government agencies, and educational institutions. He became a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, a professional organization recognizing experienced labor arbitrators.[5] In 1980, Staudohar served as arbitrator in a large-scale labor dispute involving 41 hotels in San Francisco and approximately 18,000 unionized employees, addressing wages, hours, and working conditions.[6] He also edited volumes of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Arbitrators for multiple years.[7] ________________________________________ Research and scholarship Staudohar’s research has focused primarily on labor relations and collective bargaining systems, with particular emphasis on professional sports. His work examined negotiations between players’ associations and team owners, as well as the economic and institutional structures governing professional sports leagues. Topics addressed in his research include free agency, salary arbitration, labor strikes and lockouts, and the financial structure of sports leagues.[8] One of his best-known books, Playing for Dollars: Labor Relations and the Sports Business, provides a historical and economic analysis of labor relations in professional sports.[9] In addition to sports-related research, he has written extensively on public-sector labor relations and grievance arbitration systems.[10] ________________________________________ Influence in sports economics Staudohar has been identified in academic literature as an early contributor to the study of labor relations in professional sports, a field that later developed into sports economics. His research analyzed the relationships between athletes, team owners, and league organizations, and contributed to understanding professional sports as complex labor markets and economic systems.[11] He was associated with the development of the Journal of Sports Economics, a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on the economics of sports.[12] ________________________________________ Selected books • Public Employment Disputes and Dispute Settlement (1972) • Grievance Arbitration in Public Employment (1977) • Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (1982), with Dale Yoder • The Sports Industry and Collective Bargaining (1986) • Labor Relations in Professional Sports (1986), with Robert C. Berry and William B. Gould IV • Playing for Dollars: Labor Relations and the Sports Business (1996) ________________________________________ Selected academic articles • Staudohar, Paul D. "Results of Final Offer Arbitration Bargaining Disputes." California Management Review (1975) • Staudohar, Paul D. "Prison Guard Labor Relations in Ohio." Industrial Relations (1976) • Staudohar, Paul D. "The Football Strike of 1987." Monthly Labor Review (1988) • Staudohar, Paul D. "Why No Baseball Work Stoppage?" Journal of Sports Economics (2003) • Staudohar, Paul D. "The Evolving European Model of Professional Sports Finance." Journal of Sports Economics (2000) He has also contributed commentary to major publications, including The New York Times.[13] ________________________________________ Academic impact Staudohar’s work has been cited in academic research related to labor relations, industrial relations, and sports economics. His publications appear in academic databases such as Google Scholar, EconPapers, and RePEc. His work has been reviewed and cited in journals including: • Industrial and Labor Relations Review • Journal of Economic Literature • Journal of Sport and Social Issues These citations reflect his contributions to the study of labor markets in professional sports and collective bargaining systems.[14] ________________________________________ Professional recognition In 1981, Staudohar received the Distinguished Service Award from Omicron Delta Epsilon, an international honor society in economics.[15] He also served as the inaugural president of the International Association of Sports Economists, founded in 1999.[16] ________________________________________ Edited works Staudohar co-edited several academic volumes, including works with Clark Kerr, former President of the University of California: • Industrial Relations in a New Age (1986) • Economics of Labor in Industrial Society (1986) • Labor Economics and Industrial Relations: Markets and Institutions (1994) He also edited a number of literary anthologies focused on sports and short fiction. ________________________________________ Personal life Staudohar has lived and worked primarily in California during his academic career. In addition to his professional work, he has been involved in literary editing projects, particularly collections of sports-related short stories.




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