Employers Associations in Asia
Economic growth in Asia over the past half century has led to significant changes in societies, business organization and the nature of work. This has been accompanied by the rise in some countries of trade unions and also of employers associations. This book explores the nature of employers associations in the major countries of Asia. It considers how employers associations have developed in recent decades, how changes in market structures and the profile of economies have affected employers associations, how employers associations deal with issues to do with pay and employment conditions, and how they interact with regulation and the state. The book shows how the differing political and institutional contexts of different countries, and different economic conditions, greatly affect the nature of employers associations and also the wider context of labour markets and trade unions.
John Benson is Professor and Head of the School of Business at Monash University Malaysia and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management, Monash Business School at Monash University Australia.
Ying Zhu is Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Asian Business at the University of South Australia.
Howard Gospel is Professor of Management at Kings College, University of London, and also at the Libera Universita Internationale degli Studi Sociale in Rome.
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137 Employers Associations in Asia
Employer Collective Action
Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu and Howard Gospel
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Gospel, Howard F., editor.
Title: Employers associations in Asia : Employer Collective Action /
edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu and Howard Gospel.
Description: 1 Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge
studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 137 | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016055578| ISBN 9781138943605 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315672335 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Employers associationsAsia. | Collective bargaining
Asia.Classification: LCC HD6948.A78 E57 2017 | DDC 338.006/05dc23
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Contents
JOHN BENSON, YING ZHU AND HOWARD GOSPEL
HOWARD GOSPEL
JOHN BENSON
HYE-JEONG LEE, CHRIS ROWLEY AND GYU-CHANG YU
CHRIS LEGGETT, ADRIAN T. H. KUAH AND BERNARD GAN
ANDY W. CHAN AND MALCOLM WARNER
QIJUN JIANG AND YING ZHU
VINCENT EDWARDS AND ANH PHAN
SUPRIYA ROYCHOWDHURY
SARI SITALAKSMI
NAGIAH RAMASAMY
YING ZHU, JOHN BENSON AND HOWARD GOSPEL
John Benson is Professor and Head of the School of Business at Monash University, Malaysia and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management, Monash Business School at Monash University, Australia. His major research interests are Japanese management and unions, the restructuring of Chinese industry, employee voice, outsourcing, knowledge work, and generations and diversity in the workplace. He has published numerous papers and monographs. His most recent authored monographs are The Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China (Routledge, 2010) with professors Ying Zhu and Michael Webber, and Teacher Management in China: The Transformation of Educational Systems (Routledge, 2016) with Dr Eva Huang and Professor Ying Zhu. Recent edited monographs include Trade Unions in Asia (Routledge, 2008) with Professor Ying Zhu, The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets (Routledge, 2011) with Professor Ying Zhu, and Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia (Routledge, 2013) with professors Howard Gospel and Ying Zhu.
Andy W. Chan is a Professor in the School of Business, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research areas are HRM and industrial relations in Hong Kong and China. His publications have appeared in various academic journals, including Asia Pacific Journal of Management , British Journal of Industrial Relations , Industrial Relations , International Journal of Management Reviews and the Journal of Vocational Behavior . He has also published several books on HRM and labour management.
