Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change
This paper explores the possibility of using diachronic case study comparisons to shed light on continuity and change in policy interventions to manage plant closures. It compares the early results of a survey of workers retrenched in the 2017 closure of Australia’s passenger vehicle manufacturing i...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2022-12-01
|
| Series: | Regional Studies, Regional Science |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.2016071 |
| _version_ | 1830209199130279936 |
|---|---|
| author | Jacob Irving Andrew Beer Sally Weller Tom Barnes |
| author_facet | Jacob Irving Andrew Beer Sally Weller Tom Barnes |
| author_sort | Jacob Irving |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper explores the possibility of using diachronic case study comparisons to shed light on continuity and change in policy interventions to manage plant closures. It compares the early results of a survey of workers retrenched in the 2017 closure of Australia’s passenger vehicle manufacturing industry with the results of a similar survey of workers who lost their jobs in the 2005 closure of Mitsubishi’s Adelaide engine-casting and components plant. Despite the 12 years of accumulated expertise in plant closure and structural adjustment management, this comparison shows remarkable similarities in the profile of the cohort of retrenched workers and remarkable similarities in their employment outcomes. The discussion reflects on conditions that produce continuity and change. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-18T05:04:21Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-4462647e072244609a18b22d628670e4 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2168-1376 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-18T05:04:21Z |
| publishDate | 2022-12-01 |
| publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Regional Studies, Regional Science |
| spelling | doaj.art-4462647e072244609a18b22d628670e42022-12-21T21:20:04ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762022-12-019152210.1080/21681376.2021.20160712016071Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and changeJacob Irving0Andrew Beer1Sally Weller2Tom Barnes3University of South AustraliaUniversity of South AustraliaUniversity of South AustraliaAustralian Catholic UniversityThis paper explores the possibility of using diachronic case study comparisons to shed light on continuity and change in policy interventions to manage plant closures. It compares the early results of a survey of workers retrenched in the 2017 closure of Australia’s passenger vehicle manufacturing industry with the results of a similar survey of workers who lost their jobs in the 2005 closure of Mitsubishi’s Adelaide engine-casting and components plant. Despite the 12 years of accumulated expertise in plant closure and structural adjustment management, this comparison shows remarkable similarities in the profile of the cohort of retrenched workers and remarkable similarities in their employment outcomes. The discussion reflects on conditions that produce continuity and change.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.2016071plant closureredundancyautomotive industrypolicy interventionaustralia |
| spellingShingle | Jacob Irving Andrew Beer Sally Weller Tom Barnes Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change Regional Studies, Regional Science plant closure redundancy automotive industry policy intervention australia |
| title | Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change |
| title_full | Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change |
| title_fullStr | Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change |
| title_short | Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry: continuity and change |
| title_sort | plant closures in australia s automotive industry continuity and change |
| topic | plant closure redundancy automotive industry policy intervention australia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.2016071 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT jacobirving plantclosuresinaustraliasautomotiveindustrycontinuityandchange AT andrewbeer plantclosuresinaustraliasautomotiveindustrycontinuityandchange AT sallyweller plantclosuresinaustraliasautomotiveindustrycontinuityandchange AT tombarnes plantclosuresinaustraliasautomotiveindustrycontinuityandchange |