Of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand

Proceedings of the 21st Conference

of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand

February 7-9, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2007

The following Auckland 2007 Conference papers are available in .pdf format. The papers in this volume are listed by session in ascending order.

• 003 FREE-RIDING IN AUSTRALIA
  Peter Haynes , Peter Holland , Amanda Pyman , Julian Teicher
• 004 KEY OPINION LEADERS AND THE FORMATION OF NEW UNIONS UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT 2000
  Murrie, A.J , Jeffrey, G. & Foster, A.B,
• 005 PREDICTORS OF UNION BELONGING IN NEW ZEALAND
  Peter Boxall, Peter Haynes, Keith Macky
• 006 CALL CENTRES AND THE QUALITY OF WORK LIFE: A PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR COMPARISON
  Zeenobiyah Hannif
• 007 EXPLORING THE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN JOB PERCEPTION AND JOB REALITY IN THE COSMETIC SALES INDUSTRY
  Beth Mackie, Barry Foster, Kimberly Lethwaite
• 008 WORK-FAMILY BALANCE OR GREEDY ORGANISATIONS?
  Timothy Bartram, Rosaria Burchielli, Rani Thanacoody
• 010 ‘FIFTY PERCENT OF WHAT?’ REVERSIBLE FRACTIONAL APPOINTMENTS MEET BIAS AGAINST CAREGIVING
  Chris Diamond, Gillian Whitehouse
• 011 UNCOVERING NON-GARMENT HOMEWORK IN AUSTRALIA: PRELIMINARY ISSUES
  Rosaria Burchielli, Annie Delaney
• 012 MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF AUSTRALIA’S NEW WORKPLACE REGULATIONS: THE CASE OF WOMEN “MINIMUM
  CONDITION” WORKERS
  Alison Preston, Therese Jefferson, Rob Guthrie

• 014 UNIVERSITY RESTRUCTURING AND TEACHING QUALITY
  Cameron Allen, George Lafferty and John Burgess

• 015 THE BOEING DISPUTE AT WILLIAMTOWN: WHAT RIGHT TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY?
  Jenny Whittard, Mark Bray, Ros Larkin, John Lewer

• 016 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS REPORTING: DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND 2004-2006
  Thomas F McGrath

• 017 MODELS OF ENGAGEMENT: UNION MANAGEMENT RELATIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
  Lucille Yarrington, Keith Townsend, Kerry Brown

• 018 PARTICIPATION AND SAFETY: BHP AT PORT KEMBLA, 1935-1996
  Ray Markey, Greg Patmore

• 020 A LITERATURE REVIEW ON BARGAINING FOR FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
  Sue Williamson

• 021 MATERNITY AND PARENTAL LEAVE IN AUSTRALIA – BEFORE AND AFTER WORKCHOICES
  Marian Baird, Alison Page and Jenni Whelan

• 022 PORT REFORM AND DOCKWORKERS:
  THE CASES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND THEIR KAOHSIUNG COUNTERPART
  Jou-juo Chu

• 023 ORGANISING STRATEGIES AND WOMEN ’S REPRESENTATION: THE LEGACY OF SEPARATE ORGANISING IN THE INTER
  WAR YEARS
  Cathy Brigden

• 024 MEETING THE CHALLENGE? ONE UNION’S RESPONSE TO SELF-EMPLOYED CONTRACTING
  Fiona Macdonald

• 025 AGED CARE AT THE CROSSROADS: ISSUES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AGED CARE LABOUR FORCE
  Sarah Kaine

• 026 THE CHANGING NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN THE CHINESE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
  Russell D. Lansbury, Chris F. Wright, Shuming Zhao and Jie Zhang

• 027 THE EXPANSION OF THE LOW-WAGE SECTOR: LABOUR MARKET POLICY CONVERGENCE IN AUSTRALIA AND
  GERMANY?
  Anja Kirsch

• 028 WHY EXECUTIVE PAY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE: KILLING OFF THE RATIONAL ECONOMIC MAN
  Savo Kovacevic

• 029 TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: LONGER WORKING HOURS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
  Erling Rasmussen and John Burgess

• 030 WHAT DO WE WANT? WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
  THE PROLONGED BATTLE TO ORGANISE FLOOR-LAYERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN MELBOURNE, 1983-2006
  Lynn Beaton

• 031 THE ERA 2000 AND THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION IN NEW ZEALAND
  Jamie Latornell

• 032 THE WORKER AND CARE EMERGENCIES: REVEALING NORMATIVITY IN LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS
  Anna Chapman

• 034 WOMEN-ONLY UNIONS IN JAPAN AND KOREA: THE IMPACT OF GENDER SPECIFIC UNION ORGANISING
  Kaye Broadbent

• 036 RECONSTRUCTING UNION POWER AS THE BASIS FOR COOPERATIVE WORKPLACE RELATIONS
  Paul O’Neil1

• 039 UNION MEMBERSHIP AMONG YOUNG GRADUATE WORKERS
  Damian Oliver

• 040 UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND PART-TIME WORKERS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PASSIVE FLEXIBILITY?
  Iain Campbell

