The following Brisbane 1997 Conference papers are available in 
format. Refereed Papers
The European Trade Union Confederation and Worker
Participation: A Case Study of Political Influence
Keith Abbott
Work Intensification: A Lacuna in the Labour Utilisation
Literature
Cameron Allan
Emerging Production Systems and Industrial Relations:
Confusion, Diffusion and Exclusion?
Marian Baird and Russell Lansbury
Union and Employer Objectives in Relation to Workplace Change
in the Queensland Open-Cut Coal Industry
Michael Barry and Bradley Bowden
Management Practices and Labour Strategies: Recent Japanese
Experience
John Benson
Local Autonomy in Employment Relations at Plant Level
Within a Global Corporation
Mark Bray and Russell Lansbury
Institutionalism and Industrial Relations Theory
Mark Bray and Nick Wailes
The Management of 'Wellness' Policies in New Zealand
Enterprises
Anne Broome, Aaron Crawford and Raymond Harbridge
Why Are New Zealand Unions Stronger at the Workplace Under
the
Employment Contracts Act than Australian Unions Under the Accord?
Peter Brosnan and Pat Walsh
Flexibility in the Hospitality Industry: Is Deregulation
Necessary?
Jeremy Buultjens and Katrina Luckie
The Complex Process of Workplace Bargaining
R Fells
Women's Wages and Decentralised Wage Fixing: The Australian
Experience
Diane Fieldes
Devils, Angels and Devils Again: The Impact of Banning of
State Enterprise Unions in Thailand
Greg Fisher
Enterprise Bargaining in Tasmania: A Review of the
Legislation in Operation
Jim Garnham and John Streeter
Enterprise Bargaining in Australia and New Zealand: Private
Sector Comparisons
Clive Gilson and Terry Wagar
Trade Union Non-Industrial Services: Membership Attitudes
Gerard Griffin and Stuart Svensen
Labour Relations and Tripartism: The Relevance of the
Philippines Model to the Micro-states of the South Pacific
Kevin Hince and Jacqui Lynch
Union Rationalisation: The Case of Mount Isa Mines
Doug Hunt
It Is Not Fashionable Here, So Why Do It?: A Re-examination
of IR and HR Equity Practices in Southeast Asia
Katherine Hutchings and Greg Fisher
The Control of Workplace Culture: A Critical Perspective
Steve Jaynes
The Roman Building Industry, Ancient World Modern Discipline
-- Testing the Validity of Applying Modern Theory to the Past
Marjorie Jerrard and Bob Milns
The Impact of Compulsory Arbitration on Occupational Wage
Differences in Malaysia's Manufacturing Industries, 1975-1995
Muhammad Khalid
Dual Closure and the 'Problem' of Middle-Class Unionism
John McCollow
The Enigma of Declining Unionism: An Empirical Study
Duncan Macdonald, Glenda Strachan and Leanne Houston
How Ethical is the Australian Workplace Relations Act?
Jim McDonald
Labour's Principles of Scientific Management and Scientific
Management's Industrial Employment Code
Chris Nyland and Jacqui Lee
Are Public Sector Industrial Relations Different? Wage
Bargaining in the Australian Public Service 1991-1996
John O'Brien
'A New Province for Law and Order': The Workplace
Relations Act in Historical Context
John O'Brien
'Asian' Values and Industrial Relations in Singapore
Alfred Oehlers
Industrial Relations and the Social Movement Literature
Shane Ostenfeld
The Paradigm Shift in Australian Union Membership: A Tale of
Compulsory Unionism
David Peetz
Common and Disparate Themes in Employment Relations Practices for International and
Domestic Organisations
John Rodwell and Stephen Teo
Market Rules: Industrial Relations in Hotels and Restaurants
Rose Ryan
Employment Restructuring, Enterprise Bargaining and
Employment Conditions for Women Workers
Glenda Strachan and John Burgess
Does Strategic HRM Exist in Corporatised Queensland Public
Sector Organisations?
Stephen Teo and Greg Southey
Employer Associations, Dual Membership and the Problem of
Conflicting Policies
Louise Thornthwaite and Peter Sheldon
Bargaining in an Iron Lung: A Case Study of Enterprise
Bargaining in the Private Hospital and Aged Care Industry
Nils Timo
Regulation Theory and Australian Theorising of Institutional
Change in Industrial Regulation
Gerrit Treuren
The Culture of Commitment and Union Avoidance in an
Australian Firm
Diane van den Broek
Teaching Mediation: A Three Stage Process
Bernadine Van Gramberg
Pay Equity in a Decentralised Industrial Relations Environment
Gillian Whitehouse and Di Zetlin
Non-Refereed Papers
Are Union Organising Methods Gendered?
Janis Bailey
Superannuation and Industrial Relations: Gender Implications
for Retirement Incomes
Kerry Brown, Peter Brosnan and Natalie Gallery
The Development of Laws Regulating Unfair Dismissal in
Australia
Anna Chapman
Industrial Relations Risk in the Construction Industry - A
Contractual Perspective
John Crittall
Award-making in the Era of Enterprise Bargaining: Employer
Strategy in the Queensland Commercial Health and Fitness Industry
Jennifer Dudley and Glenda Maconachie
Election 1996: The Impact of MMP on the Development of Public
Policy and Industrial Relations in New Zealand
Glenda Fryer
Global Regulation and Labour Strategy: The Case of
International Labour Standards
Nigel Haworth and Stephen Hughes
The Direct and Indirect Costs of Workplace Accidents in New
Zealand
Linda Head and Mark Harcourt
Enough Care Taken? Occupational Selection and Childcare
Michael Lyons
Collective Bargaining and Organisational Change in Regional
SMEs
Jim McDonald and Retha Wiesner
Amalgamation Blues: The Case of the Musicians Union of
Australia
Grant Michelson
Works Councils and Teamwork in a German Motor-Car Plant
Thomas Murakami
The De-Institutionalisation of Australian Industrial
Relations -- Temporarily Stalled?
Richard Naughton
Gender in the Field of Industrial Relations: What are we
missing?
Barbara Pocock
Rumpoles of the AIRC: The Making and Justification of an
Advocacy Video for Student Education
Bill Robbins
Not Another Japanese Management Paper! The Transfer of Lean
Management Practices to Service Industries: a Transaction Costs Analysis
Peter Ross and Greg Bamber
High Commitment Management and Pluralism in a Small Business
Network
Suzanne Ryan
The Old Order and the New: Contrasts in the Response of
Australian and Overseas Shipowners to Full Employment on the Waterfront, 1944-1952
Tom Sheridan
The Nature and Consequences of Labour Market Deregulation in
Australasia
Julian Teicher and Stuart Svensen
Time's Up for TUTA -- a Corporatist Casualty
Gerry R Voll |
