'The ‘lucky’ LME: the mediation of globalizing effects on employment relations in the Australian auto assembly and retail banking industries'

Cutcher, Leanne; Kirsch, Anja; Lansbury, Russell

Abstract

In liberal market economies such as Australia, we generally expect that global pressures will lead to an increasingly deregulated employment relations system reliant on market mechanisms. However, case study evidence from the Australian auto and banking industries shows that employment relations practices vary considerably by sector. In comparing developments in pay systems, skill formation and enterprise governance in both industries, we are able to contrast a rather stable and coordinated approach in place in the auto industry with an increasingly decentralized and deregulated approach in banking. In both industries, employment relations have been significantly influenced by the government's industry policies.

Citation

Cutcher, L., Kirsch, A., & Lansbury, R. (2012). 'The ‘lucky’ LME: the mediation of globalizing effects on employment relations in the Australian auto assembly and retail banking industries'. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(10), 1999-2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2012.668342

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Apr 2, 2012
• Publication Date: May 10, 2012
• Deposit Date: Oct 4, 2013
• Journal: International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Print ISSN: 0958-5192
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-4399
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1999-2015
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2012.668342
• Keywords: Australia; auto industry; banking; globalization; employment relations; varieties of capitalism
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6432