Who Killed the Australian Automotive Industry: The Employers, Government or Trade Unions?

被引：17

作者：

Clibborn, Stephen ^{[1
]}

Lansbury, Russell D. ^{[1
]}

Wright, Chris F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Business, Discipline Work & Org Studies, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

ECONOMIC PAPERS | 2016年 / 35卷 / 01期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

Australia; automotive industry; industrial relations; industry policy; manufacturing; multinational corporations;

D O I：

10.1111/1759-3441.12127

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The decision by the three multinational automotive manufacturers - Ford, General Motors and Toyota - to cease production in Australia followed a long period of decline in the local industry. This paper examines the factors potentially contributing to these decisions including reductions in government assistance to the industry, the volatility in exchange rates, global strategic decisions by the parent companies to shift production to expanding markets in Asia, and the role of industrial relations and trade unions. Despite the attention given in public discourse to industrial relations arrangements in supposedly hastening the demise of local automotive manufacturing, we find that this factor made no identifiable difference to the final decisions of the parent companies in Tokyo and Detroit to cease production in Australia, which can be attributed to an unfavourable conjuncture of factors. The paper concludes by considering possible options for retaining some aspects of automotive manufacturing in Australia in the future.

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