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Centre for Work + Life publications

The CWL's commitment to research is reflected in the range of its publications. Selected publications by the Centre for Work + Life at the University of South Australia are available as PDF and Word document files for download below (download Adobe Acrobat).


Publication highlights

AWALI 2009 Report Cover

Work, life and workplace flexibility: the Australian work and life index 2009 (PDF 685kb) Executive Summary (PDF 358kb) Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner and Reina Ichii, Centre for Work + Life, 2009 Order form (PDF 97 kb)

Low-paid workers, changing patterns of work and life, and participation in vocational education and training: a discussion starter (PDF 320 kb)
Barbara Pocock, NCVER occasional paper, 2009.

Living Low paid: the Dark Side of Prosperous Australia,
Masterman-Smith, H and Pocock, Bliving-low-paid-book-cover
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008. Order here

Working Women in South Australia: Progress, Prospects and Challenges (PDF - 763kb)
A Report to the Premier's Council for Women, Barbara Pocock, February 2009

Work, family and the proposed National Employment Standards:
a submission to the Australian government (PDF 407 kb)
Barbara Pocock and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, 2008.

Investigating the low paid workforce: employment characteristics, training
and work–life balance (PDF 1.45 MB)
Natalie Skinner and Peter King, NCVER working paper, October 2008.

work-life-health-logoWork, life and health study interim report (PDF 1.46 MB)
Jocelyn Auer and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, October 2008.
Executive summary (PDF 542 kb)

Work, life and workplace culture: the Australian work and life index 2008 (PDF 3.3 MB)
Natalie Skinner and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, 2008 Order form (PDF 97 kb)

kids-count-book-coverHill, E., Pocock B., and Elliott, A. 2007, (ed) Kids count: better early childhood education and care in Australia, (edited collection) Sydney University Press, Sydney. Order here 

Pocock, B., Skinner, N., Williams, P. 2008, 'Work–Life Outcomes in Australia: Concepts, Outcomes and Policy' in Work Less, Live More? Critical analysis of the work–life boundary (ed.) C.Warhurst, D.R. Eikhof, A. Haunschild, Palgrave MacMillan, London, pp. 22–43.
 

Books


Books-authored

Masterman-Smith, H. and Pocock, B. 2008, Living Low Paid: The Dark Side of Prosperous Australia, Allen & Unwin, Sydney. Order here

Pocock, B. 2006, The Labour Market Ate my Babies; Work, Children and a Sustainable Future, Federation Press, Sydney. Order here

Books-edited

Hill, E., Pocock B., and Elliott, A. 2007, (ed) Kids count: better early childhood education and care in Australia, (edited collection) Sydney University Press, Sydney. Order here 

Book chapters

Pocock, B (2009 forthcoming) 'The great risk shift at work in Australia?' chapter in G. Marston, J. Moss and J. Quiggan (eds) Risk, Responsibility and the Welfare State. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

Pocock, B., Clarke, J., Williams, P. & Bridge, K. (2009 forthcoming) 'What lies beneath: the pleasures, pain and possibilities of focus groups'. In K. Townsend and J. Burgess (eds.) Method in the Madness: Research Stories You Won't Read in Textbooks. Chandos Publishing: Oxford.

Pocock, B. (2009 forthcoming) 'Work, life and women in Australia' in Peter Murray (ed) Women at work in Australia, Pearsons, Sydney.

Pocock, B. and Brown, K. 2009 (in press) 'Gender politics at a time of union defence: Australian unions in the Howard years', Equity and union renewal. ed. P. Baker and J. Foley UBC Press, Canada.

Pocock, B., Skinner, N., Williams, P. 2008, 'Work-Life Outcomes in Australia: Concepts, Outcomes and Policy in Work Less, Live More?' Critical analysis of the work-life boundary (ed.) C.Warhurst, D.R. Eikhof, A. Haunschild, Palgrave MacMillan, London, pp. 22-43.

Pocock. B. 2008, 'Equality at Work' in The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations ed. P. Blyton, N. Bacon, J. Fiorito, E. Heery, Sage, London, pp. 573-587.

Hill, E. and Pocock, B. 2007, 'The Childcare Policy Challenge in Australia' in Kids Count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia, (ed.) E Hill, B Pocock and A Elliot, Sydney University Press, Sydney. pp. 1-15.

