Books

• Ellem, B., Wright, C., Clibborn, S., Cooper, R., Flanagan, F., Veen, A. (2025). Work and Industrial Relations Policy in Australia. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. [More Information]

Edited Books

• Colfer, B., Harney, B., McLaughlin, C., Wright, C. (2023). Protecting the Future of Work: New Institutional Arrangements for Safeguarding Labour Standards. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
• Bamber, G., Cooke, F., Doellgast, V., Wright, C. (2021). International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. [More Information]
• Bamber, G., Lansbury, R., Wailes, N., Wright, C. (2016). International and Comparative Employment Relations: National Regulation, Global Changes. London: Routledge. [More Information]

Book Chapters

• McLaughlin, C., Wright, C. (2024). Ideational power resources. In J. Arnholtz, B. Refslund (Eds.), Workers, Power and Society: Power Resource Theory in Contemporary Capitalism, (pp. 97-117). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
• Bamber, G., Doellgast, V., Wright, C., Cooke, F. (2024). Internationally comparative employment relations. In S. Procter (Eds.), A Research Agenda for Work and Employment, (pp. 61-80). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Yu, K., Clibborn, S. (2023). Collaborative Institutional Experimentation to Address the Exploitation and Marginalisation of Migrant Workers. In B. Colfer, B. Harney, C. McLaughlin, C.F. Wright (Eds.), Protecting the Future of Work: New Institutional Arrangements for Safeguarding Labour Standards, (pp. 111-126). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
• Colfer, B., Harney, B., McLaughlin, C., Wright, C. (2023). Conclusion: Towards a New Web of Rules. In B. Colfer, B. Harney, C. McLaughlin, C.F. Wright (Eds.), Protecting the Future of Work: New Institutional Arrangements for Safeguarding Labour Standards, (pp. 141-162). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2023). Immigration. Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Second Edition, (pp. 188-189). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
• Colfer, B., Harney, B., McLaughlin, C., Wright, C. (2023). Introduction: New institutional arrangements for safeguarding labour standards. In B. Colfer, B. Harney, C. McLaughlin, C.F. Wright (Eds.), Protecting the Future of Work: New Institutional Arrangements for Safeguarding Labour Standards, (pp. 1-19). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2023). Labour mobility. Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Second Edition, (pp. 234-235). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
• McLaughlin, C., Wright, C. (2023). Neoliberalism or Augmented Pluralism? Defending the Web of Rules in New Zealand, Australia and Ireland. In B. Colfer, B. Harney, C. McLaughlin, C.F. Wright (Eds.), Protecting the Future of Work: New Institutional Arrangements for Safeguarding Labour Standards, (pp. 21-34). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
• Doellgast, V., Wright, C., Cooke, F., Bamber, G. (2021). Conclusions: Globalisation, crises and institutional responses. In G.J. Bamber, F.L. Cooke, V. Doellgast, C.F. Wright (Eds.), International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses, (pp. 363-388). London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
• Wright, C., Kaine, S. (2021). Employment relations in Australia. In G.J. Bamber, F.L. Cooke, V. Doellgast, C.F. Wright (Eds.), International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses, (pp. 105-130). London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
• Wright, C., Bamber, G., Doellgast, V., Cooke, F. (2021). Introduction: Internationally comparative approaches to studying employment relations. In G.J. Bamber, F.L. Cooke, V. Doellgast, C.F. Wright (Eds.), International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses, (pp. 1-28). London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
