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Croucher, Gwilym; Woelert, Peter – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
One fundamental aspect of organizational transformation in higher education is the change to the profile of universities' non-academic workforce. Key staffing trends identified in recent studies conducted in a variety of national settings include an increase in the proportion of non-academic staff at universities and a shift toward more highly…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Work Environment, Universities
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Smith, Erica; Callan, Victor; Tuck, Jacqueline; Smith, Andrew – International Journal of Training and Development, 2019
This paper presents and analyses results from a research project on current trends in employer training in Australia. While the formal vocational education and training (VET) system is well-researched, the everyday training that happens in workplaces is relatively under-researched in Australia. Using some of the results of an employer survey…
Descriptors: Job Training, Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns, Occupational Surveys
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Rothengatter, Maarten; Hil, Richard – Australian Universities' Review, 2013
Drawing on various secondary sources and direct encounters with casual academic staff, this article examines the emergent context and lived experiences of casualisation in Australian universities, with specific reference to on-going developments in teaching arrangements across the sector. Particular attention is paid to the challenges associated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Universities
Bexley, Emmaline; James, Richard; Arkoudis, Sophie – Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2011
Australia has an ageing academic workforce and the nation's capacity to refresh, build and maintain this workforce during a period of expansion in tertiary education participation needs urgent consideration. To inform possible strategies to recruit and retain academic staff, this study investigates the current attitudes of the academic profession…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Supply and Demand
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Lafferty, George; Hall, Richard; Harley, Bill; Whitehouse, Gillian – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1997
Homeworking is expanding in Australia, but increasing numbers are marginalized by low rates of union membership, high rates of casual employment, and low access to benefits. A substantial segment of home workers are affected by insecurity and poor pay and working conditions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Tables (Data), Work Environment
Bean, Robert – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
The 2006 census found that around 30% of people residing in Australia were born overseas, a trend unlikely to be reversed in the short-term, given the Australian Government's recent decision to significantly boost the places in the permanent skilled migration program to help employers redress their skill shortages. In light of this, employers are…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Bean, Robert – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
This document was produced by the author(s) based on their research for the report "Cross- Cultural Training and Workplace Performance" (ED503402). It contains the following materials related to the report: (1) Primary approach letters; (2) Tests for statistical significance; (3) Survey of current cross-cultural training practice; (4)…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis, Cross Cultural Training, Program Effectiveness
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Rosenman, Linda; McDonald, Sylvia – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
A survey of 322 University of Queensland (Australia) faculty found changes in attitudes about retirement age and about terms and conditions of employment at later ages. Implications are discussed and barriers to more flexible faculty employment are examined, including the current structure of retirement benefits, taxes, and flexible retirement;…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Administration, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Stevens, Paul – 1990
All employees are influenced by career management actions at each step of their career. The responsibility for career planning rests with the individual, whereas the responsibility for career development support should be the employer's: career management is a shared decision. Career planning training helps employees to analyze their interests and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning, Decision Making
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Currie, Jan – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
A study investigated the effects of 1988 changes in Australian economic policy on the reward structures and employment trends, particularly for women, at two Australian universities: Murdoch and Edith Cowan. Results suggest that the new policy has been beneficial for some women, particularly at lower employment levels, but that climbing this more…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Faculty
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McInnis, Craig – Higher Education Management, 1996
Surveys of Australian college faculty, conducted in 1977 and 1993, provide data for tracing trends in workload. While time devoted to teaching and research have remained stable, changes at the margins of academic workload are considerable. These tasks are largely generated by demands of institutional competition, accountability, and quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Faculty
Long, Michael; Fischer, John – 2002
Leading-edge firms (LEFs)--at the forefront of their industry in terms of growth or market share--may influence skill development through diffusion of technology, products, or practices and use of market power to set standards or change customer businesses. Study of LEFs can identify the type and mix of skills needed in the industry. LEFs are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Ball, K.; Freeland, B. – 2001
A study examined key determinants of apprentice and trainee employment in small and medium-sized enterprises that play an increasing role in providing employment-based training in Australia. It used unit record data from four waves of the Australian Bureau of Statistics business growth and performance surveys 1994-95 to 1997-98, which sent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Employer Attitudes
Martens, Margaret Hosmer, Ed.; Mitter, Swasti, Ed. – 1994
This book contains a comparative survey of efforts to organize female workers in trade unions in both developing and industrialized nations and 19 case studies of efforts to organize female workers in selected occupations. The following papers are included: "A Comparative Survey" (Swasti Mitter); "The Union of Women Domestic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Brown, Richard K., Ed. – 1997
This book contains nine papers that were presented to the Sociology and Social Policy section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The first paper, "Introduction: Work and Employment in the 1990s" (Richard Brown), puts work and employment in a historical context and examines how globalization of the economy has…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Economic Change, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
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