The rise of China has been of enormous significance for the Australian capitalist class. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Ross Gittins outlines three major reasons why the East Asian giant now matters for Australian capitalism. First is its sheer size. With a population of 1.35 billion, it has 20...

High rates of labour turnover in the call centre sector are, in the view of some commentators, indicative of widespread employee 'burnout'. However, few studies have formally investigated the frequency or antecedents of job burnout for this particular group of workers. This paper presents the...

Books Reviewed: Mark Hearn and Greg Patmore (eds.) - Working the Nation: Working Life and Federation, 1890-1914 Lowell Turner, Harry C. Katz and Richard W. Hurd - Rekindling the Movement: Labor's Quest for Relevance in the 21st Century Douglas Ezzy - Narrating Unemployment Anne-Marie Greene -...

Details are given of the chief characteristics of Australia's trade union officials, using data drawn from the 1986 and 1996 Australian Censuses of Population and Housing. This research note provides an update on research published by a number of authors. Unlike previous work, however, use of...

This article reports on the impact of corporate restructuring on middle management at Australia's largest specialty retailer. The first section reviews existing literature on middle managers in the context of organisational change. This is followed by an overview of the particular...