• Wright, C., Lansbury, R. (2020). A dynamic work systems approach for analysing employment relations. In R.D. Lansbury, A. Johnson & D. van den Broek (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions, (pp. 12-26). London: Routledge. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2020). Addressing power differentials and managing egos: how to collect reliable qualitative data when researching 'elites'. In K. Townsend, M.N.K. Saunders, R. Loudoun, E. Morrison (Eds.), How to keep your Doctorate on Track: Insights from Students' and Supervisors' Experiences, (pp. 228-237). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
• Westcott, M., Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2020). Financialisation and the growth of low-wage, insecure work. In R.D. Lansbury, A. Johnson & D. van den Broek (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions, (pp. 127-142). London: Routledge. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2020). Immigration, employment relations and the state: Tensions between internal and external governance. In Dionne Pohler (Eds.), Reimagining the Governance of Work and Employment, (pp. 145-163). Champaign: Labour and Employment Relations Association. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Lansbury, R., Wright, C. (2020). Who Killed the Australian Automotive Industry: The Employers, Government or Trade Unions? In Covarrubias A, Yates C & Ramirez S (Eds.), The New Frontiers of the world automotive industry: technologies, applications, innovations and markets, (pp. 255-276). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Lansbury, R. (2019). A dynamic work systems approach for analysing employment relations. In R.D. Lansbury, A. Johnson & D. van den Broek (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions, (pp. 12-26). London: Routledge.
• Wright, C., Bamber, G., Wailes, N., Lansbury, R. (2019). An Internationally Comparative Framework for Analysing Employment Relations and the Gig Economy. In K. R. Shyam Sundar (Eds.), Perspectives on Neoliberalism, Labour and Globalization in India: Essays In Honour of Lalit K. Deshpande, (pp. 207-224). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
• Westcott, M., Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2019). Financialisation and the growth of low-wage, insecure work. In R.D. Lansbury, A. Johnson & D. van den Broek (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions, (pp. 127-142). London: Routledge.
• Wright, C. (2017). The regulation of European labour mobility. In Allen, C. and Galgóczi, B (Eds.), Migration Waves in Eastern Europe (1990-2015): A Selection from 16 Years of Seer, (pp. 215-236). Brussels: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. [More Information]
• Oliver, D., Wright, C. (2016). Australia's Shifting Skills Ecosystem: Contemporary Challenges in Education, Training and Immigration. In Keith Hancock and Russell D Lansbury (Eds.), Industrial Relations Reform: Looking to the Future: Essays in honour of Joe Isaac AO, (pp. 163-186). Sydney, Australia: The Federation Press.
• Wright, C., Wailes, N., Lansbury, R., Bamber, G. (2016). Conclusions: Beyond Varieties of Capitalism, towards convergence and internationalisation? In Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury, Nick Wailes, Chris F. Wright (Eds.), International and Comparative Employment Relations: National Regulation, Global Changes, (pp. 341-361). London: Routledge. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2016). Control signals and the social policy dimensions of immigration reform. In Gary P. Freeman, Nikola Mirilovic (Eds.), Handbook on Migration and Social Policy, (pp. 161-179). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Lansbury, R. (2016). Employment Relations in Australia. In Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury, Nick Wailes, Chris F. Wright (Eds.), International and Comparative Employment Relations: National Regulation, Global Changes, (pp. 103-125). London: Routledge.
