Managing through contracts: the employment effects of compulsory competitive tendering in Australian local government

Janet Walsh; Janine O'Flynn

doi:10.1111/1468-2338.00176

Managing through contracts: the employment effects of compulsory competitive tendering in Australian local government

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This article brings new evidence to bear on the employment and human resource effects of competitve tendering and contracting. Drawing on a database of over two hundred workplace agreements, the article examines the impact of compulsory competitive tendering on employees’ pay and employment arrangements in the Australian local government sector. The findings are contextualised in the light of evidence on the outcomes of a similar contracting regime in Britain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	454-470
Journal	Industrial Relations Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2338.00176
Publication status	Published - 2000

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