E. Hill and B. Pocock and A. Elliot, 2007, 'Introduction' in Kids Count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia', (ed.) E Hill, B Pocock and A Elliot, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 15-37.

Peetz and Pocock B. 2007, 'Community activists, coalitions and unionism' in Trade unions in the community: Values, issues, shared interests and alliances, (ed.) D. Buttigieg, S Cockfield, R Cooney, M Gerrard, A Rainnie, Heidelberg Press, Melbourne, pp. 127-140.

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Reports


2009

Work, life and workplace flexibility: the Australian work and life index 2009 (PDF 685kb) Executive Summary (PDF 358kb) Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner and Reina Ichii, Centre for Work + Life, 2009 Order form (PDF 97 kb)

Working Women in South Australia: Progress, Prospects and Challenges (PDF - 763kb)
A Report to the Premier's Council for Women, Barbara Pocock, February 2009

Low-paid workers, changing patterns of work and life, and participation in vocational education and training: a discussion starter
Barbara Pocock, NCVER occasional paper, 2009.

2008

Work, life and health study interim report (PDF 1.46 MB) Jocelyn Auer and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, October 2008.
Executive summary (PDF 542 kb)

Investigating the low paid workforce: employment characteristics, training and work–life balance (PDF 1.45 MB)
Natalie Skinner and Peter King, NCVER working paper, October 2008.

Work, life and workplace culture: the Australian work and life index 2008 (PDF 3.3 MB)
Natalie Skinner and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, 2008
Order form (PDF 97 kb)

Submission to the 2020 Summit: Strengthening communities and supporting working families (PDF 347 kb)
Barbara Pocock, submission to 2020 Summit, Australian Parliament House, 19-20 April 2008.
Also see Barbara Pocock's commentary on the 2020 Summit (PDF 134 kb)

Work, family and the proposed National Employment Standards: a submission to the Australian government (PDF 407 kb)
Barbara Pocock and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2008.

2007

A time to act: paid maternity leave for all South Australian women (PDF 286 kb)
Supplementary submission to the Select Committee on Balancing Work and Life Responsibilities, August 2007
Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life Discussion Paper No 4/07.

Women and WorkChoices: Impacts on the Low Pay Sector (Full Report) (PDF 3.28 MB)
Launched Australian Parliament House Canberra, 13 August.
Jude Elton et al, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2007

Women and WorkChoices: Impacts on the Low Pay Sector (Summary Report) (PDF 2.77 MB)
Launched Australian Parliament House Canberra, 13 August.
Jude Elton et al, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2007

Not fair, no choice: the impact of WorkChoices on twenty South Australian workers and their households (PDF 668 kb)
Jude Elton and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2007

2007 benchmarks: work and family policies in election 2007 (PDF 86 kb)
Work + Family Policy Roundtable

Work, life and time: the Australian Work and Life Index 2007 (PDF 1258kb)
Work-Life in Australia: Outcomes from the Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) 2007
Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner and Philippa Williams

The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI): concepts, methodology and rationale (PDF 226kb)
Discussion Paper No 1/07, May 2007

2006

Early signs: the impact of WorkChoices on work and family (PDF 173kb)
First annual update on the impact of WorkChoices on work and family in Australia - Centre for Work + Life, report to Industrial Relations Victoria - Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Victorian Government, October 2006 

Fitting it all together: work, home and community in two Australian master-planned communities (PDF 339 kb)
Philippa Williams and Barbara Pocock, Work, Housing, Services and Community Project first report, September 2006. Discussion papers

Living low paid: some experiences of Australian childcare workers and cleaners  (PDF 92 kb)
Helen Masterman-Smith, Robyn May and Barbara Pocock, CWL Discussion Paper 1/06, June 2006.

Work, families and affordable housing (PDF 197 kb)
Barbara Pocock and Helen Masterman-Smith, CWL Discussion Paper 2/06, June 2006.

Pocock B and Masterman-Smith, H. 2006 'House, Home and Low Pay: Some Evidence from South Australian Childcare Workers', 10th April, Affordable Housing Roundtable, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia, Magill, SA.

