Plenary 1 - Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 1100 – 1230
Co Chairs: Trish Todd, University of Western Australia, AUST & Linda Dickens, University of Warwick, UK
Room: Bayside Auditorium A

Keynote Presentation

Prof Anil Verma, University of Toronto, CANADA

Hierarchical Order in Different Organisational Forms
Thomas Diefenbach &A.A. Sillince, Strathclyde Business School, SCOTLAND

Bringing workers back in: A comparative assessment of employee orientations’ towards hrm in ireland and New Zealand
Brian Harney, Judge Business School, UK, Alan Geare and Fiona Edgar, Department of Management, University of Otago Dunedin, NZ & Kenneth Cafferkey, Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, National University of Ireland, Galway,Ireland

Employee commitment to whom? Managerial challenges in multiple commitment foci organizations

Dr Nicholas Kinnie & Juani Swart, School of Management, University of Bath, UK

How do ‘High Performance Work System Practices’ Influence Employee Experience of Work?: The Role of Workplace Order and Predictability
Prof Bill Harley, Leisa Sargent & Belinda Allen The University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Workshop 1 - Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 1400 – 1530
Chair: Linda Dickens
Room: Bayside 105

A Study of Payment Systems in Investment Banking during the 1990s
David Nash, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK

The Diffusion of Incentive Pay across Occupations in Spanish Establishments
Prof. Jose E. Galdon-Sanchez, Alberto Bayo-Moriones, & Sara Martinez-de-Morentin, Universidad Publica De Navarra SPAIN

Employee Share Ownership and Performance: Commitment or Entrapment?
Dr Sukanya Sengupta, Cardiff University UK, Andrew Pendleton, University of York, UK & Keith Whitfield, Cardiff University, UK

The Challenge of Private Equity: Does Institutional Embeddedness matter less than we think?
Dr Ian Clark, University of Birmingham UK

Employee Share Ownership, Employee Voice and Labour Productivity: Evidence on the Complementarities Thesis
Prof. Andrew Pendleton, University of York UK & Andrew Robinson, University of Leeds Business School, UK

Workshop 2 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1100 -1230
Chair: Trish Todd
Room: Bayside 104

A Comparative Analysis of Working and Employment Conditions in Offshore and Outsourced Business Services
Jon Messenger & Najati Ghosheh, International Labour Office SWITZERLAND

Internationalization and HR restructuring in multinational companies -'unpacking' the concept of convergence
Dr Annette Hayden, University of Warwick UK

Skill Formation Style Difference between GERMANY and JAPAN: Its Influences on the Development of Labor Markets and Global Competitiveness
Prof Etsuko Hayashi, Kanagawa University JAPAN

Workplace Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage: A Comparative Study of Development Strategies in Finland, Flanders, Ireland and Singapore
Dr Tuomo Alasoini, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation FINLAND

Workplace innovations in Korea: two distinctive cases of innovation
Hyunji Kwon, King's College London LONDON, Seong-Jae Cho & Kiu Sik Bae, Korea Labor Institute 

Workshop 3 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1600 - 1730
Chair: Richard Hall
Room: Bayside 105

The Paradox of Happy Workers in Small Firms: Exploring New Explanations for an Old Issue
Prof Al Rainnie, Rowena Barrett & Tim Claydon, Leicester University, UK

The impact of inclusivist, exclusivist and unitarist HRM approaches on victims’ coping with  workplace bullying
Dr Ernesto Noronha & Premilla D'Cruz, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad INDIA

HR Managers and Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Leaders or Passive Observers?
Dr Helen Tregidga & Candice Harris, AUT University NZ

High-Performance Work Systems in Small Firms: A British-French Comparative Analysis
Dr Mark Gilman & Simon Raby, Kent Business School UK

Human Resource Information Systems: Replacing or Enhancing HR
David Grant, Dr Kristine Dery, & Sharna Wiblen, University of Sydney AUSTRALIA

Workshop 4 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 0900 - 1030
Chair: Trish Todd
Room: Bayside 105

Old Maids and Stepford Wives?  Room Attendants in UK and Australian Hotels
Dr Angela Knox, University of Sydney AUSTRALIA, Dennis Nickson, Chris Warhurst & Eli Dutton, University of Strathclyde, UK.

Picking Up The Glove Or Picking Up The Pieces? Investing In Employability As a Shared Responsibility
Dr Frank Tros, Instituut NETHERLANDS, Hugo Sinzheimer, Institute for Research of Labour and Law & Martijn van Velzen, University of Twente

Practising what they preach'? The disconnect between the state as regulator and user of employment agencies
Prof Kim Hoque, University of Nottingham UK, Ian Kirkpatrick, University of Leeds, UK, Alex De Ruyter & Chris Lonsdale University of Birmingham,UK

Exploring Employment Relations Practices of MNCs in Australia
Dr Pauline Stanton, Graduate School of Management, La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA, John Lewer, Anthony McDonnell & John Burgess, School of Business and Management University of Newcastle, Australia

New Forms of Management and Organizational Trends among Employers – European Developments
Carsten Strøby Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology DENMARK

Workshop 5 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 1400 - 1530
Chair: Linda Dickens
Room: Bayside 102

Generational Differences at Work: Do they Matter?
Prof John Benson, University of South Australia AUSTRALIA

The Impact of Aging and Age Diversity on Company Performance
Jens Mohrenweiser, Uschi Backes-Gellner & Stephan Veen, University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND

Information, communication and the use of humour – creating flexibility in changing organisations
Tuula Bergqvist & Susanne Strömberg, Karlstad University, Department of Working Life Science SWEDEN

Clusters, Knowledge Sharing and the Individual Firm: Focus on Dubai
Assoc. Prof Julia Connell, University of Technology, Sydney AUSTRALIA