Australian Bulletin of Labour articles from June 2004

Australian Bulletin of Labour archives from June 2004

Workforce experience and retention in nursing in Australia *.(Contributed Article)
June 1, 2004... Abstract The labour market for nurses appears to be persistently in a state of shortage, as evidenced by regular reports of the nursing crisis'. This paper draws on data from two surveys to investigate critical aspects of the working lives...

The return of the lockout in Australia: a profile of lockouts since the decentralisation of bargaining.(Centributed Article)
June 1, 2004... Abstract Virtually unheard of outside the struggles of unions to establish themselves in the 1880s-90s and the Great Depression (1), lockouts have resurfaced in a series of disputes since the decentralisation of bargaining during the...

Gender differences in academic rank in Australian universities.(Contributed Article)
June 1, 2004... Abstract This study uses information on staff and student characteristics at Australian universities to examine the determinants of the career outcomes recorded for male and female academic staff in 2003. A comparison is also made with...

Comments on the decline in strikes in Australia.(Comment)
June 1, 2004... Abstract This paper comments on the remarkable decline in strikes in Australia over the last couple of decades in the light of the recent analysis of the same subject matter offered in the Australian Bulletin of Labour by Healy (2002). In...

The Australian strike rate and industrial relations: a brief reply to Perry.(Reply)
June 1, 2004... In this number of the Bulletin, Perry (2004) responds to my earlier paper, Peace at Last? Recent Trends in Australia's Industrial Action (Healy 2002), and seeks to improve on the explanations that were given there for the declining rate of...