• Wailes, N., Wright, C., Bamber, G., Lansbury, R. (2016). Introduction: An internationally comparative approach to employment relations. In Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury, Nick Wailes, Chris F. Wright (Eds.), International and Comparative Employment Relations: National Regulation, Global Changes, (pp. 1-19). London: Routledge.
• Wright, C., Frenkel, S. (2016). SCC: Improving global supply chain governance in garment retailing. In Jorg Sydow, Elke Schubler, Gordon Muller-Seitz (Eds.), Managing Inter-Organizational Relations: Debates and Cases, (pp. 201-213). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Hancock, K., Lansbury, R., Wright, C. (2016). Tribute to Joe Isaac AO. In Keith Hancock and Russell D Lansbury (Eds.), Industrial Relations Reform: Looking to the Future: Essays in honour of Joe Isaac AO, (pp. xiii-xxix). Sydney, Australia: The Federation Press.
• Cooper, R., Ellem, B., Wright, C. (2015). Policy and the labour movement. In Brian Head, Kate Crowley (Eds.), Policy Analysis in Australia, (pp. 231-244). Bristol: Policy Press. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Brown, W., Lansbury, R. (2014). The Institutional Influence of Trade Unions during Periods of Economic Transition: Lessons from Australia and Britain. In Shuming Zhao, Stephen Nicholas, Hong Liu, Chunlin Liu (Eds.), Research on the Impact of Global Economic Integration and Information Networking on Sustainable Corporate Development, (pp. 303-313). Nanjing, China: Nanjing University Press.
• Wright, C., Brown, W. (2013). The emergence of socially sustainable sourcing: a mechanism for protecting labour standards in the context of collective bargaining decline. In Nicola Countouris, Mark Freedland (Eds.), Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis, (pp. 427-447). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Wright, C. (2009). The Regulation of European Labour Mobility: National Policy responses to the free movement of labour transitional arrangements of recent EU enlargements. In Kovalcik, J; Muransky, M. Rochovska, A. (Eds.), Europe in Motion: Society, Labour Market and Sustainability in the Age of Migration, (pp. 291-312). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
• Lansbury, R., Saulwick, J., Wright, C. (2008). Globalization and Employment Relations in the Australian Automotive Industry. In Roger Blanpain (Eds.), Globalization and Employment Relations in the Auto Assembly Industry: A Study of Seven Countries (Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations-64), (pp. 13-34). Alphen aan den Rijin, The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Kluwer Law International).
• Zhao, S., Zhang, J., Zhao, W., Huang, W., Wright, C., Lansbury, R. (2008). The Changing Nature of Employment Relations in the Chinese Automotive Industry. In Roger Blanpain (Eds.), Globalization and Employment Relations in the Auto Assembly Industry: A Study of Seven Countries (Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations-64), (pp. 35-48). Alphen aan den Rijin, The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Kluwer Law International).
• Wright, C. (2006). Stuck in Neutral? The Impact of Global Production on Local Strategy in the Australian Automotive Industry. In Cutcher, L and Wailes, N (Eds.), Cases in Strategy and Management, (pp. 70-85). Sydney: McGraw Hill.

