Mutual Gains -community and Unions in a Networked Economy

It has been argued that, given the more varied and less stable employment and the increasingly diversified workforce characteristic of the globalised, technologyled economy of the 21 century, there is need of a new theory of industrial relations (Kochan, 2000). This paper seeks to bring together discussion of new theories from a numb er of disciplines in order to explore the integrated nature of change associated with globalisation communication technologies and the need for more globally networked relationships. The paper presents a new model of industrial relations for a global, knowledge economy as the first step towards developed a new globally sustainable and inclusive theory of industrial relations. Words: relationship industrial relations model; networked economy; community industrial relations