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Industrial Activity on Australian Campuses — Trends and Directions
Author(s) -
Smith T.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1177/103841118502300115
Subject(s) - economic shortage , work (physics) , public relations , political science , industrial relations , higher education , sociology , business , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Australian academia, universities and colleges of advanced education, has for decades been something of a backwater in industrial relations terms, but this situation is changing. The once calm campuses are experiencing a rapidly changing industrial scene. While there is no shortage of academics qualified and willing to offer informed comment on industrial trends and issues in the Australian community, few have chosen to study the campus industrial scene, the environment in which they work and study. This is surprising, since the higher education sector is a significant employer in its own right.