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Author:   Peter Sheldon (University of New South Wales, Australia) ,  Sunghoon Kim (University of New South Wales, Australia) ,  Yiqiong Li (University of New South Wales, Australia) ,  Malcolm Warner (University of Cambridge, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780415838269

ISBN 10:   0415838266
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   05 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1; Putting Change in Context 1. Transition to a Socialist Market Economy: Factor Markets, Management and Human Resources in China 2. Chinese Business Systems and the Challenges Of Transition 3. Changing Legislative and Institutional Arrangements Facing China’s Workplace Part 2: Emerging Dynamics In Labor Markets 4. Change and Continuity in China’s Urban Workforce: Recent Trends 5. Local Labour Markets 6. Education, Training And Skills 7. Skill Shortages: Where Labour Supply Problems Meet Employee Poaching 8. Remaking China’s Working Class: Gongren and Nongmingong Part 3: China’s Changing Workplace: Emerging Divergence 9. Human Resource Management and Employment Relations In State-Owned Enterprises 10. Foreign Invested Firms and their Human Resource Management: Beyond Early Transition Period 11. People Management Practices in Family Firms 12. HRM And Employment in the Service Industry Part 4: Change, Divergence And Disparity: Some Consequences 13. Institutional Conditions for Organising Decent Work in Global Production Networks 14. Labour Market Disparities and Inequalities 15. Changing Chinese Trade Unions: A Three Level Analysis 16. Employer Coordination and Employer Associations

Reviews

This book is a very successful attempt to demystify the variety of China's workplace from the inside out, setting it off against approaches that assume this variety to be a natural derivative of China's economic transformation. - Yuning Gao, Newnham College, Cambridge University, The China Journal

""Rather than just an up-to-date picture of China’s workplaces, the editors challenge the historical and comparative perspectives that have dominated the literature... For researchers with an interest in China’s workplaces, in all their variety, the book is a key resource to guide future exploration into how these new developments may affect work, employment relations and the management of people in China. The book successfully integrates dynamism at institutional and organizational levels with the sectoral disparity and regional diversity emerging in China’s workplaces. The research that is presented provides vivid case studies for students and policy advisors who wish to engage with China’s changing workplaces"". - Zhi Li, Griffith University; Journal of Industrial Relations, March 2012. ""In this timely and important book, the authors investigate the diversity and dynamism of China's workplace and the wider labour market, including the experiences of its workforce... This book has made some unique contributions to the current debate and in particular the research surrounding China's transition in general and management of labour... The overall presentation of the book is excellent and I believe readers will benefit from reading this book, due to its clever analyis and meaningful reflections."" - Ying Zhu, University of South Australia; Asia Pacific Business Review, 2012. ""This book offers timely and valuable information about a country where workplace changes are unique, unprecedented, and highly relevant to people and organisations both inside and outside of China... Overall, the authors have acquitted themselves well. The book enhances understanding of a wide range of changes in the workplace in contemporary China, especially in its illumination of the impact of reforms to the economic and institutional environment... The extensive referencing and index of the book encompasses major themes and theories in China-related literature. It probably warrants ‘essential’ status as a resource for those studying the impact of Chinese economic reforms from the various perspectives of courses in HRM, industrial relations, and employee relations."" - Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, Monash University; The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol 23., 2012.

"""Rather than just an up-to-date picture of China’s workplaces, the editors challenge the historical and comparative perspectives that have dominated the literature... For researchers with an interest in China’s workplaces, in all their variety, the book is a key resource to guide future exploration into how these new developments may affect work, employment relations and the management of people in China. The book successfully integrates dynamism at institutional and organizational levels with the sectoral disparity and regional diversity emerging in China’s workplaces. The research that is presented provides vivid case studies for students and policy advisors who wish to engage with China’s changing workplaces"". - Zhi Li, Griffith University; Journal of Industrial Relations, March 2012. ""In this timely and important book, the authors investigate the diversity and dynamism of China's workplace and the wider labour market, including the experiences of its workforce... This book has made some unique contributions to the current debate and in particular the research surrounding China's transition in general and management of labour... The overall presentation of the book is excellent and I believe readers will benefit from reading this book, due to its clever analyis and meaningful reflections."" - Ying Zhu, University of South Australia; Asia Pacific Business Review, 2012. ""This book offers timely and valuable information about a country where workplace changes are unique, unprecedented, and highly relevant to people and organisations both inside and outside of China... Overall, the authors have acquitted themselves well. The book enhances understanding of a wide range of changes in the workplace in contemporary China, especially in its illumination of the impact of reforms to the economic and institutional environment... The extensive referencing and index of the book encompasses major themes and theories in China-related literature. It probably warrants ‘essential’ status as a resource for those studying the impact of Chinese economic reforms from the various perspectives of courses in HRM, industrial relations, and employee relations."" - Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, Monash University; The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol 23., 2012."

"""This book is a very successful attempt to demystify the variety of China’s workplace from the inside out, setting it off against approaches that assume this variety to be a natural derivative of China’s economic transformation."" - Yuning Gao, Newnham College, Cambridge University, The China Journal"

Author Information

Peter Sheldon is an Associate Professor in the School of Organisation and Management, University of New South Wales, Australia. Sunghoon Kim is a Lecturer in the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Australia. Yiqiong Li is completing her PhD at the School of Organisation and Management,University of New South Wales, Australia. Malcolm Warner is Professor and Fellow Emeritus of Wolfson College and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. He recently co-edited ‘Making Sense’ of HRM in China (also published by Routledge) and is co-editor of Asia Pacific Business Review.

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