http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25873 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:05:29 GMT 2013-05-23T07:05:29Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26016 Title: Methodology and Research on the Human Resource Practices of Multinational Enterprises in Australia Authors: McDonnell, A.; Russell, H.; Sablok, G.; Stanton, P.; Burgess, J.; Bartram, T. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26016 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26015 Title: The Difficulty of Quantitative Cross-country Comparisons of Wage-fixing Systems Authors: Isaac, J. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26015 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26014 Title: Upskilling and Polarisation in the Australian Labour Market: A Simple Analysis Authors: Esposto, A. Abstract: National and international studies have shown consistent upskilling trends in the labour market. While this claim is true at aggregate levels, when employment growth and total hours worked are disaggregated into permanent and casual full-time and part-time employment for men and women, upskilling trends are inconsistent. The analysis shows that permanent male and female full-time employment exhibited clear signs of upskilling both in terms of employment growth and hours worked but this was not the case in casual full-time work for men and women. Part-time casual and permanent work showed clear signs of polarisation and downskilling for men and women. These polarisation trends suggest that workers who do not possess high-level skills will face increasing levels of difficulty and uncertainty in the labour market, with an adverse impact on both household and individual inequality. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26014 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26013 Title: Oh Won't You Stay Just a Little Bit Longer: Changing Employers' Views of Older Workers Authors: Mountford, H. Abstract: The effects of the 2009 economic downturn in Australia, followed by a comparatively rapid recovery, have seen a surprising growth in the number of older workers in employment. If this increase in older workers is the harbinger of permanent change in the labour market, it can only come about if employers modify their traditionally negative attitude towards mature employees. In the first comprehensive overview of the literature and case studies, this paper explores employers' attitudes towards older workers and finds that most of the stereotypical myths are readily overcome in the current labour market. If a labour shortage drives employers to offer more flexible working conditions as first seen in the Global Financial Crisis, they will be taken up by the largest working cohort - the baby boomers - and the problem could be largely averted. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26013 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z