Multinational mining companies' management of employment relations in "greenfield mines" : evidence from Papua New Guinea

Benedict Y. Imbun

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[This paper provides evidence from mining development in Papua New Guinea (PNG), which points out that management of employment relations in 'greenfield' mines, is no where near to the conventionality of management of mine workers in other parts of the world. The challenging part of establishment of an employment relations system is immediately felt in the recruitment stage where local and government level influence come into play with the policies of multinational mining companies (MNMCs). Together with the acute issues of dual pay, trade union recognition, commuter mode of mine operation and host of other issues place a lot of strain on an already constrained employment relations system. It also discusses MNMCs' perceptions and attitudes to the development and maintenance of employment relations system is the product of what actually prevails in the 'greenfield' mines. Further, the manipulation of cooperation and conflict in the context of employment relations and imperative to operate profitable and efficient mines inevitably allows MNMCs to have an accommodative character for living in two worlds in the PNG 'greenfield' mines. The paper concludes that this strategy is forested and maintained through the annoyance and sometimes disapproval of the national proletariat in the greenfield mines.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationRegionalism and Globalisation: the Challenge for Employment Relations: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), held at Yeppoon, Qld., 5-8 July, 2004
    PublisherFaculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University
    Number of pages13
    ISBN (Print)1876674636
    Publication statusPublished - 2004
    EventInternational Employment Relations Association. Conference -
    Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Employment Relations Association. Conference
    Period1/01/04 → …

    Keywords

    • industrial relations
    • personnel management
    • mining corporations
    • Papua New Guinea
    • developing countries

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