'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, 1999-2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192/2012.668342

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 10, 2012
• Deposit Date: Oct 4, 2013
• Print ISSN: 0958-5192
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-4399
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 23
• 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
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192/2012.668342