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dc.contributor.authorRoss, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBamber, Greg
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:29:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:29:09Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.modified2008-01-09T05:32:48Z
dc.identifier.issn02185180
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3088
dc.description.abstractTelstra and the Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ) are examined against the backdrop of deregulation, corporatisation and privatisation of telcommunications companies (TelCos) world-wide. This changing context has seen TelCos face new opportunities and threats amid changed product markets. The deregulation of the New Zealand and Australian telecommunications markets has been accompanied by moves towards deregulated labour markets in New Zealand and Australia. TCNZ and Telstra pursued strategies of cost reduction through downsizing, outsourcing and the introduction of new technologies. Their 'core competencies' moved from a technical to a consumer orientation. Moves by both firms towards greater outsourcing and downsizing raise questions about the possible long-term effects of this strategy and its implications for employment relations (ER). We draw on transaction costs economics (TCE) to assist in analysing their changing ER practices and strategies during the 1990s.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent306689 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSingapore Human Resources Institute
dc.publisher.placeSingapore
dc.publisher.urihttp://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom93
dc.relation.ispartofpageto109
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalResearch and Practice in Human Resource Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.title"Deregulation, downsizing and outsourcing at Telecom New Zealand and Telstra: Towards an explanation of employment relations strategies in terms of transaction costs economics"
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2000
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorRoss, Peter K.
gro.griffith.authorBamber, Greg J.


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