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  • Does Industrial Relations Policy Affect Productivity?

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    Peetz, David
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    Peetz, David R.
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    This article considers the link between productivity, fairness, and industrial relations (IR) policy at workplace, national, and international levels using data from micro- and macro-level empirical studies as well as data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the OECD, and other sources. There is some evidence that policies that enhance fairness enhance economic performance. But the effects are conditional; they are neither consistent nor universal Government policies to encourage or discourage unions, to restrict the extent or scope of collective bargaining or related action, or to encourage or discourage ...
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    This article considers the link between productivity, fairness, and industrial relations (IR) policy at workplace, national, and international levels using data from micro- and macro-level empirical studies as well as data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the OECD, and other sources. There is some evidence that policies that enhance fairness enhance economic performance. But the effects are conditional; they are neither consistent nor universal Government policies to encourage or discourage unions, to restrict the extent or scope of collective bargaining or related action, or to encourage or discourage non-unionism or individual contracting, will not do a great deal in net terms to improve economic performance. However, in any specific workplace, industrial relations and the decisions management makes can have a notable effect on productivity. While welfare and industrial relations systems do not make a large inherent difference to economic efficiency, they make a very large difference to social outcomes.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume
    38
    Issue
    4
    Publisher URI
    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Does+individual+relations+policy+affect+productivity%3f-a0315069253
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 National Institute of Labour Studies Inc. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Industrial Relations
    Applied Economics
    Business and Management
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/49919
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