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In the Service of the Society: Labour Management Practices in the Australian Life Insurance Industry to 1940

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  • Monica Keneley

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This paper considers the labour management practices in use in Australian life insurance industry during the inter war period. Using the Australian Mutual Provident as a case study, it is argued that the specific human resource management practices evolved to deal with separate sets of problems arising from the functions of the life insurance business and the manner in which the principal/agent problem manifested. The differing nature of work associated with the sales and management of life insurance fostered the development of primary and secondary labour markets in which the benefits flowing to one were superior to those accruing to the other.

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Paper provided by Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance in its series Economics Series with number 2004_19.

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Length: 25 pages
Date of creation: 21 Oct 2004
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Handle: RePEc:dkn:econwp:eco_2004_19

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Keywords: Australian life insurance; labour management; internal labour markets; life insurance clerks; life insurance agents;

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