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Attitudes to Australian Industrial Relations: The influence of Political Affiliation
Author(s) -
Spillane R.M.,
Spillane Robert
Publication year - 1981
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 - 10.1177/103841118101800406
Subject(s) - industrial relations , politics , power (physics) , business , trade union , middle management , public relations , human resource management , political science , sociology , marketing , law , international trade , physics , quantum mechanics
Industrial relations in Australia is strongly influenced by the attitudes and values of those in positions of power and authority. Business executives and trade union officials generally attract considerable attention from the mass media and we are inclined to attribute to them considerable influence in the conduct of human resources management, particularly in the industrial relations arena. Less studied is the influence that managers in the middle of organisational hierarchies exert on the general industrial climate. It has often been assumed that middle‐level managers identify closely with senior management and therefore are likely to adopt similar views about industrial relations matters.