This article introduces the special issue on New Theories in Employment Relations. The authors summarize the history of employment relations theory and reflect on the implications of recent disruptive changes in the economy and society for new theory development. Three sets of changes are identified: the growing complexity of actors in the employment relationship, an increased emphasis on identity as a basis for organizing and extending labor protections, and the growing importance of norms and legitimacy as both a constraint on employer action and a mobilizing tool. The articles in this special issue advance new frameworks to analyze these changes and their implications for the future of employment relations.

本文介绍有关雇佣关系新理论的特刊。作者总结了雇佣关系理论的历史，并反思了近期经济和社会颠覆性变化对新理论发展的影响。确认了三组变化：雇佣关系中参与者的复杂性不断增加，对身份的重视日益增加，这是组织和扩展劳动保护的基础，规范和合法性作为对雇主行动和动员的制约因素日益重要工具。本期特刊中的文章提出了新的框架，以分析这些变化及其对未来雇佣关系的影响。