4.1   Occupational Choice, Recruitment and Training
4.2   Work Organisation, Job Design, Job Satisfaction
4.3   Occupational Health and Safety / Industrial Accidents
4.4   Technology / Technological Change
4.5   Industrial Democracy / Worker Participation
4.6   Employment / Unemployment

98. Gordon, Liz & Snook, Ivan
Education, "Skills", and Technological Change: The Politics of the New Economy, (1992) 17(1): 85-94.
Examines the view that technological change is having widespread effects on the nature of employment in Aotearoa, with significant implications for education.
Related sections: [ 4.4, 4.6 ]


99. Lauder, Hugh; Brown, Phillip; Hughes, David
The Labour Market, Educational Reform and Economic Growth, (1990) 15(3): 203-218.
Examines the relationship between educational reform, the labour market and economic growth. Proposes an education and labour market system which can produce a high wage, high technology economy.


100. Sultana, Ronald G.
Breaking Them in? School Kids in the Twilight Economy, (1990) 15(1): 19-33.
Investigates the participation of youths in holiday, weekend and after-school work. Argues that this work prepares them for capitalist social relations of production.
Related section: [ 4.6 ]


101. Thompson, G. Brian
Entrants to the Labour Force: Changes in Market Conditions and Educational Qualifications of Youth, (1985) 10(1): 15-28.
Examines youth in the labour market over the last two decades, including changes in the supply and value of school qualifications of entrants to the labour force.


[See also articles numbered: 7, 41, 44, 45, 48, 49, 263]

102. Ammon, Carl
Restructuring Electricorp: The Labour Process, Profit, Technology and Work Organisation, (1989) 14(2): 109-118.
Studies the restructuring of Electricorp, the use of new technologies and new forms of work organisation, using a labour process perspective.
Related section: [ 4.4 ]


103. Brosnan, Peter
Labour Market Flexibility and the Quality of Work: A Case Study of the Retail Industry, (1990) 16(1): 13-36.
Analyses changes in retailing towards labour flexibility to ascertain the effects on the quality of working life.
Related sections: [ 3.1, 4.3, 6.2 ]


104. Couchman, Paul
Gender and Control in Offices of the New Zealand Public Service, 1880-1920", (1990) 15(1): 35-48.
Presents a case study of the transformation of office work in the New Zealand public service from the 1880s to the 1920s, focusing on bureaucratisation, mechanisation and feminisation
Related section: [ 6.2 ]


105. Enderwick, Peter
Workplace Reform and International Competitiveness: The Case of New Zealand, (1992) 17(2): 185-206.
Drawing from the strategic thrust of the Porter Report, two models of workplace reform are posited: one based on Japanese type practices, the other building on the Australian reform experience.
Related section: [ 8.2 ]


106. Harbridge, Raymond & Dreaver, Michael
Changing Patterns of Working Time Arrangements in Registered Collective Agreements in New Zealand, (1989) 14(3): 251-266.
Examines changes to working time arrangements in registered collective settlements in the 1987-88 wage round.


107. O'Driscoll, Michael P.
Over-commitment to the Job and the Organisation: Implications of Excessive Job Involvement and Organisational Attachment, (1989) 14(3): 169-177.
Discusses potentially detrimental outcomes of excessive commitment to the job and the organisation, examining the implications for individuals, organisations and values within society.


108. Ryan, Rose
Flexibility in New Zealand Workplaces: A Study of Northern Employers, (1992) 17(2): 129-147.
Reports on the results of a questionnaire survey in August-September 1991 on the employment practices of members of the Auckland Employers Association.
Related section: [ 3.5 ]


[See also articles numbered: 8, 41, 43, 44, 45, 124, 125, 136, 140, 166, 174, 176, 206, 222, 263]

109. Campbell, Ian B.
Introduction: New Zealand Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Viewed Against the World Scene, (1983) 8(2): 87-96.
Examines the importance of learning from overseas experiences in occupational health and safety (Canada and the United States). Covers regulation issues, joint management-labour committees, advisory committees, and the cost of measures.
Related section: [ 8.2 ]


