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What influences the progression of employment rights disputes?
Author(s) -
Walker Bernard,
Hamilton R.T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12085
Subject(s) - legislature , dispute resolution , labor disputes , law and economics , business , political science , public economics , economics , law , labor relations
This study of employment rights disputes in N ew Z ealand accessed all parties to 14 disputes. Despite a legislative requirement to preserve relationships, only three survived. Dispute type, interaction mode and the parties' relative influence affected outcomes. These findings have implications for managers and policy makers regarding alternative dispute resolution systems.