Managing Labour
UK and Australian Employers in Comparative Perspective, 1900-50
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2746016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur Mcivor (0000-0001-8907-3182), Christopher Wright (0000-0003-1296-1477) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 88 |
| Pages | 45 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-6942 • E-ISSN: 1839-3039 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/27516036 |
| OpenAlex | W2080093989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
The exceptionalism of Australian industrial relations has long been asserted. In particular, the Australian system of industrial arbitration has been argued to contrast markedly with other countries, such as Britain, which developed a more 'voluntarist' model of industrial regulation. However this distinction relies upon limited historical research of workplace-level developments. In this paper, we focus on a comparative analysis of employer practice in British and Australian workplaces during the first half of the twentieth century. While we find some differences in the nature and extent of management control between the British and Australian experience, what is more striking are the strong similarities in employer practice in work organisation, employment and industrial relations. While economic and institutional factors explain differences in employer practice, fundamental similarities appear to relate to the close economic and social linkages between British and Australian business
Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Exceptionalism · Interpretation (philosophy) · Labor relations · Labour economics · Political economy · Political science · Productivity · Sociology · State (computer science) · Voluntarism (philosophy) · Australian History and Society · Employment and Welfare Studies · History · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
The development of the labour process in capitalist societies
The Commonwealth as an Economic Network
Non‐Commissioned Officers’
The Politics of Work
Employers' Organisation and Strikebreaking in Britian, 1880–1914
Cooperation and Welfare in Industry
The Reception of Scientific Management by British Engineers, 1890–1914
The Early Application of Scientific Management by Cadbury
The Historical Development of Business Philanthropy
From Shop Floor to Boardroom
The Power to Manage
Shop Floor Citizens
Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution, 1862-1969
Anatomy of a Steel Works
The Formative Years of Management Control at the Newcastle Steelworks, 1913-1924
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |