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CHANGING WORKPLACE RELATIONS IN THE CHINESE ECONOMY
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| By: |
Malcolm Warner (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£116.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333753429 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333753422 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2000 |
| Series: |
Studies on the Chinese Economy |
| Pages: |
302 |
| Description: |
This study attempts to deal with how China's economic reforms have undermined the "iron rice bowl" system which since the 1950s has provided both "lifetime employment" and "cradle to the grave" welfare for many workers, particularly those in state-owned enterprises. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume attempts to look beyond the 'iron rice bowl' employment system that has typified Chinese workplace relations since the early 1950s and how Deng's economic reforms since 1978 have changed its 'jobs for life' and 'cradle to the grave' welfare arrangements. Part I covers the development of industrial relations in the PRC since 1949, the evolution of its trade unions in both state-owned and joint-venture firms and the role of state-owned enterprises as embodiments of this lifetime employment system. Part II proceeds to look at ongoing empirical research on current labour-management practices, individual and collective contracts, human resource management in joint ventures, performance-based rewards systems and changing workers' attitudes. Part III considers wider issues, such the growth of unemployment due to structural reforms, the challenges to 'socialist' workplace relations and the role of organized labour in contemporary Chinese economy and society. |
| Illustrations: |
biography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |