Between Individualism and Collectivism? Why Employers Choose Non-Union Collective Agreements

摘要: ABSTRACT Why do employers choose to make, or not non-union collective agreements? Based on a study of s170LK (LK) agreements in the federal jurisdiction, our key finding is that employer choices relation these are rarely product ideological frames such as collectivism individualism, overarching human resource strategies. Whilst LK were sometimes chosen because their fit with ‘soft’ strategies, agreement more commonly driven by practical, utilitarian assessments administrative cost, efficiency and practical efficacy instruments for achieving particular workplace changes (usually reconfiguring award wage—hours nexus). The offered successfully implemented well-organised worksites, but they have nonetheless been used circumstances exclude, marginalise substitute unions. As recent WorkChoices amendments open up new opportunities lowering labou...