* It is impossible for the author to express his indebtedness fully to the people who offered their kind assistance during his stay in Australia. Particular thanks must go at this time to the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority, the Association of Employers of Waterside Labour, and especially to the Waterside Workers' Federation for their generous co-operation.
2.
For a brief summary and analysis of major findings on this topic, see Maxine Bucklow, "A New Role for the Work Group," Administrative Science Quarterly, June, 1966, pp. 59-78.
3.
Selznik, P., Leadership in Administration, 1957, p. 42.
4.
Quoted from a decision by Mr. Justice Ashburner, given on 8th May, 1963.
5.
His livelihood continues to be subject to the vagaries of unstable demand. Recent figures show that sustained periods of work shortage have been forcing men to leave the industry. In the first 145 days of 1966, 364 men were reported to have dropped from the registered labour force in Sydney alone. See Maritime Worker, June 15, 1966, p. 3.
6.
Walker, K.F. , Industrial Relations in Australia, 1956, pp. 275-291.
7.
Report of the Committee of Inquiry, Commonwealth of Australia, March 7, 1957, p. 68.
8.
Trist, E. L., Higgin, G. W., Murray, H., Pollock, A. B., Organisational Choice (Tavistock), 1963.
9.
Trist, E.L. and Bamforth, K.W., "Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Long-Wall Method of Coal Getting," Human Relations: 4, 1951, pp. 13-38.
10.
Rice, A.K., Productivity and Social Organisation: The Ahmedabad Experiment ( Tavistock), 1958, p. 33.
11.
Katz, D. and Kahn, R., The Social Psychology of Organisations, Wiley, 1966, p. 434.
12.
Trist, E.L., et al., Organisational Choice, op. cit., p. 8.
