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

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