Employers and child workers: An institutional approach
Author(s)
Price, Robin
Bailey, Janis
McDonald, Paula
Pini, Barbara
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2011
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This article explores employers' perspectives on the introduction of child employment legislation in Australia1 through the lens of the three pillars-regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive-of institutional theory. The study extends the traditional industrial relations (IR) focus on regulation to examine how human resource (HR) practices around child employment become legitimised, normalised and socially supported.This article explores employers' perspectives on the introduction of child employment legislation in Australia1 through the lens of the three pillars-regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive-of institutional theory. The study extends the traditional industrial relations (IR) focus on regulation to examine how human resource (HR) practices around child employment become legitimised, normalised and socially supported.
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Journal Title
Industrial Relations Journal
Volume
42
Issue
3
Subject
Economics
Commerce, management, tourism and services
Industrial and employee relations