Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry : Continuity and change

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Irving, Jacob, Beer, Andrew, Weller, Sally and Barnes, Tom. (2022). Plant closures in Australia’s automotive industry : Continuity and change. Regional Studies, Regional Science. 9(1), pp. 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.2016071

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Authors	Irving, Jacob, Beer, Andrew, Weller, Sally and Barnes, Tom
Abstract	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.
Keywords	plant closure; redundancy; automotive industry; policy intervention; Australia
Year	2022
Journal	Regional Studies, Regional Science
Journal citation	9 (1), pp. 5-22
Publisher	Routledge
ISSN	2168-1376
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.2016071
Scopus EID	2-s2.0-85122481657
Open access	Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Research or scholarly	Research
Page range	5-22
Funder	Australian Research Council (ARC)
Publisher's version	OA_Irving_2022_Plant_closures_in_Australias_automotive_industry.pdf License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open
Output status	Published
Online	07 Jan 2022
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Accepted	26 Nov 2021
Deposited	07 Mar 2022
Grant ID	ARC/LP170100940

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