Journals

• Yu, K., Wright, C. (2025). Mainstream Parties' Construction of Populist Discourse in Australia's Temporary Migration Policy. Organization, 32(3), 395-414. [More Information]
• Yu, K., Wright, C. (2025). Mainstream Parties’ Construction of Populist Discourse in Australia’s Temporary Migration Policy. Organization, 32(3), 395-414. [More Information]
• Andersen, S., Wright, C. (2025). Vertical New Knowledge Transfer and the Revival of Multi-Employer Collective Bargaining. Industrial Relations Journal, Published online: 17 March 2025. [More Information]
• Sun, J., Veen, A., Wright, C. (2025). ‘While Strictly Speaking It Is Illegal, You Can Work as Long as You Want’: How Platform Facades Enable Gig Workers to Comply With, Bend and Break Migration Rules. New Technology Work and Employment, Published online: 13 January 2025. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2024). Multi-employer collective bargaining in liberal market economies: Reasons for survival and reinvigoration. International Labour Review, 163(4), 677-691. [More Information]
• Liu, H., Yu, K., Wright, C. (2024). Precarious Multiculturalism: The Racialized Experience of Asian In/Exclusion in Australia. American Behavioral Scientist, Published online: 12 February 2024. [More Information]
• Wright, C., McLaughlin, C. (2024). Short-term fix or remedy for market failure? Immigration policy as a distinct source of skills. Industrial Relations Journal, 55(1), 3-19. [More Information]
• Groutsis, D., Kaabel, A., Wright, C. (2024). Temporary Migrants as Dehumanised ‘Other’ in the Time of COVID-19: We’re All in This Together? Work, Employment and Society, 38(3), 615-635. [More Information]
• Belardi, S., Knox, A., Wright, C. (2023). 'The circle of life': The role of life course in understanding job quality. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 44(1), 47-67. [More Information]
• Dabaja, I., Dinale, D., Gulesserian, L., Wright, C. (2023). 'Work not as usual': work and industrial relations in a post-COVID world. Labour and Industry, 33(1), 1-10. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2023). Addressing problems for labour not problems of labour: the need for a paradigm shift in work and industrial relations policy. Labour and Industry, 33(1), 11-21. [More Information]
• Andersen, S., Wright, C., Lansbury, R. (2023). Defining the problem of low wage growth in Australia and Denmark: From the actors' perspectives. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 29(2), 177-194. [More Information]
• Boucher, A., Wright, C. (2023). Hard Exterior, Soft Interior: Skill Regulation and Employer Control over Migrant Worker Selection Policy in Australia. Industrial Law Journal, 52(4), 899-929. [More Information]
• Arnholtz, J., Wright, C. (2023). Labor Migration as a Source of Institutional Change: Danish and Australian Construction Sectors Compared. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 76(3), 532-555. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2023). Proposing mobility visas as an alternative to employer sponsorship: Addressing inequalities in the treatment of temporary migrant workers. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 34(4), 772-786. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Groutsis, D., Kaabel, A. (2022). Regulating migrant worker temporariness in Australia: the role of immigration, employment and post-arrival support policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(16), 3947-3964. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2022). The Efficiencies and Inequities of Australia's Temporary Labour Migration Regime. Australian Economic Review, 55(2), 254-262. [More Information]
• Ellem, B., Baird, M., Clibborn, S., Cooper, R., Veen, A., Wright, C. (2021). Editorial. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(5), 657-660. [More Information]
• Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C., Howe, J., Reilly, A. (2021). Pro-market governance, migration status and worker vulnerability: The case of Australian horticulture. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 42(4), 1305-1325. [More Information]
• Belardi, S., Knox, A., Wright, C. (2021). Too hot to handle? An analysis of chefs' job quality in Australian restaurants. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(1), 3-26. [More Information]
• Wright, C., McLaughlin, C. (2021). Trade Union Legitimacy and Legitimation Politics in Australia and New Zealand. Industrial Relations, 60(3), 338-369. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Cooper, R., Veen, A., Wright, C. (2021). Tribute to Bradon Ellem Joint Editor-in-Chief, 2006-2021. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(5), 651-653. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Cooper, R., Veen, A., Wright, C. (2021). Tribute to Marian Baird AO Joint Editor-in-Chief, 2009-2021. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(5), 654-656. [More Information]
