Ninth IIRA World Congress

President IIRA: John Niland

Rapporteur: Janice R. Bellace

THEME 1: THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Communication Abstracts

Funmi Adewumi - Nigeria, The State and Industrial Relations in Nigeria: A Critical Assessment
Mark Bray and Pat J Walsh - Australia/New Zealand, Accord and Discord! The Differing Fates of Corporatism Under Australian and New Zealand Labour Governments
Shou-Po Chao - Taiwan, The Governmental Efforts in the Promotion of Mutually Beneficial LaborManagement Relations in Taiwan, Republic of China
Grant Fitzner - Australia, Minimum Wages in OECD Countries: Lessons for Australia?
Richard Hall - Australia, Comparative Labour Law and Macroeconomic Outcomes: Decommodified Labour Law Regimes in Fifteen OECD Countries
Raymond Harbridge - New Zealand, Freedom to Bargain: A Review of the First Year of Bargaining Under New Zealand's Employment Contracts Legislation
Khondoker Bazlul Hoque - Bangladesh, The Role of the State in Industrial Relations: A Review of the Experiences of Some Asian Countries with Particular Reference to Bangladesh
S A Kennedy - Australia, Hands Off or Hands On? The State and Industrial Tribunals in Australia - Some Reflections
Mark G Kenny - Australia , Survival at all Costs. The Cases of the "System" versus the Pilots and the Coalminers - A Comparative Analysis
Jacques-André Lequin - Canada, Equity Legislations in Industrial Relations
J Joseph Loewenberg - United States of America, The Role of Government in Human Resource Management: The Case of Smoking at the Workplace in the United States
Samuel Masilamani - India, The State and Industrial Relations in India: A Micro Study
Balaguru Mohanadoss - India, Peace to Relations: A Strategic Move for Pro-Active Industrial Relations
P K Mohanty - India, The Role of the State In Industrial Relations: The Indian Experience
A Monappa - India, Affirmative Action Programmes: The Role of the State
P Nandakumar - India On Conciliation in India
Kwamina Panford - United States of America Structural Adjustment and Labor Unions in Ghana
Allen Ponak and Thomas F Reed - Canada Modelling Time Delays in Rights Arbitration
R Ram Reddy - India, The State and Industrial Relations in India - Policy and Implications
Greg Stevens - Australia, Recent Developments in Co-operation of State and Federal Tribunals in South Australia
Michele Tallard - France, The Role of the State in French Collective Bargaining: From Intervention to Inducement
Julian Teicher - Australia, Industrial Relations Regulation and Equal Opportunities Legislation
C W Thatcher - Australia, Enterprise Bargaining in the Public Service
Mark Thompson - Canada, The Impact of Privatization on Industrial Relations
Rupert Tipples - New Zealand, Primary Sector Experiences with New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act 1991
S K Tripathy - India, The Role of the State in the Industrial Relations System in India
Soile Tuorinsuo - Finland, The Role of the State in Industrial Relations in Finland
Hing Ai Yun - Singapore, State Intervention and Labour Relations

THEME II: TRADE UNIONISM IN THE FUTURE

President: Tayo Fashoyin. Rapporteur: Ed Davis

COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTS

Therese Beaupain - Belgium, Trade Union Membership: Further Probing of Explanatory Factors with Special Reference to the Case of Belgium
Paul Boreham and Richard Hall - Australia, Work Organisation, Industrial Relations Reform and Union Strategy in Comparative Perspective: The Illusion of Flexibility
Irene K H Chew and Tan Ern Ser - Singapore, Executive Unions and Union Membership in Singapore: Issues and Prospects
Patricia Fosh - United Kingdom, The Consequences of Pan-European Trade Unionism for Unions in Less Developed Countries
Peter Gahan - Australia, Towards a Theory of Union Strategy: An Industrial Relations Approach
Daniel G Gallagher and Kurt Wetzel - United States of America/Canada, The Growth of Part-Time Employment: Implications for Trade Union Growth and Governance
P Gevers - Belgium, Trade Unions, the Belgian Model of Labor Relations and the Developments in the European Community?
Clive H J Gilson and Terry Wagar - Canada, Union Organizing in Nova Scotia 1979-1988
K W Hince - New Zealand, The Future of Unionism in the South Pacific: The Case of Fiji
Kaj Ilmonen - Finland, The Finnish Trade Union Movement and Societal Trust
Chris Jecchinis and Theodoros Koutroukis - Greece, Recent Developments in the Trade Union Movements of Greece and Bulgaria: A Comparative Analysis
Timo Kauppinen - Finland, Can the Nordic Model of Labour Relations Survive in the European Community?
Helen LaVan - United States of America, Union Corporate Campaigns in Various Countries: Perceived Use and Effectiveness
Jens Lind - Denmark, The Future of Trade Unions and "The Danish Model". Convergence and Divergence of National Industrial Relations Systems
David Metcalf - United Kingdom, British Unions: Dissolution or Resurgence?
Susan Milner - United Kingdom, Trade Unions, Training and Bargaining: The Benefits of European Comparisons
Jaap Paauwe and J A de Jong - The Netherlands, Dutch Trade Unions in Transition: An Organizational Development Approach
Andrew Pendleton - England, Employee Participation in Employee Share Ownership Plan Organisations in the United Kingdom
Barbara Pocock - Australia, Women in Unions in Australia: New Evidence on Participation and Representation
Kotta Ramesh - India, Current Trends in Unionism - Implications for the Future
Frank Reid and Abdisalam Omar - Canada, Do Unions Win Short Strikes and Lose Long Strikes?
Alberto L Rimoldi - Argentina, The Future of Trade Unions in Argentina
Higdon C Roberts Jr and Ralph A Johnson - United States of America The Local Union in Transition: A United States Perspective
Joseph B Rose and Gary N Chaison - Canada/United States of America Union Density and Union Effectiveness: The North American Experience
L K Savery and G N Soutar - Australia Which Industrial Models do People Use?
Gerd Schienstock - Austria, Economic Transformation and Institutional Change
Basu Sharma - Canada, The Future of Trade Unionism in Selected Asian Countries
D H Simpson, M Koray and A Sozer - Wales/Turkey/Turkey, The Future of Trade Unions in the Developing Industrial Relations System in Turkey
J S Sodhi - India, Indian Trade Unions in the Nineties
George Sterling - Australia, Ethical Behaviour Within Unions and The Future of the Union Movement

