How Are Links between a National Qualifications Framework, Job Roles and Pay Mediated by Industrial Relations Institutions in Manufacturing?

Autor/inn/en	Oliver, Damian; Walpole, Kurt
Titel	How Are Links between a National Qualifications Framework, Job Roles and Pay Mediated by Industrial Relations Institutions in Manufacturing?
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 69 (2017) 4, S.576-595 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Oliver, Damian) ORCID (Walpole, Kurt)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2017.1326162
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Manufacturing Industry; Qualifications; Employment; Classification; Salaries; Labor Market; Labor Relations; Education Work Relationship; Content Analysis; Collective Bargaining; Statistical Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Dienstverhältnis; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsbeziehung; Inhaltsanalyse; Tarifverhandlung; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) are intended to promote stronger linkages between education institutions and the labour market. This paper examines how industrial relations institutions mediate the relationship between formal qualifications, job classifications and pay outcomes in Australian manufacturing. In Australia a tribunal sets job classifications and pay grades through industry-based awards; collective agreements that displace the award can be negotiated, primarily on an enterprise by enterprise basis. In a representative sample of 100 collective agreements in the manufacturing industry, we find linkages in collective agreements are less common, weaker and refer to a narrower range of qualifications than the comparable awards. In fact, a third of enterprise-level collective agreements contain no reference at all to an NQF qualification. These findings suggest that diffusion of NQFs in the labour market cannot be taken for granted and challenge prescriptions that qualifications should be defined around narrow descriptions of competence to reflect employer preferences. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01