Australian Bulletin of Labour articles from June 2003

Australian Bulletin of Labour archives from June 2003

Flexible measures for a flexible labour market.(Opinion)
June 1, 2003... Abstract The system of labour market statistics in Australia is in need of reform. The principal measure of labour market performance, the unemployment rate, was developed in an era when the labour market was characterized by full-time...

Race against time: extended hours in Australia.(Contributed Article)
June 1, 2003... Abstract Drawing on qualitative and survey research in a number of organisations, we report on some of the causes and effects of extended working hours. Extended hours were mostly employer-driven, where workplace regulation of hours was...

Beyond performance indicators: a case study in aged care.(Contributed Article)
June 1, 2003... Abstract Benchmarking both absenteeism and labour turnover rates focuses on centrally driven performance measures emerging in aged care organisations in the health sector. This case study suggests that there is a need for performance...

Management responses to union in Australian call centres: exclude, tolerate or embrace?(Contributed Article)
June 1, 2003... Abstract This paper reports on a study of management's attitudes and responses to union activities in 20 call centres in Western Australia. Australian unions have identified call centres as an important sector to organise, but past...

Structural change in Australian trade unionism, 1969-1996: a structural events approach.(Contributed Article)
June 1, 2003... Abstract Traditional studies of long-term change in trade union structure have, in constructing explanations of change, predominantly focused on aggregate trends in union merger activity. This paper argues that our understanding of...