110. Campbell, Ian B.
Occupationally Related Illness: Its Compensation and its Prevention, (1985) 10(1): 1-14.
Examines the part that recognition of illnesses for compensation purposes plays in highlighting the need for preventive measures. Advocates research into causation and allied problems to establish the work connection.
Related sections: [ 7.2, 8.2 ]


111. Campbell, Ian B.
Occupational Health and Safety Legislation: Possibilities for Future Development, (1986) 11(3): 177-189.
Considers scientific, economic, ethical and political aspects that must be addressed to improve occupational health and safety. Recent approaches in Britain and Canada are examined.
Related sections: [ 7.3, 8.2 ]


112. Campbell, Ian B.
Occupational Health and Safety Legislation: What Else is Needed?, (1991) 16(1): 37-47.
Focuses on needed change in occupational health and safety legislation and in management concepts regarding accident causation. Discusses the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health Bill 1990.
Related sections: [ 4.5, 7.3 ]


113. Campbell, Ian B.
Accident Compensation and Prevention: A Step Back in Time, (1992) 17(3): 347-358.
Examines the link between accident compensation and prevention, focusing on the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


114. Cryer, P. Colin
Data Systems for Occupational Injury - the Current Position, (1989) 14(3): 279-284.
Highlights the limitations of New Zealand's national data systems for the production of occupational injury statistics.


115. Duignan, Paul
Occupational Health and Safety in New Zealand: Problems and Solutions, (1983) 8(2): 97-105.
Outlines threats posed by the economic climate to the health and safety of New Zealand workers, including cost cutting, lack of resources and poor legislation. Improvements are suggested.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


116. Farlow, David W.
Occupational Safety and Health: The Employers' Perspective, (1989) 14(2): 189-194.
Discusses the principles and objectives for proposed occupational health and safety legislation, drawing on the June 1988 discussion paper by the Advisory Council for Occupational Safety and Health.
Related sections: [ 3.5, 7.3 ]


117. Farlow, David W.
Occupational Health and Safety: A Comment on Mullen, (1991) 16(2): 185-187.
Comments on article no. 120.


118. Hampton, Chris
Occupational Safety and Health: The Policy Issues , (1989) 14(2): 181-187.
Discusses the Department of Labour's perception of the policy issues for occupational safety and health reform.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


119. Kjellstrom, Tord
Some Crucial Issues Concerning the Safety Provided by Occupational Health Standards, (1983) 8(2): 107-112.
Examines occupational health standards, considering lessons to be learnt from overseas, suggesting ways by which workers and their organisations can control work hazards.
Related sections: [ 7.2, 8.2 ]


120. Mullen, Elizabeth A.
Voluntarism in Occupational Health and Safety: The New Zealand Response, (1990) 15(2): 129-143.
Focuses on the debate about whether improving health and safety practices by legislation is more effective than by voluntarism, reporting on a survey of New Zealand enterprises.
Related sections: [ 3.2, 3.5, 7.3 ]


121. Mullen, Elizabeth A.
Voluntarism in Occupational Health and Safety: A Reply to Farlow, (1991) 16(2): 189-192.
A reply to article no. 117.


122. Wilson, Ross
Accident Compensation - a Union Viewpoint, (1983) 8(2): 113-121.
Examines government review of the accident compensation scheme from 1979 to 1982, concluding its inadequacy to redress the scheme's shortcomings and the desirability of an independent review.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


123. Wilson, Ross
Occupational Safety and Health: The Union Perspective, (1989) 4(2): 195-204.
Advocates a key role for the government and the law to play in preventing occupational injury and disease, evaluates mechanisms for hazard control.
Related sections: [ 3.2, 7.1, 7.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 55, 62, 103, 138, 226, 232, 238]

