Enterprise Bargaining and Productivity in Australia: What do We Know?

Joanne Loundes, Yi-Ping Tseng and Mark Wooden

The Economic Record, 2003, vol. 79, issue 245, 245-258

Abstract: There appears to be widespread consensus, at least in industry and government, that enterprise bargaining has been beneficial for productivity. Many academics, however, have argued that the link between bargaining structure and workplace productivity is a contentious one, and that research has been unable to establish a relationship. The present paper re‐examines the existing evidence. The review reinforces the need to exercise caution before asserting that enterprise bargaining is necessarily beneficial for workplace productivity. The main conclusion that emanates from this review, however, is not the absence of a clear‐cut finding, but how poorly developed the relevant research literature is.

Date: 2003
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