8.1   Case Studies
8.2   International Studies
8.3   Role of the Media

82. Bairam, Erkin I. & Howells, John M.
The Incentive Effects of Tournaments: The PGA Australasian Tour 1991, (1994) 19(2): 151-160.
Examines the relationship between the structure of tournament incentives and individual performance. Suggests that such tournament-type reward structures may be applicable to industrial wage structures.


83. Hunt, Jeremy
Human Resource Strategies in the New Zealand Clothing Manufacturing Industry, (1995) 20(2): 171-183.
Examines human resource management models in the New Zealand clothing industry, concluding that constitutional and traditional management styles predominate.


84. Oxenbridge, Sarah
Health Sector Collective Bargaining and the Employment Contracts Act: A Case Study of Nurses, (1994) 19(1): 17-33.
A case study describing and analysing collective employment contract negotiation between hospital management and representatives of the New Zealand Nurses Association.
Related sections: [ 1.3, 7.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 15, 24, 42, 57, 61]

85. Aryee, Samuel & Wong, Wing Keung
Factors Influencing the Formation of Union Attitudes, (1995) 20(3): 267-285.
Examines factors influencing the formation of attitudes towards unions amongst a group of 426 Singaporean unionised employees.
Related section: [ 3.2 ]


86. Beardwell, Ian
Into the "Black Hole"? An Examination of the Personnel Management of Non-Unionism, (1997) 22(1): 37-49.
Examines the concept of a "black hole", where management uses neither human resource management or industrial relations to manage its workforce.
Related section: [ 3.3 ]


87. Bingham, Lisa B.
An Overview of Employment Arbitration in the United States: Law, Public Policy and Data, (1998) 23(2): 5-19.
Surveys important legal developments in non-union arbitration and examines the ongoing policy debate and self-regulation efforts among members of the American dispute resolution community.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


88. Branine, Mohamed
Change and Continuity in Chinese Employment Relationships, (1997) 22(1): 77-94.
Examines the implications for employment relationships of economic and industrial reforms introduced in the People's Republic of China in 1979. Data from selected state-owned enterprises and a review of relevant literature are included.


89. Bronfenbrenner, Kate
Reversing the Tide of Organizing Decline: Lessons from the US Experience, (1998) 23(2): 21-34.
Relates findings indicating that unions can significantly improve organising success rates by relying on a comprehensive union building strategy. Suggests that these techniques are applicable to other countries as well.
Related sections: [ 3.1, 3.2 ]


90. Campling, John Trevor
From Rigid to Flexible Employment Practices in UK Commercial Television: A Case of Government-Led Reform, (1995) 20(1): 1-22.
Highlights sources of change in the British commercial television industry since the mid-1980s. Discusses various dimensions of the reforms from a "flexible firm" perspective.
Related section: [ 1.3 ]


91. Dannin, Ellen J.
Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations: Some American Answers: Introduction, (1998) 23(2): 1-4.
An overview of the symposium of volume 23(2) concerning American solutions to contemporary issues in industrial relations.


92. Dickerson, Claire Moore
Virtual Organizations: From Dominance to Opportunism, (1998) 23(2): 35-46.
Highlights the concept of a virtual organisation (based on contractual relationships rather than traditional unitary business forms) and argues that opportunism is normed over dominance of suppliers and workers.
Related section: [ 1.1 ]


93. Fells, Ray & Mulvey, Charles
Changes in Western Australian Industrial Relations, (1994) 19(3): 289-304.
Highlights changes to industrial relations in Western Australia and predicts a period of ongoing change for workplaces in that area.
Related section: [ 1.1 ]


94. Fisk, Catherine L.
Rights in Employee Inventions and Ideas: An Overview of United States Law, (1998) 23(2): 47-62.
Reviews United States law on employee inventions, knowledge and creative products. Suggests that attempts to restrict employee ownership by contract have prompted judicial and legislative rules, creating problems of uncertainty.
Related sections: [ 4.2, 7.2 ]


95. Goodman, John & Earnshaw, Jill
New Industrial Rights and Wrongs: the Changed Framework of British Employment Law, (1994) 19(3): 305-321.
Outlines and assesses shifts in collective and individual employment law in the United Kingdom since 1979.
Related section: [ 1.1 ]