124. Brocklesby, John; Couchman, Paul; Hill, Roberta; Inkson, J.H. Kerr; Smith, David F.
Technological Change and the Labour Process in New Zealand: A Synthesis, (1984) 9(3): 211-216.
Draws together the common themes from the industry case studies presented in the symposium on technological change, worker resistance, managerial control, gender and skill, technological change and industrial relations in New Zealand.
Related sections: [ 4.2, 6.2 ]


125. Hill, Roberta
The Men Make it Seem Like a Secret Society ..." The Struggle for Control over "Direct-inputting" of Classified Advertising in the New Zealand Newspaper Industry., (1989) 14(3): 267-278.
Studies technological change in the New Zealand newspaper industry to show the limits of a labour process analysis and advocates a relational analysis of gender and class relations.
Related sections: [ 2.1, 4.1, 6.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 98, 102, 263]

126. Brown, Judy
Accounting to the Workforce, (1992) 17(2): 207-222.
Examines the rationale for, and objections to, labour-oriented disclosures.


127. Dive, B.J.
Worker Control and Influence: A Review of the Bullock Report, (1977) 2(2): 59-62.
Discusses the Bullock Report on Industrial Democracy.
Related section: [ 8.2 ]


128. Firth, Michael A.; Keef, Stephen; Mear, Ross
Some Preliminary Evidence on Employee Share Ownership Schemes in New Zealand Listed Companies, (1987) 12(1): 23-30.
Examines employee share ownership schemes, providing evidence on s166 schemes of the 1976 Income Tax Act, analysing participation rates and benefits conferred.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


129. Smith, Andréw M.C. & Firth, Michael A.
Communicating by Employee Reports: A Survey of Employee Attitudes, (1987) 12(2): 123-126.
Reports the results of a survey of employee opinions regarding employee reports in three companies.


130. Smith, David F.
A Critique of Worker Participation in New Zealand, (1978) 3(2): 71-79.
Examines the historical development of worker participation, attitudes of the parties and its application to the New Zealand workplace.


131. Stephens, R.J.
A Framework for Analysing Worker Participation in Management, (1982) 7(1): 23-27.
Discusses the influence of social, economic and political forces on the levels and coverage of management decision-making at which worker participation occurs, the extent of power sharing and the means of implementation.
Related section: [ 1.3 ]


132. Williams, Alan
Worker Participation in Management: A Dimensional Approach to the Current Debate, (1977) 2(2): 48-53.
Discusses the lack of a clear definition of worker participation along with design and implementation difficulties.
Related sections: [ 7.1, 7.3 ]


[See also articles numbered: 6, 112, 227, 237]

133. Brosnan, Peter; Wilson, Moira; Wong, Dio
Welfare Benefits and Labour Supply: A Review of the Empirical Evidence, (1989) 14(1): 17-35.
Reviews evidence of the relationship between labour supply decisions and the level, duration and eligibility requirements of unemployment benefits.
Related section: [ 8.2 ]


134. Brosnan, Peter & Wilson, Moira
How Does New Zealand Compare Now? International Comparisons of Disaggregated Unemployment Data, (1989) 14(3): 241-250.
Compares disaggregated unemployment data for Australia, Norway, United Kingdom and United States with similar data from New Zealand.
Related section: [ 8.2 ]


135. Brosnan, Peter & Hicks, John
The Concentration of Unemployment Experience in Spells of Long Duration: An Analysis by Age and Sex, (1986) 11(3): 161-175.
Uses the generation life tables method to examine the duration of unemployment by age and sex. Questions views of labour markets that see unemployment as transitory.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


136. Campbell, Rob
Unemployment and Redundancy: A Union Viewpoint, (1982) 7(3): 179-181.
Discusses the impacts of unemployment and the trade union response.
Related sections: [ 3.2, 4.2 ]


137. Easton, Brian
Introduction: Unemployment and its Consequences, (1982) 7(2): 101-105.
Defines unemployment, its social implications and the effects on individuals. Also looks at the industrial and political consequences.


