Taking the Pulse at Work: Employer-Employee Relations and Workplace Problems in Australia Compared to the United States

该项目是一个深入的调查，使用国家调查和公司访谈的雇主-雇员关系的状态和工作场所问题的广度和深度在澳大利亚企业。在以前的研究中只有很少涉及的话题得到了深入的分析：工作场所的合作与对抗气氛；管理者和员工经历的工作场所问题的类型和强度；恶化的关系和问题对组织绩效的影响；以及对管理者和员工优缺点的评估。美国也做了类似的调查，以澳大利亚的经验为基准，并得出比较的教训。确定了许多改进实践和政策的措施。

The project is an in-depth investigation using national surveys and company interviews of the state of employer-employee relations and breadth and depth of workplace problems in Australian enterprises. Topics only lightly covered in previous research get in-depth analysis: the cooperative versus adversarial climate in workplaces; the type and intensity of workplace problems experienced by managers and employees; the effect of deteriorated relations and problems on organisational performance; and assessments of managers’ and employees’ strengths and shortcomings. Similar surveys are done for the USA to benchmark Australian experience and derive comparative lessons. Numerous measures for improvement in practice and policy are identified.