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Myths and Realities: A Review of the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Michael Angwin
Michael Angwin*
Affiliation:
Business Council of Australia
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Abstract

There has been little empirical research into enterprise and workplace industrial relations. The Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey fills a major void. This paper examines the results of this Survey. It challenges the ‘industrial relations’ perspective adopted as well as some of the major conclusions, particularly those relating to industrial relations constraints upon flexibility. The paper also compares the findings with those of the Business Council’s Industrial Relations Study Commission.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , June 1991 , pp. 57 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1991

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