Respresentative Cricketers in New Zealand: Prospects for Collective Bargaining

Abstract

The study examined by postal questionnaire and focus group interview techniques, the propensity to unionise/collectivise and to bargain collectively with team management amongst a group of semi-professional representative provincial cricketers. The paper reports on causal factors associated with the propensity of these sportspeople to deal collectively with team management and the factors in team management and team circumstances acting to block effective action by the players.