• Markey, R., McIvor, J., O'Brien, M., Wright, C. (2021). Triggering business responses to climate policy in Australia. Australian Journal of Management, 46(2), 248-271. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Knox, A., Constantin, V. (2021). Using or abusing? Scrutinising employer demand for temporary sponsored skilled migrants in the Australian hospitality industry. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 42(4), 937-959. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Constantin, V. (2021). Why recruit temporary sponsored skilled migrants? A human capital theory analysis of employer motivations in Australia. Australian Journal of Management, 46(1), 151-173. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2020). A guest-worker state? The declining power and agency of migrant labour in Australia. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 31(1), 34-58. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2020). COVID-19 and the Policy-Induced Vulnerabilities of Temporary Migrant Workers in Australia. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 85, 62-70.
• Howe, J., Reilly, A., Clibborn, S., Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C. (2020). Slicing and Dicing Work in the Australian Horticulture Industry: Labour Market Segmentation within the Temporary Migrant Workforce. Federal Law Review, 48(2), 247-271. [More Information]
• Van Barneveld, K., Quinlan, M., Kriesler, P., Junor, A., Baum, F., Chowdhury, A., Junankar, R., Clibborn, S., Flanagan, F., Wright, C., et al (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons on building more equal and sustainable societies. The Economic Labour Relations Review, 31(2), 133-157. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Reilly, A., Wright, C., Van Den Broek, D., Clibborn, S. (2019). A Critical Examination of the Relationship between Labour Hire Intermediaries and Growers in the Australian Horticulture Industry. Australian Journal of Labour Law, 32(1), 83-102.
• Baird, M., Ellem, B., Clibborn, S., Cooper, R., Wright, C., Veen, A. (2019). Editorial: The Journal of Industrial Relations: Sixty Years on. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(1), 4-10. [More Information]
• Schuessler, E., Frenkel, S., Wright, C. (2019). Governance of Labor Standards in Australian and German Garment Supply Chains: The Impact of Rana Plaza. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 72(3), 552-579. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2019). Migrant labour and low-quality work: A persistent relationship. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(2), 157-175. [More Information]
• Markey, R., McIvor, J., O'Brien, M., Wright, C. (2019). Reducing carbon emissions through employee participation: evidence from Australia. Industrial Relations Journal, 50(1), 57-83. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Wood, A., Trevor, J., McLaughlin, C., Huang, W., Harney, B., Geelan, T., Colfer, B., Chang, C., Brown, W. (2019). Towards a new web of rules: An international review of institutional experimentation to strengthen employment protections. Employee Relations: the international journal, 41(2), 313-330. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Van Den Broek, D., Reilly, A., Wright, C. (2018). A Tale of Two Visas: Interrogating the Substitution Effect between Pacific Seasonal Workers and Backpackers in Addressing Horticultural Labour Supply Challenges and Worker Exploitation. Australian Journal of Labour Law, 31(2), 209-242.
• Wright, C. (2018). Australian industrial relations in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations, 60(3), 287-297. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2018). Employer theft of temporary migrant workers' wages in Australia: Why has the state failed to act? The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 29(2), 207-227. [More Information]
• Brown, W., Wright, C. (2018). Policies for decent labour standards in Britain. The Political Quarterly, 89(3), 482-489. [More Information]
• McLaughlin, C., Wright, C. (2018). The role of ideas in understanding industrial relations policy change in liberal market economies. Industrial Relations, 57(4), 568-610. [More Information]
• Reilly, A., Howe, J., Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C. (2018). Working Holiday Makers in Australian Horticulture: Labour Market Effect, Exploitation and Avenues for Reform. Griffith Law Review, 27(1), 99-130. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2017). Australian industrial relations in 2016. Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(3), 237-253. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2017). Back Door, Side Door or Front Door? An Emerging De-Facto Low-Skilled Immigration Policy in Australia. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 39(1), 165-188.
• Wright, C., Wailes, N., Bamber, G., Lansbury, R. (2017). Beyond National Systems, Towards a 'Gig Economy'? A Research Agenda for International and Comparative Employment Relations. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 29(4), 247-257. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2017). Employer Organizations and Labour Immigration Policy in Australia and the United Kingdom: The Power of Political Salience and Social Institutional Legacies. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(2), 347-371. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Groutsis, D., Van Den Broek, D. (2017). Employer-sponsored temporary labour migration schemes in Australia, Canada and Sweden: enhancing efficiency, compromising fairness? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(11), 1854-1872. [More Information]
• Lansbury, R., Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2017). Who will make our cars? Global lessons from the demise of Australia's auto industry. Perspectives on Work, 21, 12-17.
