Dr Tom BRAMBLE
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Positions Held
Senior Lecturer in Organisation & Communication cluster
Academic Qualifications
| Degree |
Institution |
Field |
Year |
| PhD |
La Trobe University |
Industrial Relations |
1993 |
| MCom (Hons) |
University of New South Wales |
Industrial Relations |
1987 |
| BA (Hons 1st class) |
University of Cambridge |
Economics |
1982 |
Memberships
- International Industrial Relations Association.
- Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
- British Universities Industrial Relations Association
Major Research Grants
| Year |
Title of Grant |
Granting Agency |
Amount |
| 2005-07 |
School of Management Research Grant |
ARC Linkage Grant |
240,000 |
| 1999 |
|
UQ School of Management Research Grant |
4,000 |
| 1998 |
|
ARC Small Grant |
9,000 |
| 1997 |
|
ARC Small Grant |
13,000 |
| 1995 |
|
UQ Special Projects (New Staff) Research Grant |
16,000 |
| 1994 |
|
UQ Special Projects (New Staff) Research Grant |
14,000 |
Field of Current Research
| Title of Research Area |
Brief Description |
| International comparative studies of trade unionism |
A study of the industrial and political strategies pursued by Australian, New Zealand, South African and South Korean, trade unions, particularly with respect to relations with Government and employers. Collaboration over the years with colleagues in Australia, New Zealand, UK and South Africa. Current interest in the impact of changes to the Workplace Relations Act in 2005-06 |
| The impact of organisational restructuring and new managerial techniques on front-line staff |
Ongoing research investigating the impact of organisational change on blue collar and white collar workforces in large private and public sector enterprises. Emphasis on job content, careers, staffing, conditions of employment. Consideration of the industrial relations aspects of organisational change. Current focus is on the Queensland health sector. |
| Australian trade unionism |
Research into the history of trade unions in Australia culminating in a book release Australian Trade Unionism: A History From Flood to Ebb Tide for Cambridge University Press (2008). |
Publications
Publications Since 2000
Books And Refereed Monographs - Refereed
- Bramble, T. (2008): Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 304 pp.
- Bramble, T. and Barchiesi, F. (eds) (2003): Rethinking the Labour Movement in the "New South Africa", Ashgate, Aldershot. 258pp.
Book Chapters
- Bramble, T. (2005): 'Labour movement leadership' in R. Kuhn (ed.) Class and Struggle in Australia, Longman Pearson, Melbourne, 73-89.
- Bramble, T. (2003): 'Social movement unionism since the fall of apartheid: the case of NUMSA on the East Rand', in T. Bramble and F. Barchiesi (eds) Rethinking the Labour Movement in the "New South Africa"', Ashgate, Aldershot, 187-204.
- Barchiesi, F. and Bramble, T. (2003): 'Introduction' in T. Bramble and F. Barchiesi (eds) Rethinking the Labour Movement in the "New South Africa"', Ashgate, Aldershot, 1-9.
- Bramble, T. (2000): 'Social democracy and the "failure" of the Accord', in K. Wilson, J. Bradford and M. Fitzpatrick (eds) Australia in Accord: An Evaluation of the Prices and Incomes Accord in the Hawke-Keating Years, South Pacific Publishing, Melbourne, 243-64.
Journal Articles - Refereed
- Mayhew, M. Ashkanasy, N., Bramble, T. and Gardner, J. (2007): 'A Study of the Antecedents and Consequences of Psychological Ownership in Organizational Settings', Journal of Social Psychology, 147 (5), 477-500.
- Bramble, T. and Ollett, N. (2007): 'Corporatism as a process of working-class containment and roll-back: The recent experiences of South Africa and South Korea', Journal of Industrial Relations, 49 (4), 569-90.
- Bramble, T. (2007): 'The crisis in the world economy', Society of Heterodox Economists Working Paper Series 2007-01, University of New South Wales.