138. Enderwick, Peter
Multinationals and Labour: A Review of Contemporary Issues and Concerns, (1989) 14(2): 119-132.
Surveys current labour concerns with multi-nationals, reviewing issues of stability and innovative labour practices.
Related sections: [ 1.4, 4.3, 6.2, 8.2 ]


139. Harbridge, Raymond
Recent Redundancy Agreements: A Content Analysis, (1992) 17(1): 95-100.
Reports the content of recent redundancy agreements.


140. Hesketh, Beryl & Shouksmith, George
Reasons Given for being Unemployed and the Job Search Process, (1982) 7(2): 137-144.
Research into the above and possible suggestions for handling conflict arising from the reasons stated.
Related section: [ 4.2 ]


141. Hicks, John & Brosnan, Peter
How Does New Zealand Compare? Some International Comparisons of Disaggregated Unemployment Data, (1982) 7(2): 107-122.
Describes the underlying pattern in New Zealand's unemployment, comparing it to Australia, Norway, United Kingdom and United States. Findings are discussed.
Related section: [ 8.2 ]


142. Macky, Keith & Haines, Hilary
The Psychological Effects of Unemployment: A Review of the Literature, (1982) 7(2): 123-135.
Discussion begins at the macro-social level narrowing down to the individual effects. The lack of literature is attributed to methodological problems and future areas for study are given.
Related sections: [ 1.4, 6.2 ]


143. O'Connor, Martin
The Authorising Roles of Public Institutions in Job Creation and Training: Legitimating New Zealand Employment Policy 1980-1985, (1986) 11(2): 119-134.
Analyses the roles of public institutions in conferring and denying ideological legitimacy to job creation and training strategies. Reviews public sector employment programmes to trace and interpret this political process.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


144. Pereira, Murray
The National Research Advisory Council and Some Counsel for Research against National, (1982) 7(3): 145-156.
Examines the Report of the National Research Advisory Council's Working Party into employment, emphasising youth unemployment. Recommendations are analysed.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


145. Revell, P.M. & Brosnan, Peter
New Zealand Labour Force Participation: The Ninety Years to 1981, (1986) 11(2): 77-89.
Reviews previous work in the area and uses census data to investigate participation rates. Age-specific data for Maori and non-Maoris, male/female rates are compared.
Related section: [ 1.4, 6.2 ]


146. Robinson, John
The Fully Employed High Income Society: A Comment, (1990) 15(3): 263-272.
Examines a 1990 Planning Council report that, based on model experiments, suggests full employment is possible by 1995.


147. Rochford, Mike
Changing Retirement Patterns in New Zealand, 1976 and 1981, (1986) 11(2): 91-104.
Focuses on the pattern of retirement in the period 1976 to 1981 and the effect of the introduction of National Superannuation.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


148. Rose, Dennis
Introduction: The Pursuit of Full Employment, Macroeconomic Perspectives, (1986) 11(2): 65-75.
Reviews the employment problem; looking at demography and behaviour as explanations of unemployment, structural change and the role of markets, planning mechanisms, institutional responses and assistance to the unemployed.
Related section: [ 1.1 ]


149. Rose, Dennis
The Fully Employed High Income Society: A Reply, (1990) 15(3): 273-279.
A reply to article no. 146.


150. Smith, David F.
Occupational and Industrial Change in the New Zealand Workforce, (1986) 11(2): 105-117.
Examines change in the occupational and industrial composition of the workforce between 1956 and 1981 with emphasis on white-collar employment.
Related section: [ 6.2 ]


151. Williams, Alan
The Labour Market in a Deregulated Economy, (1988) 13(2): 111-119.
Extends the debate over labour market flexibility, discussing the effects of global price competition on labour demand and the treatment of labour by multi-nationals. Addresses the role of labour law and institutions.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


[See also articles numbered: 40, 69, 74, 98, 100, 172, 173, 178, 190, 191, 263]

A. Index

A.5. Wages