Abstract
This paper compares the employee relations practices and outcomes of nonunion and unionized workplaces in Australia. It also examines the nature of those practices to ascertain whether non-union workplaces can best be characterized as human resource innovators or 'bleak houses'. The data for the study are drawn from the 1995 Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey. The findings suggest that non-union workplaces are distinctly less innovative in a number of their employee relations practices and in general have less favourable employee relations outcomes than unionized workplaces in terms of dismissal and turnover rates. The non-union workplace is also distinguished by the individualistic nature of its contractual, remunerative and bargaining arrangements.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 669 - 683 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | International Journal of Human Resource Management |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2001 |