• Wright, C. (2016). Australian industrial relations in 2015. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(3), 297-307. [More Information]
• Markey, R., McIvor, J., Wright, C. (2016). Employee participation and carbon emissions reduction in Australian workplaces. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(2), 179-191. [More Information]
• Markey, R., Ferris, S., McIvor, J., Thornthwaite, L., Wright, C., Muhidin, S., O'Neill, S., Parr, N. (2016). Extending employment entitlements to non-standard workers: Alternative models for long service leave portability. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(1), 46-68. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2016). Leveraging Reputational Risk: Sustainable Sourcing Campaigns for Improving Labour Standards in Production Networks. Journal of Business Ethics, 137(1), 195-210. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2016). Should corporations be responsible for labour standards in their supply chains? (Deben las empresas ser responsables de las normas laborales en sus cadenas de suministro). Analisis Laboral, 40(463), 10-13.
• Clibborn, S., Lansbury, R., Wright, C. (2016). Who Killed the Australian Automotive Industry: The Employers, Government or Trade Unions? Economic Papers, 35(1), 2-15. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2015). Book Review: Stone, K. V. W. & Arthurs, H. (2013). Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation. 440 p. Work and Occupations, 42(2), 261-263. [More Information]
• Sarina, T., Wright, C. (2015). Mutual gains or mutual losses? Organisational fragmentation and employment relations outcomes at Qantas Group. Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(5), 686-706. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Kaine, S. (2015). Supply chains, production networks and the employment relationship. Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(4), 483-501. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2015). Why Do States Adopt Liberal Immigration Policies? The Policymaking Dynamics of Skilled Visa Reform in Australia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(2), 306-328. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Brown, W. (2014). From center stage to bit player: Trade unions and the British economy. Singapore Economic Review, 59(4), 1-20. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2014). How do states implement liberal immigration policies? Control signals and skilled immigration reform in Australia. Governance, 27(3), 397-421. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2014). The Prices and Incomes Accord: Its significance, impact and legacy. Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(2), 264-272. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Lansbury, R. (2014). Trade unions and economic reform in Australia, 1983-2013. Singapore Economic Review, 59(4), 1-22. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2013). Book review: After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform by E. Engelen, I. Erturk, J. Froud, S. Johal, A. Leaver, M. Moran, A. Nillson and K. Williams. Work, Employment and Society, 27(6), 1039-40. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2013). Book review: Unions and Globalisation: Governments, Management and the State at Work by P. Fairbrother, J. O’Brien, M. O’Donnell, A. Junor, G. Williams. Work, Employment and Society, 27(2), 368-9. [More Information]
• Kaine, S., Wright, C. (2013). Conceptualising CSR in the context of the shifting contours of Australian employment regulation. Labour and Industry, 23(1), 54-68. [More Information]
• Lansbury, R., Wright, C. (2013). Emeritus Professor Joseph Ezra Isaac: Pioneer Scholar and Practitioner in Industrial Relations. Labour History, 104, 211-220. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Brown, W. (2013). The effectiveness of socially sustainable sourcing mechanisms: Assessing the prospects of a new form of joint regulation. Industrial Relations Journal, 44(1), 20-37. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2013). The response of unions to the rise of precarious work in Britain. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 24(3), 279-296. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2012). Immigration Policy and market institutions in liberal market economies. Industrial Relations Journal, 43(2), 110-136. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2012). Policy legacies, visa reform and the resilience of immigration politics. West European Politics, 35(4), 726-755. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S., Lansbury, R. (2011). Becoming an endangered species? The future viability of Australian automotive manufacturing. International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 11(2), 172-188. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2008). An Assessment of the House of Lords report on the economic impact of immigration to the United Kingdom. People and Place, 16(3), 35-46.
• Lansbury, R., Wright, C., Baird, M. (2006). Decentralized Bargaining in a Globalizing Industry: The Automotive Assembly Industry in Australia. Relations Industrielles-Industrial Relations, 61(1), 70-92. [More Information]
• Baird, M., Ellem, B., Wright, C. (2005). Why the states matter in industrial relations (Symposium: State Systems of Industrial Relations). Australian Review of Public Affairs, 19 September 2005.

