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Policies for Managing People in Australia: What has Changed in the 1990s?

Macquarie University

This article examines the principal ways in which human resource policies have changed during the 1990s in Australia. It reports on the findings of an international survey involving 22 countries. The survey indicates organiza tions changed significant aspects of their people management policies. These changes included increasing use of performance-based pay, flexible employ ment practices, training, performance appraisals, and more broadly designed jobs. Taken together, these developments imply an emphasis on improving employee performance while at the same time increasing the flexibility of labour. There is also evidence that the role of HR managers is changing.

Key Words: human resource policies • labour flexibility • employee performance • comparative HRM

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 37, No. 2, 24-32 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/103841119903700203


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