China's Changing Workplace: Dynamism, Diversity and Disparity Contributor(s): Sheldon, Peter (Editor), Kim, Sunghoon (Editor), Li, Yiqiong (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415838266 ISBN-13: 9780415838269 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Business & Economics | Labor - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 331.109 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" L (1 lbs) 332 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book explores the diversity and dynamism of China's workplaces and of the wider labour market experiences of its workforce. Drawing on the authors' extensive recent research, it considers a diverse range of issues and types of workplaces. These changes include: the continuing spread of market-oriented human resource management across public and private sector organisations; greater employment rights for workers; local diversity in regulatory control alongside the governmental priority of a 'harmonious society'; persistent shortages of skilled labour co-existing with vast underemployment amongst the unskilled; uneven access to education and training across regions; and changes in union behaviour and influence. Unlike other studies - which tend to assume changes to management, work and employment are relatively uniform across modernising parts of the economy - this book conveys the rich variety among contemporary China's local labour markets by looking at them, and the institutions that influence them, from the bottom-up. It focuses on other under-explored but emerging phenomena such as family-owned firms, the role of private services businesses, and the emergence of employer associations. |
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