Conferences

• Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C., Howe, J., Reilly, A. (2017). Food Glorious Food: But whose going to pick it?: Meeting 21st Century Challenges to Food Supply. 12th Organization Studies Summer Workshop - Food Organizing Matters: Paradoxes, Problems and Potentialities, Chania, Greece: BBSRC.
• Wright, C., Van Den Broek, D., Howe, J., Reilly, A. (2016). Analysing the Labour Challenges of Securing Food Production in Australian Horticulture. 28th Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics SASE 2016, Berkeley, United States: Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics.
• Belardi, S., Knox, A., Wright, C. (2016). The role of job quality in recruitment and retention challenges in the Australian restaurant industry. 30th Annual Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Sydney: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ).
• Wright, C., Groutsis, D., Van Den Broek, D. (2015). Are employer-sponsored visa schemes inherently 'unfair'? A comparative assessment of the effectiveness of migrant worker protections. 4th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network, Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization.
• Ellem, B., Cooper, R., Wright, C. (2015). Australian Unions and the Making of Public Policy Since 1983. CRIMT 2015 International Conference on Institutional Change and Experimentation, Montreal, Canada: University of Montreal.
• Wright, C., Knox, A., Constantin, V. (2015). Employer motivations for engaging temporary skilled migrants in the hospitality industry: Are work visas a solution to recruitment and retention challenges? Asia Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies APROS and European Group for Organizational Studies EGOS Conference 2015, Sydney, Australia: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS).

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

• Wright, C. (2024). Smartphones mean we're always available to our bosses. 'Right to disconnect' laws are a necessary fix. The Conversation. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2023). Albanese’s new skilled visa will help fix Australia’s migration problems. The New Daily. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2023). Better quality jobs are what the UK economy needs to end strikes, staff shortages and low productivity. The Conversation (UK). [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2023). Bold plan for immigration overhaul will address Australia's future needs. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2023). Insecure work is a feature of our labour market. New laws can change that. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2023). Maintaining Australia's status as an immigration nation. East Asia Forum. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2023). Stronger union rights can mean more productive, sustainable workplaces. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Andersen, S. (2023). Work conditions put Australia behind Nordic countries in Happiness Index. We must learn from them. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Lansbury, R., Andersen, S. (2022). Employers say Labor's new industrial relations bill threatens the economy. Denmark tells a different story. The Conversation (Australia). [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2022). International evidence supports multiple-employer bargaining. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Cooper, R., Wright, C. (2022). Long-overdue industrial reforms pave the way for fairer pay. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2022). Skills crisis can be solved with training and good faith bargaining. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2022). Urgent labour market reform needed to boost wages and aid recruitment. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2022). Why multi-employer bargaining gets better results for everyone. Australian Financial Review. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2021). In shadow of pandemic, a chance to end exploitation of migrant workers. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2021). Migrant workers and the systemic resilience of regional and seasonal industries. Commentary No. 7 of the MigResHub at the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2021). Peter Costello said Australia would never be a guest-worker state, now Josh Frydenberg is smoothing the way. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2020). Industrial relations package swings pendulum too far towards business. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S., Howe, J., Van Den Broek, D., Reilly, A. (2020). Pandemic fallout offers chance to rethink farm labour issue. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2020). Protection of temporary migrants is now a 'public health issue'. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Belardi, S., Knox, A., Wright, C. (2020). Restaurateurs better served improving conditions than complaining. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Kaine, S., Wright, C. (2019). How the major parties stack up on industrial relations policy. The Conversation (Australia). [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2019). Time for discussions over migration and needs of job market. The Age. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Reilly, A., Clibborn, S., Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C. (2018). Backpacker work plan creates more problems than it solves. The Age. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2018). Four ways to stop restaurants like Rockpool ripping off workers. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Brown, W., Wright, C. (2018). How Britain can avoid a post-Brexit race to the bottom in labour standards. The Conversation (UK). [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2018). The real immigration issue needing attention. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Sherrell, H., Howe, J. (2017). Australian government axes 457 work visa: experts react. The Conversation (Australia). [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2016). Australia is at risk of losing migrants who are vital to the health of our economy. The Conversation. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Reilly, A., Wright, C., Van Den Broek, D. (2016). Backpacker tax: Why it's now Labor's turn to compromise. ABC Online. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Constantin, A. (2015). Evidence of employers misusing 457 visas shows need for reform. The Conversation (Australia). [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2014). Unions must take account of structural changes to the global workforce. The House: Parliament's Magazine (UK), 37(1492).
• Clibborn, S., Lansbury, R., Wright, C. (2013). Holden on: a manufacturing dilemma. The Age. [More Information]
• Lansbury, R., Wright, C. (2013). Time for a greater sense of shared purpose, if not a new Accord. Australian Financial Review.
• Wright, C. (2012). Enterprise Migration Agreements strike the right balance in a tricky policy area. The Conversation (Australia). [More Information]