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Journal articles


Refereed

Pocock, B, Peetz, D., 2009 'An analysis of workplace representatives, union power and democracy in Australia', British Journal of Industrial Relations (accepted December 2008)

Williams, P., Bridge, K. & Pocock, B. 2009, 'Kids lives in adult space and time: how home, community, school and adult work affect opportunities for teenagers in suburban Australia', Health Sociology Review (Accepted 27 October 2008)

Williams, P. & Pocock, B. 2009, 'Building community for different stages of life: physical and social infrastructure in master planned communities', Community, Work and Family (Accepted 10 September 2008).

Williams, P., Skinner, N. & Pocock, B. 2008, 'Clawing back time: expansive working time and implications for work-life outcomes in Australian workers', Work, Employment and Society, vol. 22, no.4, pp. 719-730.

Pocock, B, Skinner, N and Williams P. (2008) 'Measuring Work-Life Interaction: The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) 2007', Labour & Industry, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 19-43.

Elton. J and Pocock B. 2008, 'The Effects of WorkChoices on Vulnerable South Australian Workers and Their Households', Labour & Industry, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 93-113.

Pocock. B., Elton, J., Present, A., Charlesworth, S., MacDonald, F., Baird, M., Cooper, R., Ellem, B., 2008, 'The Impact of Work Choices on Women in Low Paid Employment in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 475-488.

Skinner, N. and Pocock, B. 2008 'Work-Life Conflict: Is work time or work overload more important?', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 303-315.

Non-refereed

Pocock B, Skinner N, Williams P. (2007). 'Case study: Work-life balance: What do we know, what do we need to know?', Public Health Bulletin South Australia, 5(1), 37-39.

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Conference papers and other presentations


Refereed conference papers


2009

Skinner, N., Pocock, B 2009, 'Work, life and workplace culture in Australia in 2008', 23rd Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Labour, Capital and Change, 4-6 February 2009, Newcastle, Australia.

2008

Pocock, B & Brown, K., 2008, 'Gendered leadership in Australian unions in the process of strategic renewal: instrumental, transformative or post-heroic?' Engendering Leadership Conference, July 2008, Perth, Australia.

Skinner, N., Pocock, B., & Williams, P. 2008, 'Work-life issues in Australia: what do we know?', 22nd Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Workers, Corporations and Communities: Facing Choices for a Sustainable Future, 6-8 February 2008, Melbourne, Victoria.

2007

Pocock, B. and Williams, P. 2007, 'Work, Households and Time in Two Master Planned Communities' in Diverging Employment Relations Patterns in Australia and New Zealand: 21st Conference of AIRAANZ, vol. 1: Refereed Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, NZ, 7-9 February.

Skinner N, Williams P, Pocock, B. 2007, 'Our work, our lives and working time: how the length of working hours, their fit with preferences and self-employment affect work-life outcomes in Australia' paper presented to Our Work Our Lives Conference, Adelaide, 20-21 September 2007, South Australia.

2006

Masterman-Smith, H, Pocock, B., and May R. 2006, 'Low Paid Services Employment in Australia: Dimensions, Causes, Effects and Responses' in 21st Century Work: High Road or Low Road? 20th Conference of AIRAANZ, vol. 1: Refereed Papers, ed. Pocock, B., Provis, C. and Willis, E. Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 1-3 February, pp. 369-379.

Pocock B., Peetz, D. and Houghton, C. 'Organisers' Roles Transformed? Australian Union Organisers and the Shift To an Organising Approach', 2006 AIRAANZ Conference, February 1-3 2006, Glenelg, South Australia.

Pocock B., Peetz, D. 'The Community in Unionism: The Role of Community Activists and Engagement in Union Renewal' Paper to XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa. RC44, Tuesday, 25 July 2006.

Other conference papers and presentations

 

2009

International Conferences

Barbara Pocock, 15th International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) 2009 World Congress, 23-27th August 2009 - Keynote Address Conceptualising Work, Family and Community: Why Industrial Relations Perspectives are Essential, (PDF 673kb), Track 3 Work, Family and Community Plenary Session and Workshops,  24-27 August 2009, Sydney.
 
 Pip Williams, 'Mobility, Mothers and Malls: How home, community, adult work and school affect opportunity for teenagers', Natalie Skinner, 'Community and work characteristics as predictors of work-family gains and strains'
Community, Work and Family III International Conference 'Making the Connections in a Global Context', 16 - 18 April 2009, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

 

Australian Conferences

Barbara Pocock, The uses and misuses of economics: reflections of a recovering economist (PDF 178kb) University of South Australia's Gift of Knowledge 2009 lecture series, 3 November 09. A vodcast of the lecture will be available shortly here

Barbara Pocock,What Makes for Meaningful Work in the 21st Century: what makes good jobs good, and what gives them their occasional dark sides (pdf.671kb) Foenander Public Lecture 2009 delivered 21 October 2009, The University of Melbourne.

