Sourcing Specialised Skilled Labour in the Global Arena: A Change in the Way We View Work in Australia?
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2013
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Bahn, Susanne
Cameron, Roslyn
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National Institute of Labour Studies
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"This article presents a newly developed research agenda to explore the increased
needs of resource-rich regions in terms of sourcing industry-specific skilled
labour. The article begins with a conceptual framework that maps the human
resource management issues that are being magnified by the resources
boom in Australia. The paper focuses on one of the five key thematic areas
encompassed within the framework—labour global mobility. The difficulty
in sourcing specialised skilled labour at this time indicates a major paradigm
shift that is challenging long-held beliefs and constructs related to the nature
of work in Australia with specialised skilled migrant workers actively sourced to
fill positions in resources firms. After reviewing the international literature, we
explore labour-sourcing practices as a response to dealing with skill shortages
in the labour demand and supply of Australia’s resource-rich regions. This is
followed by a discussion on how these practices have progressed in regional
Queensland and Western Australia."
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Bahn, S., Cameron, R., 2013. Sourcing Specialised Skilled Labour in the Global Arena: A Change in the Way We View Work in Australia? Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol.39 No. 1, pp. 19-41