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Volume 24 Number 1
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February 1999
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Sexuality at Work: A Study of Lesbians' Workplace Experiences
Nicole L. Asquith
Lesbians' workplace experiences are determined by a range of individual, institutional and social relationships. In particular, the author seeks to address some of the gaps that currently exist in Industrial Relations theory regarding the implications of public disclosure of sexuality, the types of discrimination and harassment experienced in the workplace by lesbians, the types of actions taken after incidents of discrimination and harassment, and the level of participation by lesbians in community organisations, including trade unions. Ms Asquith's paper endeavours to map out the broad issues that arise when sexuality becomes an issue in workplace relations.
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The Employment Court after the Industrial Relations Package
John Hughes
The future of the Employment Court was placed in doubt in the Coalition Agreement of December 1996. Following an extensive review of the Court's decisions under the Coalition Agreement, with a view to assessing whether it had been engaging in "judicial activism", the Industrial Relations Package of July 1998 did not - as expected - settle the Court's future. Instead, the structure of the specialist Court was referred to a review being conducted by the Minister of Justice. Mr Hughes' article examines the reasons publicly advanced by the current Government for changing the role of the Court and the political and constitutional environment in which this has occurred. A summary of currently available information on the process of change is also included.
The Use of HRM Practices in International and Domestic Organisations
Jean M. Hiltrop
Professor Hiltrop's article aims to shed some light on the field of international HRM by reviewing the key findings and conclusions of two empirical studies which compared and contrasted the HRM practices of international and domestic firms. The first study was undertaken in 1991 and considered the differences between 117 multinational and domestic companies in Belgium. The second study took place between June 1992 and September 1994 and examined the HR policies and practices of 478 multinational corporations in Europe, Japan and the US. Taken together, these two studies help to understand (1) what multinational corporations do to attract, retain and motivate people, and (2) how this affects their performance.
RESEARCH NOTE:
Why Do People Join Unions? A Case Study of the New Zealand Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
Paul Tolich and Mark Harcourt
Messrs Tolich and Harcourt conducted a survey of 2,000 members of the New Zealand Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union to determine why they joined the union and how they were recruited. The authors found that most joined because they had a problem at work or because they believed in unions. Most people were recruited via their delegate or made first contact themselves. The results found are somewhat comparable to studies of British union members but with some important differences.
LEGAL FORUM:
Full Circle? The Continuing Saga of Redundancy Legislation
A.J. Geare
After increasing levels of judicial activism with regards to compensation for redundancy dismissals, the recent Court of Appeal ruling in Aoraki has been heralded both by the Court itself and by commentators as an end to the uncertainty and the activism, suggesting a return to the situation in the mid-1980s. Professor Geare's paper argues that while Aoraki will be influential, we have not come full circle and the situation, while changed, is still very different to that of the mid-1980s.
REVIEWS:
Contemporary Industrial Relations in Industrialised Market Economies: A Review Article
Roy J. Adams
Other Reviews:
- Raymond Markey and Jacques Monat (eds), "Innovation and Employee Participation Through Works Councils".
- Raymond J. Stone (ed), "Readings in Human Resource Management".
- Paul Blyton and Peter Turnbull, "The Dynamics of Employee Relations".
CHRONICLE:
April - July 1998
Erling Rasmussen and Ian McIntosh
A round-up of recent New Zealand industrial relations events from August to November 1998.
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