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Globalization, flexibilization and working conditions in Asia and the Pacific /

This book represents a unique study which reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and increasing pressure towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the diverging experiences of individual workers in their employment conditions such as employme...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology; International Labour Office
Group Author: Lee, Sang-Heon; Eyraud, Franc ois
Published: International Labour Office ; in association with Chandos,
Publisher Address: Geneva, Switzerland : Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos Asian studies series
Subjects:
Labor market > Asia
Foreign trade and employment > Asia
Labor market > Pacific Area
Foreign trade and employment > Pacific Area
Globalization > Asia
Globalization > Pacific Area
Business
Marche du travail > Asie
Commerce exte rieur et emploi > Asie
Marche du travail > Pacifique, Re gion du
Commerce exte rieur et emploi > Pacifique, Re gion du
Mondialisation > Asie
Mondialisation > Pacifique, Re gion du
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations
Foreign trade and employment
Globalization
Labor market
Arbeidsomstandigheden
Flexibele arbeid
Asia
Pacific Area
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843343301
Summary: This book represents a unique study which reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and increasing pressure towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the diverging experiences of individual workers in their employment conditions such as employment status, wages/incomes, working time, work organizations and health and safety. Along with thematic studies concerning the roles of workers voice and labour regulation in determining employment conditions, this book includes nine country studies which have been undertaken based on a common resea
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxx, 452 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-444) and index.
ISBN: 9789221200307
9221200302
9781780632476
1780632479
Index Number: HD5811
CLC: F249.3
F249.6
Contents: Globalization, institutional reforms and workers : changes and outcomes / S. Lee and F. Eyraud -- Trade union rights and trade competiveness : Asia in a global context / D. Kucera -- The regulation of working conditions in Asia and the Pacific : flexibility, fragmentation and workers' rights / D. McCann -- Australia: institutional changes and workforce framentation / I. Campbell -- Japan : the resilience of employment relationships and the challenging conditions of work / K. Kubo -- The Republic of Korea : from flexibility to segmentation / B.H. Lee and B.S. Yoo -- Indonesia: the search for

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