THEME III: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING, THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Chairperson: Luis Aparicio Valdez. Rapporteur: John Purcell

COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTS

Guy S Ahonen - Finland, Human Resource Accounting - Prospects for Finland
Frances Bairstow - United States of America Emerging Workplace Problems
Greg J Bamber and Mark A Shadur - Australia, Towards Lean Production? The International Transferability of Japanese Management Strategies
Laurent Bélanger and Jean Boivin - Canada ,Culture Organisationnelle et Qualité Des Relations Patronales-Syndicales
Peter F Boxall - New Zealand, The Significance of Human Resource Management: A Reconsideration of the Evidence
Ozer Carmi - Israel, Job Evaluation and Labor Relations: The Case of the Public Sector in Israel
Norma J Chalmers - Australia, Employment Relationships in Japan: Dispatched Workers 1980-90
Richard P Chaykowski and Anil Verma - Canada, Canadian Industrial Relations in Transition
Jon Clark - United Kingdom , Personnel Management and Technical Change
Xavier Coller - Spain, Flexibilidad, calidad y la b6squeda de consenso a traves de la gestion de los recursos humanos
G Mulini Darshan - India, Key Issues in Human Resource Management
Sahab Dayal - United States of America, Collective Bargaining Among University Professors: An American Perspective
Esther Déom and Jacques Mercier - Canada, Quelques 6I6ments de I'evaluation des emplois en contexte d'equite salariale
Folashade Fasan-Caiafas - Nigeria, External Influences on the Personnel/Human Resource Function in Public Enterprises - An Appraisal
Maria Tereza Leme Fleury - Brazil, Human Resources Management and Labor Relations: A Comparison Between Korea and Brazil
V Gechtman and J Kaul - Israel, Strategic Manpower Resources Planning as a Tool for Organizational Flexibility
M N Goldberg, V R Haburchak and R Hovey - United States of America, The Imperative of Labor/Management Human Resource Delivery - Training as a Common Denominator for Economic Stability and Employment Security
John Hassard, Stephen Procter, Louise McArdle, Michael Rowlinson and J.Paul Forrester - United Kingdom, Performance Related Pay and the Management of Human Resources
Jon-Chao Hong and Ding-Yow Shich - Taiwan, Occupational Retraining in Taiwan and Japan
Frank M Horwitz and Michael Townshend - South Africa, Participation, Teamwork and Flexibility: Problems and Challenges in South Africa
Harish C Jain - Canada, Staffing and Affirmative Action Policies In Canada and India
R B Jain - India, Human Resource Management in Public Enterprises in India
Russell Lansbury, Bengt Sandkull and Olle Hammarström - Australia/Sweden/Sweden, Productivity, HRM and Industrial Relations in the Australian and Swedish Automotive Components Industries
Maria Matey-Tyrowicz - Poland, Human Resource Policy and Unemployment in Poland
Susan McGrath-Champ - Australia, Human Resource Management and Corporate Strategy: Restructuring in the Australian Coal Industry
Ian P McLoughlin - United Kingdom, Human Resource Management in Non-Union Firms in the UK
Ilan Meshoulam - Israel, Human Resources Strategic Management. A System Approach
Daniel J B Mitchell, Shara Peng and Mahmood A Zaidi - United States of America, The Use of Mandated Benefits. A Comparative Study
Maria Ann Mulcahy - Australia, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations. Breaking Down the Barriers
Helen J Newell - United Kingdom, "New" Employee Relations in Greenfield Sites?
Stanley D Nollen - United States of America The Cost Effectiveness of Contingent Labor
Thomas H Patten Jr - United States of America, Restructuring of Companies, Human Resource Policies, and Industrial Relations in the American Steel Industry During the 1980's
Anna Pollert - United Kingdom, Restructuring and the Management of Production and Labour in the European Food Manufacturing Industry
R Satya Raju - India, Strategic Issues in Human Resource Management: The Indian Experience
Mark R Sherman - United States of America, The Mediation of Individual Employment Disputes in Australia: Some Lessons for American Managers
Anthony E Smith - Canada, The Transformation of Canadian Industrial Relations?
Norm Solomon and Andrew Templer - Canada, The Implications of Non-Traditional Work Sites for Industrial Relations: A Review of Telecommuting in North America and Europe
A V Subbarao - Canada, Impact of Employment Equity on Industrial Relations In Canada and India: Need for Theory and Research
Hazel T Suchard - Australia, The Management of High-Tech Companies - Problems and Solutions
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Diane Bellemare and Lise Poulin Simon -, Canada, The Impact of Macroeconomic and Labour Market Policy on Firms' Human Resources Management
Lowell Turner and Peter Auer - United States of America/Germany, The Political Economy of New Work Organization: Different Roads, Different Outcomes
A H van der Zwaan - The Netherlands, Personnel Mobility and Personnel Flexibility; From a Labour Process and Sociotechnical Viewpoint
P Vijayan and D B Varadarajan - India, Perspectives and Problems of Human Resources Management in India
David Wan - Singapore, Human Resource Management and the Practice of Industrial Relations
Klaas H Woldring - Australia, The Contribution of the John Cleese Videos to the Teaching of Industrial Relations, Management and Human Resource Management

