Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
Sydney, Australia
Monday 24 – Thursday 27 August 2009

 

 

Track 5 –  New Forms of Work and Employment

 

Workshop 1 - Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 1400 – 1530
Chair: Helio Zylberstajn
Room: Bayside 101

 

1400 – 1415

Explaining flexicurity - Employment relations in Denmark
Mr Carsten Strøby Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology DENMARK

 

1415 – 1430

Flexicurity and atypical employment in Denmark
Stine Rasmussen, Thomas Bredgaard, Per Kongshoej Madsen & Flemming Larsen, Aalborg University DENMARK

 

1430 – 1445

Collective bargaining and flexicurity - balancing acts across sectors and countries
Mr Christian Lyhne Ibsen & Mikkel Mailand, FAOS, University of Copenhagen DENMARK

 

1445 – 1500

Industrial Relations Foresight for 2025 for The EU Member States and Other Major Economies
Dr Timo Kauppien, Helsinki University, FINLAND

 

1500 – 1515

Flexicurity - Squaring the circle between flexibility and social security
Prof Berndt Keller, Universität  Konstanz GERMANY & Hartmut Seifert, Hans Boeckler Foundation, GERMANY

 

Workshop 2 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1100 -1245
Chair: Mia Ronnmar
Room: Bayside 101

 

1100 – 1115

The New World of Work and Employment: Fitness workers and what they want from the employment relationship
Dr Jennifer Sappey, Charles Sturt University AUSTRALIA

 

1115 – 1130

Self-employment as a last resort - A Narrative approach on consequences
Jenni Palmroos, University of Vaasa, FINLAND

 

1130 – 1145

Generation of tacit knowledge in virtual environment
A/Prof Juhani Pekkola, Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences FINLAND & Pekka Ylöstalo, Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, FINALND

 

1145 – 1200

Older workers as vulnerable workers in the new world of work
Dr Andrew Frazer, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong AUSTRALIA & Malcolm Sargeant, Department of Law, Middlesex University, UK

 

1200 – 1215

Contingent Work in construction: Results from a two-country study
Dr Robert Mackenzie, Chris Forde, Andrew Robinson, Hugh Cook & Birgitta Eriksson Leeds University Business School UK & Patrick Larsson &Ann Bergman, Karlstad University, SWEDEN

 

Workshop 3 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1600 - 1730
Chair: Helio Zylberstajn
Room: Bayside 101

 

1600 – 1615

A right to flexible work - why a strong legislative standard is required to provide for quality, permanent part time work in Australia
Jeane Wells, National Tertiary Education Union, AUSTRALIA

 

1615 – 1630

Evolution of the Psychological Contract in an off shored outsourced call centre in India
Dr Nicholas Kinnie & Sudeshna  Bhattacharya, University of Bath UK

 

1630 – 1645

The international temping industry and the restructuring of work - the example of Germany and Australia
Prof. John Burgess & Lars Mitlacher, University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA

 

1645 – 1700

New world of work - Old and new forms of coping and control
Dr Ulla Forseth, Tove Håpnes & Liv Berge, SINTEF Technology and Society NORWAY

 

1700 – 1715

The Use of Short Term Labour in Low-Skilled Manufacturing Jobs in the UK
Mr Benjamin Hopkins, Industrial Relations Research Unit UK

 

Workshop 4 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 0900 - 1030
Chair: Mia Ronnmar
Room: Bayside 101

 

0900 – 0915

The Impacts of New Organisational Forms in Construction
Dr Susan McGrath-Champ & Stuart Rosewarne, University of Sydney AUSTRALIA

 

0915 – 0930

Permanent Night Working: Patterns and Problems
Suzanne Richbell, Sheffield University Management School UK

 

0930 – 0945

The World of Work: Forms of Engagement in South Africa
Assoc. Prof Rochelle Le Roux, University Of Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA

 

0945 – 1000

Social protection and non-standard individual working lives. A combined approach using the capabilities model and the life course perspective
Dr Joan-Miquel Verd, Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona SPAIN

 

1000 – 1015

Eliminating national borders as labour market barriers in the EU: a socio-legal analysis
Prof Harm Van Lieshout, Centre of Applied Labour Market Research and Innovation, Hanze University Gronin NETHERLANDS

 

Plenary 5 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 1100 - 1230
Co Chairs: Helio Zylberstajn, University of San Paulo, Brazil & Mia Ronnmar, Lund University, Sweden
Room: Bayside Audiotirum A

 

1100 – 1120

Keynote Presentation
Prof Nicola Smit & Elmarie Fourie, University of Johannesburg SA

 

1120 – 1135

Lifestyles as Social Contracts between Workers and Organisations
Prof Axel Haunschild, University of Trier GERMANY

 

1135 – 1150

Working without an employer: Establishing a model of independent contractors’ well-being
Dr Tui McKeown, Monash University AUSTRALIA & Catherine E. Connelly, McMaster University, CANADA & Daniel G. Gallagher, James Madison University, USA

 

1150 – 1205 Exploring Multiple Identifications and Identities in the High Performance Call Centre:  A Recipe for Success?
Dr Sarah Jenkins, Cardiff Business School UK
 

 

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