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Exploring Skill Ecosystems in the Australian Meat Processing Industry: Unions, Employers and Institutional Change
Richard Cooney, Marjorie Jerrard, Ross Donohue, Nell Kimberley
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review / Volume 21 / Issue 2 / December 2010

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01 January 2023, pp. 121-138
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This article discusses the concept of the skill ecosystem in the context of the network oriented literature on learning and skill acquisition. Three critical features of skill ecosystems are identified and then applied to an analysis of the abattoir sector of the Australian meat processing industry. The analysis highlights the important role of the employee union in the skill ecosystem, including maintaining a flow of new entrants into the sector. The article then examines the impact of major institutional change, through the deregulation of industrial relations, on the ecosystem. It concludes by discussing the applicability of the skill ecosystem concept to a mature, low-skill industry such as meat processing and then draws some conclusions about the limitations of the skill ecosystem concept itself.