Abstract
This chapter examines workplace non-union cooperation at Suncorp Group in Australia, especially the notion of partnership in this context. For this purpose, we define workplace partnership as ‘labour-management cooperation for mutual gains’ following Ackers and Payne (1998: 279-301). Th e social partnership model operates at the workplace level in diff erent ways within diff erent national contexts (Badigannavar and Kelly 2005 ; Guest and Peccei 2001). Common to these workplace arrangements is the provision of information to and consultation with employees and/or their representatives during decision-making processes and the mutually benefi cial outcomes in relation to trust, industrial relations (IR) climate and economic benefi ts (see also Badigannavar and Kelly 2005; Holland et al. 2012; Townsend et al. 2014).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Developing Positive Employment Relations: International Experiences of Labour Management Partnership |
Editors | Stewart Johnstone, Adrian Wilkinson |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 281-303 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137427724 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781137427700 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |