Emeritus Professor Peter Brosnan

M Arts, PhD

Emeritus Professor, Griffith Business School

Research expertise

• Labour market structures
• Non-standard employment
• Low pay and minimum wages
• Comparative structure and performance of the Australian and New Zealand labour markets

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Brosnan, P., Allen, C., Horwitz, F. and Walsh, P. (2001) Casualisation and outsourcing: A comparative Study, New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 253-272.
• Brosnan, P., Davidson, M., Manning, M.L. and Timo, N. (2002) Organizational climate, perceived customer satisfaction and revenue per available room in four and five star Australian hotels, Tourism Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 123-137.
• Brosnan, P., Allen, C., Horwitz, F. and Walsh, P. (2001) From standard to non-standard employment: Labour force change in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 748-763.
• Brosnan, P. and Cuskelly, G. (2001) Volunteers and employment relations issues in the not for profit sector, Australian Journal on Volunteering, Vol. 6, No. 2.
• Brosnan, P., Allen, C., Horwitz, F. and Walsh, P. (2001) Casualisation and outsourcing: A comparative Study, New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 253-272.
• Brosnan, P., Brown, K. and Gallery, N. (2000) Women and superannuation: labour market participation and retirement prospects, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 33-41.
• Brosnan, P., Allen, C., Horwitz, F. and Walsh, P. (2000) Flexible work practices: perspectives from the southern hemisphere, South African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 76-83.

Books

• Brosnan, P. and Barry, M. (Eds.) (2004) New Economies: New Economies: New Industrial Relations, Proceedings of the 17th AIRAANZ Conference. Brisbane, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, 643 + viii p.

Book chapters

• Brosnan, P. (2003) The political economy of the minimum wage. In B. Burchell, S. Deakin, J. Michie and J. Rubery (Eds.), Systems of Production: Markets, Organisations and Performance, London, Routledge, pp. 192-212.
• Brosnan, P. (2003) The minimum wage in a global context. In J Michie (Ed.), The handbook of globalisation, Chetlenham, Edward Elgar, pp. 179-190.

Refereed conference papers

• Brosnan, P. and Setti, N. (2004) The 35-hour week in France. In M. Barry and P. Brosnan (Eds.), New Economies: New Industrial Relations. Proceedings of the 17th AIRAANZ Conference. Brisbane, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 62-71.
• Brosnan, P. (2003) Globalisation and minimum wage systems. In P. Holland, J. Teicher and S. Tuberville (Eds.), Reflections and New directions: Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference. Clayfield, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, CD ROM, n.p.
• Brosnan, P. and Scully, C. (2002) Why do employers create bad jobs? Some evidence from Australia. Presented to the 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, Spetses, July.
• Brosnan, P. and Scully, C. (2002) Non-standard employment in the Australian retail industry. In I. MacAndrew and A. Geare (Eds.), Celebrating Excellence: Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference. Dunedin, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 432-440.
• Brosnan, P. and Cuskelly, G. (2001) Volunteer workers: On the margin of the industrial relations system. In D. Kelly (Ed.), Employment, Work Markets and Social Justice across Time, Discipline and Place: Proceedings of the 15th AIRAANZ Conference. Wollongong, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 65-70.
• Brosnan, P., Allen, C., Horwitz, F. and Walsh, P. (2000) Casualisation and outsourcing:a comparative study. Presented to the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, Manchester, July.