Professor David Peetz

B Economics (Hons), PhD

Professor, Griffith Business School

Contact details for Professor David Peetz

Research expertise

• Collective bargaining and individual contracting
• Public policy
• Voting and electoral behaviour
• Asian employment relations
• Union membership and reform
• Work intensification and labour adjustment
• Wages policy

Current teaching areas

• Workplace industrial relations
• Employment relations
• Organisation of employment
• Foundations of industrial relations thought
• Labour economic issues

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Peetz, D. and Pocock, B. (2007 forthcoming) Organisers' Roles Transformed? Australian Union Organisers and the Shift to an Organising Approach, Journal of Industrial Relations, 49 (2), April.
• Allen, C., Loudoun, R. and Peetz, D. (2007 forthcoming) Work and non-work Conflict, Journal of Sociology.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Co-operative Values, Institutions and Free Riding in Australia: Can it Learn from Canada?, Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, 60 (4), pp. 709-736.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Hollow shells: The alleged link between individual contracting and productivity, Journal of Australian Political Economy, 56, December, pp. 32-55.
• Fleming, J. and Peetz, D. (2005) Essential Service Unionism and the new Police Industrial Relations, Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, 30 (4), pp. 283-305.
• Peetz, D. and Murray, G. (2005) Individualisation and resistance at the coal face, Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 7, pp. 55-71.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Retrenchment and Labour Market Disadvantage: The Role of Age, Job Tenure and Casual Employment, Journal of Industrial Relations, 47 (3), September, pp. 294-309.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Coming Soon to a Workplace Near You: The New Industrial Relations Revolution, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 31 (2), June, pp. 90-111.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Trend Analysis of Union Membership, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 8 (1), March, pp. 1-24.
• Allan, C. and Peetz, D. (2005) Flexitime and the Long-hours Culture in the Public Sector: Causes and Effects, Economic and Labour Relations Review, 15 (2), January, pp. 159-180.
• Peetz, D., Townsend, K., Russell, R., Houghton, C., Fox, A. and Allan, C. (2003) Race Against Time: Extended Hours in Australia, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 29 (2), June, pp. 126-142.
• Peetz, D., Webb, C. and Jones, M. (2002) Activism Amongst Workplace Union Delegates, International Journal of Employment Studies, 10 (2), October, pp. 83-108.
• Peetz, D. (2002) Decollectivist Strategies in Oceania, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 57 (2), Printemps / Spring, pp. 252-281.
• Peetz, D. (2002) Individual Contracts, Bargaining and Union Membership, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 28 (1), March, pp. 39-52.
• Peetz, D. (2002) Sympathy for the Devil? Attitudes to Australian Unions, Australian Journal of Political Science, 37 (1), March, pp. 57-80.
• Fleming, J. and Peetz, D. (2002) Enterprise Bargaining, Working Time and Police, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 5 (1), March, pp. 45-60.

Books

• Peetz, D. (2006) Brave New Workplace: How Individual Contracts are Changing Our Jobs, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, x + 262pp.
• Peetz, D (1998) Unions in a Contrary World: The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and Melbourne, xi + 243pp.

Book chapters

• Peetz, D. and Frost, A. (2007 forthcoming) Employee voice in the Anglo-American world: What does it mean for unions?, in R.B. Freeman, P. Boxall and P. Haynes (Eds.), What Workers Say: Employee Voice in the Anglo-American World, ILR Press, Ithaca NY.
• Peetz, D. and Pocock, B. (2007 forthcoming) Community activists, coalitions and unionism, in D. Buttigieg, S. Cockfield, R. Cooney, M. Jerrard and A. Rainnie (Eds.) (2007 forthcoming) Trade Unions in the Community: Values, Issues, Shared Interests and Alliances, Heidelberg books, Melbourne.
• Peetz, D., Townsend, K., Russell, R. and Allan, C. (2006) Pression professionnelle, fatigue et famille dans le contexte d’une augmentation des heures de travail, in P. Askenasy, D. Cartron, F. de Coninck and M. Gollac (Eds.), Organisation et Intensité du Travail, Octares, Paris.
• Peetz, D. and Ollett, N. (2004) Union Growth And Reversal In Newly Industrialised Countries: The Case Of South Korea And Peripheral Workers, in G. Wood and M. Harcourt (Eds.), Trade Unions and the Crisis of Democracy: Strategies and Perspectives, Manchester University Press, Manchester.
• Peetz, D. (2001) The Accord and the Paradigm Shift in Union Membership, in K. Wilson, J. Bradford and M. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Australia in Accord: An Evaluation of the Prices and Incomes Accord in the Hawke-Keating Years, South Pacific Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 141-158.

