The second volume [this volume] contains papers that were submitted to the second stream [of the conference]: fully published but not-refereed papers

Leggett, Chris

Shanahan, Ross

Stern, Esther

Treuren, Gerry

Wright, Pat

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THE ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACADEMICS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Current Research in Industrial Relations AIRAANZ 99 The 13th AIRAANZ Conference Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 February 1999 Adelaide, South Australia Volume 2: Non-Refereed Papers Edited by Chris Leggett, Chris Provis, Ross Shanahan, Esther Stern, Gerry Treuren, Pat Wright © January 1999 The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand ISBN 0-9590709-3-1 Proceedings of the 13th AIRAANZ Conference Refereed and Non-Refereed Papers The two volumes of the Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) report on current industrial relations research. All of the papers published in these proceedings were presented at the conference held in Adelaide, South Australia, between February 4 and 6.1999. The Proceedings contain the papers presented to the first two streams of the conference. The first stream is the fully published, refereed stream. All full papers published in the fIrst volume of the proceedings were accepted by the Conference Committee on the recommendation of external peer reviewers. Referees for each paper were selected by the Conference Conunittee on the basis of national and internationally-recognised expertise within the discipline. In the occasional case where referees substantially differed in their assessment of the suitability of a paper, the Conference Committee referred the paper to a third referee. The Conference Committee would like to thank the following for agreeing to act as referees: Greg Bamber (Griffith), Tom Bramble (Queensland), Paul Boreham (Queensland), Mark Bray (Newcastle) , John Buchanan (ACIRRT, Sydney), Ron Callus (ACIRRT, Sydney), Ian Campbell (RMIT), Helen De Cieri (Melbourne), Choe, Man Kee (Visiting Professor, UniSA), Braham Dabscheck (UNSW), Ed Davis (Macquarie), Stephen Deery (Melbourne), Peter Dowling (Tasmania), Ray Fells (UW A), Peter Gahan (UNSW), Clive Gilson (Waikato), Gerry Griffm (NKCIR, Monash), George Hagglund (University of Wisconsin at Madison, Visiting Professor, UniSA), Bill Harley (Melbourne), Ian Hampson (UNSW), Richard Hall (Melbourne), Anne Hawke (NILS, Flinders), Kate Hutchings (QUT), Suzanne Jamieson (Sydney), Anne Junor (University of Canberra), Russell Lansbury (Sydney), Rob Lambert (UW A), Di Kelly (Wollongong), Robyn Kramar (Macquarie), Duncan MacDonald (Newcastle), David Morgan (UNSW), Charles Mulvey (UWA), John O'Brien (UNSW), Michael O'Donnell (UNSW), Greg Patmore (Sydney), David Plowman (UW A), Michael Quinlan (UNSW), Malcolm Rimmer (Deakin), Mark Shadur (Griffith), John Shields (UNSW), Glenda Strahan (Newcastle), Lucy Talcsa (UNSW), Vic Taylor (AGSM, UNSW), Julian Teicher (NKCIR, Monash), Trish Todd (UW A), Nick Wailes (Sydney), Janet Walsh (Melbourne), Mark Westcott (Sydney), Gillian Whitehouse (Queensland), Mark Wooden (NILS, Flinders), Chris Wright (UNSW) and the AIRAANZ Executive. The second volume contains papers that were submitted to the second stream: fully published but not-refereed papers. In addition, the conference offered participants the opportunity to present papers outside the published stream. The Abstract booklet contains the abstracts of these papers. Additional copies of these Proceedings may be purchased by contacting the Secretary of AIRAANZ. The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australian and New Zealand The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australian and New Zealand (AJRAANZ) was formed in 1983 with the aim of promoting the study of industrial relations in Australian and New Zealand. Membership of the Association is open to individuals who are interested in industrial relations and who are engaged in teaching and/or research in any of the disciplines relevant to industrial relations. The main activity of AIRAANZ since its formation has been the convening of annual conferences which have examined recent developments in the teaching and research of industrial relations. These conferences are well attended and are characterised by lively discussion and a genuinely collegial environment. AIRAANZ is a fmancial sponsor for the journal lAbour and Industry. It has published a range of research papers and materials which are designed to assist teaching and research in industrial relations. especially literature reviews and bibliographies. Details of planned AlRAANZ activIties as well as copies of past newsletters and memberships forms can be found on the AlRAANZ homepage located at: http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nzideptsismVairaanziairaanz.htm. All correspondence concerning AIRAANZ should be directed to the Secretary: Mark Westcott Department of Industrial Relations University of Sydney NSW 2006 Contents The Developing Workfare System in Australia and New Zealand John Burgess, William Mitchell, Duncan O'Brien and Martin Watts A Model of Tumover at the Bank of New Zealand Paul Clark-Rayner and Mark Harcourt 13 Workplace Reform and Weddel's Staff: A Study in Retrospect of Staff Perspectives Barry Foster 23 Choice and Change: Management Strategy Implementation in the Development of Cellular Manufacturing Teams at Painteo Richard Gough Redundancy: The Rise and Rise of Judicial Activism Raymond Harbridge and Aaron Crawford Industrial Relations - Images and Realities of the Past and Future Di Kelly Quantifying Workplace Due Process -An Initial Construct Malcolm Keyte Capitalizing on Culture in the 'New Times' Millennium: Profits and Principles? Ngaire Lewis Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Their Occurrence and Impact on Productivity in Port Companies in New Zealand, 1989-98. Tom McGrath Training Matters? The Invention of the 'Training Market ' and Employer Failure Richard Pickersgill No Time to Waste: The Struggle of US Labour and its Lessons for Australia Barbara Pocock and John Wishart Has Enterprise Bargaining Affected the Gender Wage Gap in Australia? Comelis Reiman World Wide Web Based Teaching in Industrial Relations: Potential, Pitfalls and Challenges for the Future John Rice and Neal Ryan 33 47 57 69 83 95 107 119 133 165 Regional Labour Councils, Unemployment and Mixed Method: The Case of the SCLC Yasmin Rittau 171 The Lumber Yards: A Case Study in the Management of Convict Labour, 1788-1832 Bill Robbins 183 Employment Practices in a Large Public Organisation: Evidence from the Victorian Railways, 1864-1921 Andre Sammartino 205 Do Decentralised Bargaining Systems Fail Women? A Short Review of the Literature Mary Sayers 217 A Transaction Costs Review of Australian Labour Market Institutions Martin Shanahan 229 'The stuff of which dreams and novels are made': Women's Jobs in Regional Australia Glenda Strachan and John Burgess 243 Downsizing Strategies in the Public Sector: Destruction or Renewal? John Taya, Anthony Travaglione and Catherine Jordan 257 Why Do People Join Unions? A Case Study of the New Zealand Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union Paul ToUch and Mark Harcourt Collective Action and Labour Hire Workers: A Preliminary Analysis of the 1997 Victorian Labour Hire Dispute Elsa Underhill Under the Covers: Negotiating Australian Workplace Agreements: Two Cases Kristin van Barneveld Time and the Labour Process: The Construction of Masculinities in Nursing Eileen Willis Lessons to be Learnt from an Empirical Analysis of Outsourcing: from the Private Sector to the Public Sector Suzanne Young 267 277 287 297 309 

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