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Technology, Employment and Labour Relations: Facing Up to The New Decade
Author(s) -
Pickett Les
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118001700405
Subject(s) - unemployment , labour economics , function (biology) , business , industrial relations , technology transfer , job loss , economics , economic growth , management , international trade , evolutionary biology , biology
Four areas of technology are seen to have major significance for Australia in the next decade … electronics, resources, energy, and transport. It seems likely that there will be an increase in technology transfer from overseas. Industrial conflict, unemployment and disparities in wealth are expected to increase and there will be some reduction in working hours. The challenge of the future already exists. The question is whether or not the personnel function is capable of meeting these increasing demands!