Conference proceedings, refereed and invited papers

• Peetz, D. (2007) Collateral damage: Women and the WorkChoices Battlefield, paper to Diverging employment relations patterns in Australia and New Zealand?, 21^st AIRAANZ conference, Refereed papers, Auckland, February.
• Peetz, D. and Pocock, B. (2005) Organising and delegates: An overview, paper to refereed section, 19th AIRAANZ Conference, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, February.
• Allan, C., Loudoun, R. and Peetz, D. (forthcoming, 2005) Influences on work / non-work conflict, paper to refereed section, 19th AIRAANZ Conference, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, February.
• Peetz, D. (2004) How well off are employees under AWAs? Reanalysing the OEA's employee survey, in M. Barry and P. Brosnan (Eds.), New Economies: New Industrial Relations, Proceedings of the 18th AIRAANZ conference, Volume 1: Refereed Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Noosa, February, pp. 371-380.
• Peetz, D., Fox, A., Townsend, K. and Allan, C. (2004) The Big Squeeze: Domestic dimensions of excessive work time and pressure, in M. Barry and P. Brosnan (Eds.), New Economies: New Industrial Relations, Proceedings of the 18th AIRAANZ conference, Volume 1: Refereed Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Noosa, February, pp. 381-390.
• Peetz, D. and Murray, G. (2003) Popular and elite workplace ideology and the shift to individualism, in P. Corrigan, M. Gibson, G. Hawkes, E. Livingston, J. Scott, S. Thiele and G. Carpenter (Eds.), New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, TASA 2003 Conference, Refereed Proceedings, The Australian Sociological Association and University of New England, Armidale, December.
• Peetz, D., Townsend, K., Russell, R., Houghton, C., Fox, A. and Allan, C. (2003) Extended Hours: Causes, Effects and Responses, in J. Teicher, P. Holland and S. Tuberville (convenors), Reflections and New Directions: AIRAANZ Conference 2003, Volume 1: Refereed Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, February.
• Peetz, D. (2002) We're all individuals! Employer Strategies for Decollectivism, in I. McAndrew and A. Geare (Eds.), Celebrating Excellence: Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference, Volume 1: Refereed Proceedings, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Queenstown, February.
• Peetz, D. (2002) Individual Contracts, Bargaining and Union Membership, in I. McAndrew and A. Geare (Eds.), Celebrating Excellence: Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference, Volume 1: Refereed Proceedings, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Queenstown, February.

Research monographs

• Clark, J., Pocock, B. and Peetz, D. (2005) Delegates are diamonds: Learning from union delegates' experiences in Australia, Labour Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 51pp.
• Peetz, D. (2003) The Decline of the Collectivist Model (PDF 780k), Queensland Department of Industrial Relations, Brisbane, 160pp, .
• Townsend, K., Russell, B., Peetz, D., Houghton, C., Allan, C. and Fox, A. (2003) Working time Transformations and Effects, Griffith Work Time Project, Queensland Department of Industrial Relations, Brisbane.

Non-refereed conference proceedings

• Peetz, D. (2007) Brave New WorkChoices: What do we Know So Far?, paper to Diverging employment relations patterns in Australia and New Zealand?, 21st AIRAANZ conference, Refereed papers, Auckland, February.
• Peetz, D. Houghton, C. and Pocock, B. (2004) Organisers' work transformed, in New Economies: New Industrial Relations, Proceedings of the 18th AIRAANZ conference, Volume 2: Un-Refereed Abstracts and Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Noosa, February, pp. 198-207.
• Peetz, D. (2003) Retrenchment and Labour Market Disadvantage: The Role of Age, Job Tenure and Casual Employment, in J. Teicher, P. Holland and S. Tuberville (convenors), Reflections and New Directions: AIRAANZ Conference 2003, Volume 2: Non-refereed Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, February.
• Peetz, D., Townsend, K., Russell, R. and Allan, C. (2002) Working Time, Culture, Family and the Sources and Effects of Work Intensification, in D. Cartron et al (convenors), Organisation, Intensité du Travail, Qualité du Travail, Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi, [CD] Paris, November.

Articles in non-refereed journals

• Peetz, D (2007) The gap between work and choices, Griffith Review, 15, Autumn, pp. 153-165.
• LeQueux, S., and Peetz, D. (2007) Workchoices: au nom du libre choix, Chronique International de l’IRES, 104, Janvier, pp. 31-38.
• Peetz, D. (2005) The World After WorkChoices, Policy Review, New Matilda, 15 March.
• Mourell, M. and Peetz, D. (2005) A Can of Worms, HR Monthly, June, p. 40.

Newspaper articles

• Peetz, D. (2007) Pay slide in jobs for the girls, The Courier Mail, 20 February, p. 22.
• Peetz, D. (200) Is it a work in progress?, The Courier Mail, 17 October, p. 19 (published online as 'Greenfield not inviting').
• Peetz, D. (2006) The duel – Work Choices: Statistics show they're hiring not firing, Australian Financial Review, 7 September, p. 63.
• Peetz, D. (2006) Aim for gains, not profits, Higher Education Supplement, The Australian, 6 September, p. 30.
• Peetz, D. (2006) Slow to catch on, The Courier Mail, 20 June.
• Peetz, D. (2006) Laws put jobs on the line, The Courier Mail, 18 April.
• Peetz, D. (2006) Workers dudded by doublespeak, Higher Education Supplement, The Australian, 29 March, p. 29.
• Peetz, D. (2006) Common purpose at work, The Courier Mail, 6 March, p. 11.
• Peetz, D. et al (2005) Evidence flimsy on IR reform, The Courier Mail, 17 November, p. 19.
• Peetz, D. and Orr, G. (2005) Beyond the pale vs call for more, The Courier Mail, 7 November.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Egalitarians hard to buy, The Courier Mail, 26 October, p. 27.
• Peetz, D. (2005) System remains collectively unfair, The Courier Mail, 2 September, p. 19.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Holiday bargain sellout, The Courier Mail, 11 August. Reprinted in Construction Worker, 3 (19), October, p. 24.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Reform isn't working, The Courier Mail, 4 July.
• Peetz, D. (2005) Anyone fix it?, The Courier Mail, 11 May. Reprinted in Australian Policy Online as 'Still Waiting for a Plumber'.
• Peetz, D. and Mourell, M. (2005) Working to curtail rights, The Courier Mail, 14 April.