Williams, Steve, Abbott, Brian and Heery, Edmund (2017) Civil governance in work and employment relations : how civil society organizations contribute to systems of labour governance. Journal of Business Ethics, 144(1), pp. 103-199. ISSN (print) 0167-4544

Abbott, Brian (2016) Deciphering the coalition's big society: issues and challenges for work and employment relations. In: Williams, Steve and Scott, Peter, (eds.) Employment relations under the coalition government: the UK experience, 2010-15. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 207-225. (Routledge Research in Employment Relations, (37)) ISBN 9781138887008

Abbott, Brian and Williams, Steve (2014) Widening the 'representation gap'? The implications of the 'lobbying act' for worker representation in the UK. Industrial Relations Journal, 45(6), pp. 507-523. ISSN (print) 0019-8692

Heery, Edmund, Abbott, Brian and Williams, Steve (2014) Civil society organisations - a new employment actor. (Discussion Paper) London, U.K. : Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service. 11 p. (Acas Policy Discussion Papers)

Abbott, Brian (2013) Unmasking the Big Society. In: The UK Coalition Government and Employment Relations; 16 Dec 2013, Portsmouth, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Heery, Edmund, Abbott, Brian and Williams, Stephen (2012) The involvement of civil society organisations in British industrial reltions: extent, origins, significance. British Journal Of Industrial Relations, 50(1), pp. 47-72. ISSN (print) 0007-1080

Heery, Edmund, Williams, Steve and Abbott, Brian (2012) Civil society organizations and trade unions: cooperation, conflict, indifference. Work, Employment & Society, 26(1), pp. 145-160. ISSN (print) 0950-0170

Abbott, Brian, Heery, Edmund and Williams, Stephen (2012) Civil society organizations and the exercise of power in the employment relationship. Employee Relations, 34(1), pp. 91-107. ISSN (print) 0142-5455

Williams, Steve, Heery, Edmund and Abbott, Brian (2011) The emerging regime of civil regulation in work and employment relations. Human Relations, 64(7), pp. 951-970. ISSN (print) 0018-7267

Williams, Steve, Abbott, Brian and Heery, Edmund (2011) Civil regulation and HRM: the impact of civil society organisations on the policies and practices of employers. Human Resource Management Journal (HRMJ), 21(1), pp. 45-59. ISSN (print) 0954-5395

Williams, Steve, Abbott, Brian and Heery, Edmund (2011) Non-union worker representation through civil society organisations: evidence from the United Kingdom. Industrial Relations Journal, 42(1), pp. 69-85. ISSN (print) 0019-8692

Williams, Stephen, Abbott, Brian and Heery, Edmund (2011) New and emerging actors in work and employment relations: the case of civil society organizations. In: Townsend, Keith and Wilkinson, Adrian, (eds.) Research handbook on the future of work and employment relations. Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. pp. 130-149. ISBN 9781848448469

Heery, Edmund, Abbott, Brian and Williams, Stephen (2010) Civil society organizations and trade unions in the United Kingdom: coalition, conflict and complementarity. In: 47th CIRA Annual Congress: Employee representation in the new world of work; 16-18 Jun 2010, Quebec, Canada. (Unpublished)

Williams, Steve, Heery, Edmund and Abbott, Brian (2010) Mediating equality at work through civil society organisations. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 29(6), pp. 627-638. ISSN (print) 2040-7149

Heery, Edmund, Williams, Stephen and Abbott, Brian (2009) Worker representation through civil society organizations: evidence from Britain. In: 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA): The New World of Work, Organisations and Employment; 24-27 Aug 2009, Sydney, Australia.

Heery, Edmund, Abbott, Brian and Williams, Stephen (2009) Worker representation through civil society organizations. In: British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) 59th Annual Conference; 2-4 Jul 2009, Cardiff, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Williams, Steve, Abbott, Brian and Heery, Edmund (2008) Promoting equality and diversity at work: the role and activities of civil society organisations. In: British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) 58th Annual Conference; 26-28 Jun 2008, Bristol, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)

Heery, Edmund, Abbott, Brian and Williams, Steve (2008) Partners or rivals? Civil society organizations and trade unions. In: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC): Nation States, Europeanisation and Globalisation; 23-25 Jun 2008, Greenwich, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)

Abbott, Brian (2007) Worker voice and the role of Citizens Advice. In: 8th European Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA): The Dynamics of European Employment Relations; 3-6 Sep 2007, Manchester, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)

Williams, Stephen, Abbott, Brian and Heery, Edmund (2007) Reinvigorating employment relations as a field of study in contemporary societies: the role and activities of civil society organisations. In: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC); 26-28 Jul 2007, Athens, Greece. (Unpublished)

Abbott, Brian (2007) Workplace and employment characteristics of Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) clients. Employee Relations, 29(3), pp. 262-279. ISSN (print) 0142-5455

Abbott, Brian (2006) Determining the significance of the citizens' advice bureau as an industrial relations actor. Employee Relations, 28(5), pp. 435-448. ISSN (print) 0142-5455

Abbott, Brian (2004) Worker representation through the Citizens’ Advice Bureaux. In: Healy, Geraldine , Heery, Edmund , Taylor, Phil and Brown, William, (eds.) The future of worker representation. Basingstoke, UK : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 245-263. (The future of work series) ISBN 9781403917591

Abbott, Brian (2003) Non-traditional forms of worker representation. In: International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) 13th World Congress: Beyond Traditional Employment. Industrial Relations in the Network Economy; 8-12 Sep 2003, Berlin, Germany. (Unpublished)

Abbott, Brian (2002) Non-traditional mechanisms for enforcing workers’ rights. In: International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) 4th Regional Conference of the Americas: Labour protection and trade: can the two be made to work together?; 25-28 Jun 2002, Toronto, Canada. (Unpublished)

Heery, Edmund and Abbott, Brian (2000) Trade unions and the insecure workforce. In: Heery, Edmund and Salmon, John, (eds.) The insecure workforce. London, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 155-180. (Routledge studies in employment relations) ISBN 0415186714

Abbott, Brian (1998) The emergence of a new industrial relations actor: the role of the Citizens' Advice Bureaux? Industrial Relations Journal, 29(4), pp. 257-269. ISSN (print) 0019-8692

Abbott, Brian (1998) The new shop stewards - the Citizens' Advice Bureaux? Employee Relations, 20(6), pp. 610-627. ISSN (print) 0142-5455

Abbott, Brian, Blackburn, Robert A. and Curran, James (1996) Local authority privatisation and markets for small businesses. Local Government Studies, 22(3), pp. 72-89. ISSN (print) 0300-3930

Abbott, Brian, Blackburn, Robert and Curran, James (1996) The privatisation of local authority services and market opportunities for small firms. In: Blackburn, Robert and Jennings, Peter, (eds.) Small firms: contributions to economic regeneration. London, U.K. : SAGE Publications Ltd. pp. 99-111. (National small firms' policy and research conferences) ISBN 9781853963391

Abbott, Brian (1993) Small firms and trades unions in services in the 1990s. Industrial Relations Journal, 24(4), pp. 308-317. ISSN (print) 0019-8692

Abbott, Brian (1993) Training strategies in small service sector firms: employer and employee perspectives. Human Resource Management Journal, 4(2), pp. 70-87. ISSN (print) 0954-5395