Vic Taylor Best Labour & Industry Article Award

Vic Taylor Best Labour & Industry Article Award

What is now the Vic Taylor/AIRAANZ Best Labour & Industry Article Award was formerly awarded to the best and/or most promising paper presented at AIRAANZ’s annual conference. But from 2020 it will be awarded to the best article accepted for publication by Labour & Industry (L&I) in the 12 months preceding the AIRAANZ conference. The author is required to be an AIRAANZ member.

Having qualified for entry, papers will be judged on:

• the nature and extent of contribution to our understanding of industrial/employment relations and/or work (broadly conceived);
• in the case of empirical papers, the appropriateness and rigour of research methods employed in answering the research question(s), which must add significant value to the field.
  
  

The prize for this award will be AUD$1000, irrespective of how many authors it has. The author(s) of the winning paper will be advised at least two months before the next AIRAANZ conference and invited to attend it for the presentation. In the event that they are unable to attend, they will be asked to nominate a representative to receive the award at the conference on their behalf.

Vic Taylor was a founding member of AIRAANZ who passed away in September 2004. This award was established in his honour by Dr Doreen Tan, his widow, in consultation with some of Vic’s colleagues and friends in AIRAANZ.