THEME IV: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION

Chairperson: Manfred Weiss. Rapporteur: Amira Galin

COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTS

B Karin Chai - Australia, The Changing Role of Unions in Hong Kong
B Hemalatha and B J Stanley - India, Industrial Relations in Medieval India (800 - 1600 AD) - A Historical Perspective
Herman Knudsen - Denmark, Employee Participation in the European Community - Towards Convergence?
Karl Koch - United Kingdom, Collective Bargaining and Trade Unions: The Process of Bargaining Harmonization in a United Germany
Joachim Lamel - Austria, Changes in the System of Social Partnership in Austria
Judith Mailer - South Africa, Conflict or Co-operation? Trade Unions and Worker Participation in South Africa
Jacob Mankidy - India, Emerging Patterns of Industrial Relations in India
Leopold P Mureithi - Kenya, The Dynamics of Labour Relations in Kenya
Hans-Goran Myrdal - Sweden, Reflections on the Role of Employers and Employers' Organisations During the Transition from a Centrally Planned to a Market Economy
Russell E Smith - United States Of America Brazilian Industrial Relations Post- Redemocratization
Nii Lartey-Ayi Tetteh - Ghana, Political Transformation and Industrial Relations - The African Perspective
Gillian Whitehouse - Australia, Wage Bargaining and Gender Equality: The Pursuit of Flexibility
Susan Zeitz - Australia Interpreting, Not Re-Drafting

THEME V: THE MACRO/MICRO INTERFACE IN LABOUR MARKET POLICY AND PRACTICE

Chairperson: Lena Gonas. Rapporteur: Pang Eng Fong

COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTS

James P Begin - United States of America, International Trade and Industrial Structure as Determinants of Comparative IR Systems: A Preliminary Discussion
Tim Harcourt - Australia, The Accord, Workplace Bargaining and Labour Market Reform
W G Harley - Australia, Labour Flexibility and Industrial Relations in Australia: An Analysis of the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey Data
Segun 0 Matanmi - Nigeria, Working Time Flexibility and the Promotion of Female Employment in Nigeria
Ian McAndrew - New Zealand, From Regulation to Deregulation in New Zealand Labour Relations
M Alimullah Miyan - Bangladesh, Urban Labour Markets in Bangladesh
Teresa Poon - Australia, Labour Contract System in the People's Republic of China - Towards a New Form of Dualism of Labour?
K V Eswara Prasad - India, Some Aspects of the Labour Market for Professional Manpower in India
Kate Purcell - England, Equal Opportunities in the Hospitality Industry: Custom and Credentials
Malcolm Rimmer - Australia, Systematic Overtime: An Obstacle to Workplace Reform in Australia
Pamela A Swain - Australia, Some Findings of a Study of the Management of Industrial Relations in the Pilbara Iron Ore Industry Using the Strategic Choice Theoretical Frameworks of Kochan, Katz and McKersie (1986) for Analysis of Industrial Relations at the Level of the Firm

Theme General

Salahaldeen AI-All - England, An Analysis of the Linkages Between Higher Education and Industry in the UK
Gordon Anderson, Peter Brosnan and Pat Walsh - New Zealand/Australia/New Zealand, Casualisation and Externalisation in New Zealand
Gholam R Bordbar - Iran, Industrial Growth and Labour Relations
Friedrich Furstenberg - Germany, Individual and Representative Participation. Dualism or Dilemma?
E Edward Herman - United States of America, The Teaching of Collective Bargaining
Satu Kalliola and Ilkka Pesonen - Finland, The Quality of Working Life and the Productivity of Services in Municipal Organizations
Simo Salminen and Jorma Saari - Finland, Measures to Improve Productivity and Safety, as Evaluated by the Parties of Serious Occupational Accidents