96. Gross, James A.
The Common Law Employment Contract and Collective Bargaining: Values and Views of Rights and Justice, (1998) 23(2): 63-76.
Examines historical views as to the purpose of a national labour policy and compares the need of just and democratic workplaces against the drive for market values.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


97. Harcourt, Mark
Gender Equity in the Workplace: A Comparison of Canada and Sweden, (1995) 20(3): 287-301.
Compares the approaches of Canada and Sweden to gender equity, suggesting improvements to the Canadian approach which may assist New Zealand's gender equity development.
Related sections: [ 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 ]


98. Imbun, Benedict & Morris, Richard
Conflict in Papua New Guinea Mining: The 1993-1995 Porgera Dispute, (1995) 20(3): 255-265.
Explores and assesses the significance of the Porgera dispute on the Papua New Guinea mining industry.
Related sections: [ 2.1, 2.3 ]


99. Karsten, Luchien
Industrial Relations in the Netherlands 1945-1996: The Rhenish-delta Model and the Working Time Issue, (1997) 22(1): 50-63.
Examines the development of industrial relations in the Netherlands, focusing on the increased flexibility of the Rhenish-delta model and the issue of control of working time.
Related sections: [ 1.1, 4.2 ]


100. Key, Lisa E.
Current Issues in US Workplace Disability Rights, (1998) 23(2): 77-90.
An overview of contemporary concerns regarding the rights of persons with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.
Related section: [ 1.4 ]


101. Kim, Pauline T
An Empirical Challenge to Employment at Will, (1998) 23(2): 91-103.
Presents empirical evidence which challenges the notion that employers and employees understand the legal rules governing the employment relationship, a fundamental assumption of the at-will rule in employment.
Related section: [ 4.2 ]


102. Leggett, Chris
Korea's Divergent Industrial Relations, (1997) 22(1): 64-76.
Argues that identifying the tradition of labour protest and the role of large-scale family businesses (chaebol) is essential for explaining divergent industrial relations in modern-day Korea.
Related sections: [ 1.1, 2.1 ]


103. Leopold, John
Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management: Tensions, Dilemmas and Contradictions - an International Perspective: Editorial, (1997) 22(1): 1-6.
An overview of the symposium of volume 22(1) concerning industrial relations and human resource management.


104. Miller, Ronald
The American Labour Movement in Transition, (1996) 21(2):.
Reviews the factors shaping the American labour movement, concluding that changes in union strategy are creating a complex mixture of adversarial and co-management relationships.
Related sections: [ 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 ]


105. Miller, Ronald L. & Amano, Matthew Matsukichi
Trade Unions in Japan: The Consequences of Enterprise Unionism, (1995) 20(1): 35-48.
Highlights the consequences on the Japanese labour market of the enterprise unions, organisations specific to large corporations.
Related sections: [ 3.1, 3.2 ]


106. Mitchell, Richard & Naughton, Richard
Radical Labour Law Reform and the Demise of the Victorian Industrial Relations System, (1994) 19(3): 275-288.
Outlines industrial law reform in Victoria and concludes that the reforms have failed to achieve their objectives.


107. Sawicky, Max B.
Can Unions Make It in the Market? Contractors and Competition in Social Service Provision, (1998) 23(2): 105-118.
Argues that the traditional conflict of interests between American management and unions has been exaggerated, with particular reference to social service provision.
Related sections: [ 2.1, 3.2 ]


108. Thornthwaite, Louise
Specialist Tribunals and Management Strategy: Reflections on the Impact of Anti-Discrimination Legislation in the Public Sector, (1993) 18(2): 237-249.
Examines the effect of the Australian Equal Opportunity Tribunal on managerial strategy in public sector organisations.
Related sections: [ 1.2, 1.4, 6.3 ]


[See also articles numbered: 2, 16]

109. Scott, Jane
Contesting Symbolic Space: The Struggle over the Employment Contracts Act 1991, (1996) 21(3): 277-295.
Reflects on the media's role in the Employment Contracts Act debate and concludes that opposition to the Act was both communicated and contained.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


[See also article numbered: 56]

B. Index

B. Author Index