Employee misbehaviour in Australia: through the lens of unfair dismissal arbitration
PhD Thesis
Title | Employee misbehaviour in Australia: through the lens of unfair dismissal arbitration |
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Type | PhD Thesis |
Authors | |
Author | Southey, Kim Sherrie |
Supervisor | Erwee, Ronel |
Rose, Dennis | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
Number of Pages | 483 |
Year | 2013 |
Abstract | The research investigated managerial prerogative to dismiss an allegedly misbehaving employee, against the employee’s right to just treatment and to remain within the employment relationship. Using a quantitative research method, 565 misbehaviour-related, unfair dismissal arbitration decisions made by Australia’s federal industrial tribunal were examined. Aggressive acts against individuals influence the arbitrators to sustain the employer’s punishment more so than property related misdeeds; the arbitral decision-making process is a stepped process demarcated by the arbitrator’s initial assessment of the employer’s respect for distributive justice when choosing dismissal as a disciplinary action and misjudgements in distributive justice see arbitrators reversing the dismissal. |
Keywords | unfair dismissal, arbitration, Australia, industrial relations, employee misconduct, misbehaviour |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350504. Industrial and employee relations |
350710. Organisational behaviour | |
350503. Human resources management | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Enterprise |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2403/employee-misbehaviour-in-australia-through-the-lens-of-unfair-dismissal-arbitration
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