Report

• Wright, C., Clibborn, S. (2024). Fixing a Broken System? Reforming Australia’s Work and Study Visas. [More Information]
• Wright, C. (2022). Bargaining for Skills: Strengthening Coordination of Immigration, Training and Industrial Relations in the Vocational Trades. [More Information]
• Clibborn, S., Wright, C. (2020). Reforming Australia's Temporary Migrant Labour Policy Regime - Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Temporary Migration: Inquiry into the impact of temporary migration on the Australian economy, wages and jobs, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions. Parliament of Australia, Canberra. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Reilly, A., Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C. (2016). Submission to the Australian Department of Agriculture: Working Holiday Maker Visa Review, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australia. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Reilly, A., Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C. (2016). Submission To The Senate Economics Legislation Committee: Review of Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (Cth) and Treasury Laws Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (Cth), Parliament of Australia. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Constantin, V. (2015). An analysis of employers use of temporary skilled visas in Australia - Submission to the Senate Education and Employment References Committee: Inquiry into the impact of Australia's temporary work visa programs on the Australian labour market and on the temporary work visa holders. Parliament of Australia, Canberra. [More Information]

Reference Works

• Wright, C. (2016). Immigration. In A Wilkinson & S Johnstone (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management. (pp. 202-202). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Wright, C. (2016). Labour market. In A Wilkinson & S Johnstone (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management. (pp. 250-251). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Wright, C. (2016). Labour mobility. In A Wilkinson & S Johnstone (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management. (pp. 249-250). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Research Reports

• Wright, C. (2024). Collective bargaining reform towards coordinated multi-level systems: Lessons from liberal market economies // Reforma a la negociación colectiva hacia sistemas coordinados multinivel Lecciones de las economías de mercado liberales, 45, Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization. [More Information]
• Benassi, C., Wright, C. (2023). Improving pay and productivity with sector collective bargaining, London, United Kingdom: King's College London. [More Information]
• Howe, J., Clibborn, S., Reilly, A., Van Den Broek, D., Wright, C. (2019). Towards a durable future: Tackling labour challenges in the Australian horticulture industry, (pp. 1 - 133). Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide. [More Information]
• Wright, C., Clibborn, S., Piper, N., Cini, N. (2016). Economic Migration and Australia in the 21st Century, October 2016, (pp. 1 - 32). Sydney, Australia: The Lowy Institute for International Policy.
• Wright, C. (2016). Sectoral Studies on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains: Comparative Analysis of Good Practices by Multinational Enterprises in Promoting Decent Work in Global Supply Chains - STUDY 1: Good Practices by Multinational Enterprises in the Promotion of Decent Work in the Chemical Global Supply Chain, (pp. 7 - 42). Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization.
• Markey, R., McIvor, J., Wright, C. (2014). Climate Change and the Australian Workplace, February 2014, (pp. 1 - 167). Sydney, Australia: Macquarie University.
• Markey, R., Parr, N., Kyng, T., Muhidin, S., O'Neill, S., Thornthwaite, L., Wright, C., Lavermicocca, C., Ferris, S. (2013). The Case for a National Portable Long Service Leave Scheme in Australia, June 2013, (pp. 10 - 142). Sydney, Australia: McKell Institute.
• Wright, C. (2011). Beyond the employment relationship: Collective bargaining and supply chain coordination, December 2011, (pp. 5 - 64). London, United Kingdom: Trades Union Congress.
• Wright, C. (2011). What role for trade unions in future workplace relations?, September 2011, (pp. 1 - 19). London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
• Wright, C. (2010). Swords of Justice and Civic Pillars: The Case for Greater Engagement between British Trade Unions and Community Organisations, (pp. 7 - 58). London, United Kingdom: Trades Union Congress.