As part of a broader investigation of managers' and non-managers' views on worker participation, a random sample
of the Perth population was interviewed. Additional question were asked on industrial relations issues, in particu
lar a forced choice response question "What or who do you think is the single biggest obstacle to establishing better
industrial relations in Western Australia?"
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The valuable assistance of Dr. A. Peachment and Mr. J. Williamson in the data collection and analysis is acknowledged.
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An earlier survey showed that 29% of union members in a similar population sample thought that Communist subversion was a serious problem , Sunday Independent, 28 October 1979.
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