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  • Employee Attraction and Retention in the Australian Resources Sector

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    Author(s)
    Hutchings, Kate
    De Cieri, Helen
    Shea, Tracey
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    Hutchings, Kate
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    This article presents findings from a survey conducted in the Australian resources sector in 2009 exploring human resource (HR) managers' perceptions of how their organizational practices and external contextual changes in industrial relations legislation present challenges for the sector and influence attraction and retention of highly skilled employees. The research makes an important contribution to the literature on good employment/high involvement work practices by investigating organizational practices within the politico-legislative context of this economically significant sector. Our findings indicate that organizations ...
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    This article presents findings from a survey conducted in the Australian resources sector in 2009 exploring human resource (HR) managers' perceptions of how their organizational practices and external contextual changes in industrial relations legislation present challenges for the sector and influence attraction and retention of highly skilled employees. The research makes an important contribution to the literature on good employment/high involvement work practices by investigating organizational practices within the politico-legislative context of this economically significant sector. Our findings indicate that organizations have implemented a range of 'good' employment practices, while dealing with concerns about skills shortages, employee turnover, an aging workforce and changes in legislation. We identify a need for employers to give greater attention to diversity and work-life balance issues. Further, there is a need for strategies to increase the attractiveness of work in remote locations.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Industrial Relations
    Volume
    53
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185610390299
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 Industrial Relations Society of Australia. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Human resources management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/41303
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