- Bramble, T. (2006): 'Another world is possible: a study of participants at Australian alter-globalisation social forums', Journal of Sociology, 42 (3), 287-309.
- Bramble, T. (2005): 'Resisting Howard's industrial relations "reforms": an assessment of ACTU strategy', Journal of Australian Political Economy, issue 56, 254-67.
- Bramble, T. and Minns, J. (2005): 'Whose streets? Our streets! Activist perspectives on the Australian anti-capitalist movement', Social Movement Studies, , 4 (2), 105-21
- Bramble, T. (2004): 'Contradictions in Australia's "miracle economy"', Journal of Australian Political Economy, issue 54, pp. 5-31.
- Healy, J. and Bramble, T. (2003): 'Dial B for Burnout? The experience of job burnout in a telephone call centre', Labour and Industry, 14 (2), 39-59.
- Bramble, T. (2001): 'Solidarity versus sectionalism: the social tariff debate, Journal of Australian Political Economy, 48, 73-114.
- Roan, A., Bramble, T. and Lafferty, G. (2001): 'Australian Workplace Agreements in practice: the "hard" and "soft" dimensions', Journal of Industrial Relations, 43 (4), 387-401 (33%).
- Bramble, T. (2001): 'A portrait of Australian trade union officials', British Journal of Industrial Relations, 39 (4), 529-37.
- Bramble, T. (2001): 'Australian union strategies since 1945', Labour and Industry, 11 (3), 1-25.
- Bramble, T. (2000): 'Leadership representativeness in the Australian union movement', Australian Bulletin of Labour, 26 (4), 216-42.
- Bramble, T. (2000): '"The rise of the modern labour technocrat": Response', Labour History, No. 79, 179-84.
Conference Papers - Refereed
- Bramble, T. (2008): 'Resisting union-busting in Australia: WorkChoices and the Your Rights at Work campaign', presented to the 2008 conference of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association, Bristol, June Abstract Refereed.
- Bramble, T. (2007): 'Changing forms of working class mobilisation in Australia', in The Proceedings of the 20th AIRAANZ Conference, Volume 1 Refereed Papers..
- Bramble, T. and Ollett, N. (2004): 'Corporatist intermediation during democratic transition: The contrasting cases of South Africa and South Korea', paper presented to the 5th Asian regional congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, Seoul, South Korea, June.
- Bramble, T. and Minns, J. (2002): 'Activist perspectives on the Australian anti-capitalist movement', paper presented to the 2002 conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Australian National University, October http://arts.anu.edu.au/sss/apsa/papersdraft.htm. Also presented to RC48 (Social movements, mobilisation and social change), 2002 World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Brisbane, July.
- Bramble, T. (2002): 'From insurrection to institutionalisation: South African unionism since the 1970s', in I. McAndrew and A. Geare (eds): Celebrating Excellence: The Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference, Volume 1 Refereed Papers, pp.55-65.
- Bramble, T. (2001): 'Family-friendly working arrangements and the Howard Government industrial relations agenda', in D. Kelly (ed.): Crossing Borders: Employment, Work, Markets and Social Justice across Time, Discipline and Place, 2001 AIRAANZ Conference Proceedings, Volume 1 Refereed Papers, pp.26-33.
- Bramble, T. (2001): 'Free trade, fair trade and job loss', in D. Kelly (ed): Crossing Borders: Employment, Work, Markets and Social Justice across Time, Discipline and Place, 2001 AIRAANZ Conference Proceedings, Volume 1, Refereed Papers, pp.34-41.
- Bramble, T.J. and Sparrow, J. (2000): 'Explaining the growth of Australia's trade union officialdom since the 1960s', in J. Burgess and G. Strachan (eds.): Research on Work, Employment and Industrial Relations 2000, AIRAANZ Conference Proceedings, Volume 1, pp. 109-119.
Research Interests
- Organisations Dynamics and Change
Academic Cluster
Management
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