Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness

This article summarises and synthesises the evidence on SME innovation, exporting and growth, paying particular attention to internal and external (eco-system) enablers, and for the interplay between innovation and exporting in SME growth. We highlight those areas for which the evidence base is secure and where the evidence base remains limited, and develop policy suggestions and an agenda for further research.

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SME innovation, exporting and growth: A review of existing evidence

SMEs which have a track record of innovation are more likely to export, more likely to export successfully, and more likely to generate growth from exporting than non-innovating firms. What are the factors that enable such performance? This paper summarises and synthesises the evidence on SME innovation, exporting and growth, paying particular attention to internal and external (eco-system) enablers, and for the interplay between innovation and exporting in SME growth. We highlight those areas for which the evidence base is secure and where the evidence base remains limited, and develop policy suggestions and an agenda for further research.

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements. Dan Clawson. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003.

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements

Presents the results of an empirical analysis of the cultural differences between Australian and Japanese populations in a tourism context. Argues that the challenge for tourism marketers lies in understanding the cultural make‐up of the Japanese market, and developing culture‐oriented marketing strategies. Identifies the major reasons for the decline in Japanese tourist arrivals to Australia. Compares the Japanese and Western cultural orientation. Describes and interprets the cultural dimensions identified by a principal components analysis. Determines the most critical cultural dimensions and their indicators by a LISREL analysis. The findings show that the key cultural factors influencing Japanese holiday experiences in Australia are culturally determined perceptions of service and interpersonal relations with hosts. Presents the impact of cultural traits on Japanese tourist perceptions of Australian service and interpersonal contact with hosts. Discusses the implications of these findings for tourism marketers.

A cultural analysis of Japanese tourists: challenges for tourism marketers

The purpose of this article is to identify various ways unions engage with communities and to understand the obstacles that confront union–community cooperation. Qualitative data was analyzed from multiple sources, including documentary evidence and interviews with union officials and community activists. We locate the debate on community unionism within the broader literature on union renewal and revitalization. In doing this we are able to explore the potential of different forms of union–community relationships to foster union renewal. The study reveals the diversity in relationships both within and across unions and the existence of coalitions operating at different levels within union organization. While the unions in this study were actively seeking to engage with the community, not all alliances were reflective of an inclusive social and political agenda which could constitute the basis for union renewal.

Community Unionism and Union Renewal Building Linkages between Unions and Community in Victoria, Australia

The Roman textile and clothing industry was organised into a public and a private sector, however, the division was not on a contract basis. Instead, 'private' denoted the manufacture of cloth and articles of clothing undertaken domestically, usually by women, and 'public' denoted that done commercially by (usually) male waged craftsmen and labourers in workshops or 'factories'. The industry therefore provides an ancient example of the gendered division of labour. This pattern of organisation has a major effect on the issue of control in the industry, particularly at the micro-organisational level of the workplace. This paper draws on ancient evidence to demonstrate that the pattern of industrial relations in the Roman clothing and textile industry exhibits a number of characteristics common to the modern industry.

Organisation of the Roman clothing and textile industry: skill, occupation, and the gender-segmented workforce

The formation of a union and its early years of activity can inform and explain present union strategy. In the case of the AMIEU (Qld), the union moves from its craft origins to become an industry union that is flourishing when other unions in Queensland are only just recovering from the 1890s. It also changes from a union that prefers to bargain directly with employers to one that is detrimentally drawn into a centralised award system. This paper explores the first three decades of the AMIEU (Qld): from formation to arbitration.

"Formation to arbitration" - the early years of the Queensland branch of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union 1889-1918

The case study has proven its longevity in presenting students with learning challenges as they presented with an organisational situation to address in the class room. The case study encourages students to develop a number of practical and

Assessing Student Learning and Skills Using the Case Study Method

With declining union membership and an Australian industrial relations climate hostile to trade unions, how do unions, particularly those regarded as 'classic'or 'traditional', adapt in order to survive? Shrinking industry bases often further com pound the situation facing these unions. The Queensland branch of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union is such a union in such an industry. Denounced by critics as a 'dinosaur', the AMIEU (Qld) has demonstrated that it can adapt and evolve to meet the challenges raised by the Workplace Relations Act 1996 and industry employers, thereby answering these critics and rebutting this negative epithet.

Marjorie Ann Jerrard

Papers

Community Unionism and Union Renewal Building Linkages between Unions and Community in Victoria, Australia

Organisation of the Roman clothing and textile industry: skill, occupation, and the gender-segmented workforce

"Formation to arbitration" - the early years of the Queensland branch of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union 1889-1918

Assessing Student Learning and Skills Using the Case Study Method

'Dinosaurs' Are Not Dead: the Amieu (Qld) and Industrial Relations Change