Depiction of Industrial Relations in Movies:An Exploratory Study

The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory study on the depiction of industrial relations in commercial or popular movies. The paper begins with a brief note on the social, political and cultural influence of movies along with the need for and importance of this study. Further, the criteria for selection of movies and the methodology adopted for the study is delineated. A content manifest approach is used in this paper. Followed by this is an examination of the movie background and findings from the analysis. The paper concludes with the contributions and implications of this study.