The Queensland Public Sector: Recent Developments in Employment Relations
Author(s)
Hollander, Robyn
Thornthwaite, Louise
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2000
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With the incumbent Labor government embracing a recentralisation of industrial relations, public sector agencies in Queensland are experiencing a dramatic shift in the framework of employment relations. This paper discusses the approach of the previous Coalition government to managing the public sector workforce and the emerging approach of the Labor government. The comparison of contrasting governmental approaches to public sector employment relations throughout the 1990s suggests that successive governments have balanced very differently the three main pressures they have faced: political, managerialist and industrial relations.With the incumbent Labor government embracing a recentralisation of industrial relations, public sector agencies in Queensland are experiencing a dramatic shift in the framework of employment relations. This paper discusses the approach of the previous Coalition government to managing the public sector workforce and the emerging approach of the Labor government. The comparison of contrasting governmental approaches to public sector employment relations throughout the 1990s suggests that successive governments have balanced very differently the three main pressures they have faced: political, managerialist and industrial relations.
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Journal Title
Australian Journal of Public Administration
Volume
59
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2000 Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at [www.blackwell-synergy.com.]
Subject
Economics
Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Studies in Human Society