• 041 A NEW PICTURE OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE UNION MOVEMENT: 1985-1996
  Dr. Kerrie Saville (nee Hose)

• 045 MATERNITY LEAVE IN AUSTRALIA: PATTERNS OF USE AND RETURN TO WORK
  Gillian Whitehouse1, Marian Baird2, Amanda Hosking

• 046 CHANGING PATTERNS OF WORKING CLASS MOBILISATION IN AUSTRALIA
  Tom Bramble

• 047 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF GENDER IN LABOUR SUPPLY THEORY
  John Murray

• 050 INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE WITHOUT ‘BENEFICIAL CONSTRAINT’: THE LESSONS FROM NEW ZEALAND AND IRELAND
  Colm McLaughlin

• 051 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR: DRIVERS OF TRAINING SUPPORTED BY NEW ZEALAND ORGANISATIONS
  Stephen Blumenfeld, Ashish Malik

• 052 EMPLOYEES AS A COMPONENT OF GOVERNANCE MODELS: DIVERGENCE BETWEEN RHETORIC, SYSTEMS AND PRACTICE
  Suzanne Young, Vijaya Thyil

• 053 CHEAP LABOUR: THE AUSTRALIAN WAY
  Helen Masterman-Smith, Jude Elton

• 054 THE IMPACT OF GOOD FAITH PRINCIPLES ON COMMUNICATION ISSUES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
  Pam Nuttall

• 055 THE EFFECTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INTRA-GROUP IDENTIFICATION ON UNION COMMITMENT
  Timothy Bartram, Christina Cregan, Pauline Stanton

• 056 ORGANISATIONAL CLOSURE: A CRITIQUE OF THE LITERATURE AND SOME RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS
  Rune Wigblad, John Lewer

• 057 WORK, HOUSEHOLDS AND TIME IN TWO MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES’
  Barbara Pocock and Pip Williams

• 058 CEO PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY IN AUSTRALIAN LISTED COMPANIES, 1999 TO 2005
  Alessandra Capezio, John Shields, Michael O’Donnell

• 059 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE LATENT DISCURSIVE CHALLENGE TO IR
  Ian Harriss

• 060 PERCEPTIONS OF FAIRNESS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WORKPLACE CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
  SECTOR
  Stephen Weller, Associate Professor Bernadine VanGramberg

• 061 ADOLESCENTS AND INJURIES AT WORK: DOES TIME OF DAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
  Rebecca Loudoun and Cameron Allan

• 064 COLLATERAL DAMAGE: WOMEN AND THE WORKCHOICES BATTLEFIELD
  David Peetz

• 065 BRAVE NEW WORK CHOICES: WHAT IS THE STORY SO FAR?
  David Peetz

• 066 CASUAL EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITMENT: A CASE STUDY IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
  Michele Day, Jeremy Buultjens

• 067 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION – THE GREAT DIVIDE
  L. Morris, P. Stanton & S. Young

• 069 STUDENT WORKERS AND TRADE UNIONS: A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF FINDINGS
  Dr W.M. Robbins

• 070 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND THE FORMALISED MANAGEMENT OF CONVICT LABOUR
  W.M. Robbins

• 071 COAL RUSHES: PROGRESS REPORT ON WOMEN MINERS, MINERS’ WOMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
  Georgina Murray and David Peetz

• 073 TURNOVER AND RETENTION IN A TIGHT LABOUR MARKET: REFLECTING ON NEW ZEALAND RESEARCH
  Vivienne Hunt, Erling Rasmussen

• 074 IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY & FIRM PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIVITY?
  Felicity Lamm, Claire Massey, Martin Perry

• 076 UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
  Rupert Tipples and Branka Krivokapic-Skoko

• 078 TEAM LEADER PERSONALITY, TEAM CLIMATE AND RELATIONS IN THE TEAM
  Jonathan Bennett, Giles St J Burch

• 079 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS UNDER THE ER ACT
  Bernard Walker

• 080 A FAREWELL TO INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY: THE INFLUENCES OF ETHICAL GUIDELINES ON WORKPLACE ETHNOGRAPHIES
  Jennifer Sappey, Greg J Bamber

• 081 FROM ROBE TO WORKCHOICES: THE PRODUCTIVITY MYTH
  Bradon Ellem

• 082 THE TROUBLE WITH EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN THE CUSTOMER-ORIENTED BUREAUCRACY
  Angela Knox

• 083 FEAR AND LOATHING IN AUSTRALIA: GAUGING EMPLOYEE RESPONSES TO THE WORKCHOICES ACT 2005
  Angela Knox

• 084 TEMPORARY AGENCY WORKERS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF WORKPLACE UNFAMILIARITY TO WORKPLACE INJURIES
  Elsa Underhill

• 085 WHAT DOES “FAMILY FRIENDLY” MEAN AND CAN WE MEASURE IT?
  Therese Jefferson, Alison Preston

• 086 THE USE OF EMPLOYEE REWARDS IN NEW SOUTH WALES REGISTERED CLUBS
  Jeremy Buultjens, Grant Cairncross, Lance Pike

• 088 EMPLOYEE COOPERATION AND RESISTANCE IN WORK TEAMS
  Keith Townsend