Williams, P. Pocock, B. Bridge, K. & Edwards, J.(2009). Sustainable Lives in Sustainable Communities. Living and Working in Suburban Australia. Presented at Privatisation, Security and Community: How Master Planned Estates are Changing Suburban Australia,  Academy of Social Sciences in Australia workshop, 28th - 29th September 2009, University of Queensland.

Eileen Applebaum, Barbara Pocock, Vital Issues Series, Parliamentary Library Canberra, 19th August 2009, Parliament House, Canberra.

Barbara Pocock, 'What are Today's Workers Thinking?' keynote address, Australian Workplace Conference -Managing your workforce in uncertain times, Sydney, 7 August 2009

Barbara Pocock, Who cares? how should we work and care in the 21st Century (6.4 MB) Barbara Pocock, Keynote address, Novita Inaugural Oration Research Symposium, 5 August 2009, Adelaide

Barbara Pocock, 2009 Senate Standing Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee, Inquiry into the Provision of Childcare in Australia, evidence to Committee, 22 July 2009, Adelaide.

Barbara Pocock, 'Successful Research while living in the Work/life Collision: What's Possible? What Needs to Change?' Speaker + panel discussion, Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) Career Development Event: Forging a Research Career: When The Going Gets Tough! 9 July 2009, University of Adelaide, 

Pocock, B. 2009, What's different in this recession? Low-paid workers in times of labour market stress, keynote address at National Vocational Education and Training Research NCVER 'No Frills' Conference, 7-8 July 2009, University of Ballarat, Ballarat. 

Barbara Pocock, Presentation Work and Family policy development session, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress, 2 June 2009, Brisbane Convention Centre

Barbara Pocock, 'Work/Life and Employment Research in Australia: White work, Black gaps?', presentation, David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education & Research (DUCIER) seminar, I June 2009, University of South Australia.

Barbara Pocock,'Flexibility in a Tough Environment', keynote presentation to WA Department of Commerce, Perth WA, 2 April 09

2008

Barbara Pocock, 'Work and the health and well-being of children: four essential pillars for better outcomes in Australia' (PDF 452 kb)
HDA Oration, Healthy Development Adelaide, State Library of South Australia, 12 June 2008.
PowerPoint presentation (1.6 MB)

Barbara Pocock, 'Work-life balance in Australia?' (PDF 458 kb)
Paper presented at international workshop Work-Life Balance in Japan, Australia and Canada, Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, 16 March 2008.

Masterman-Smith, H and Pocock, B. 2008 'Working Low Paid In Australia', 22nd Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Annual Conference: Workers, Corporations And Community: Facing Choices For a Sustainable Future, Melbourne, 6-8 February 2008.

2007

Barbara Pocock, 'The regulation of women's employment in Australia: what lessons for China?' (PDF 206 kb)
Paper presented at Women's Labour Rights Workshop held by the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) in cooperation with the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, 20-23 November 2007. Also available here in Chinese (PDF 318 kb).

Williams P. 'Building 'community' for different stages of life: Physical and social infrastructure in Master Planned Communities' (2007). Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Barbara Pocock, 'Happiness speech'
Presented at 'Happiness and its Causes' Conference, Sydney, June 2007.
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Overview of research on work-life balance in Australia (PDF 504 kb)
Hideki Nakazato, Konan University, Kobe, Japan, 2007

2006

Jobs care and justice: a fair work regime for Australia (PDF 435 kb)
Clare Burton Memorial lecture 2006 by Professor Barbara Pocock

Health, well-being and working poverty (PowerPoint 1 MB)
Helen Masterman-Smith with Jude Elton, presented at Making Research Matter: Translating Research into Health Policy and Practice, South Australian Public Health and Health Promotion Conference, Adelaide, 21 October 2006.

Low pay in a prosperous land (PowerPoint 1.66 MB)
Helen Masterman-Smith, PowerPoint presentation of paper presented at The Growing Divide, South Australian Financial Counsellors' Association annual conference, Adelaide, 21 September 2006.
 

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