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Globalisation and work in Asia /
This book reviews employment conditions in Asian countries. This is the hub of the strongest growth area in the world economy and while attention has focussed on job growth and industrial transformation, there has been very little attention on employment characteristics and employment conditions. In...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos,
2007.
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| Colección: | Chandos Asian studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Globalisation and Work in Asia; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Chapter 1 GLOBALISATION AND WORK IN ASIA: AN INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; THE KEY QUESTIONS; STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; CHAPTER DETAILS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE WORLD OF WORK IN ASIA:AN OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION, FLEXIBILIZATION, AND THE LABOUR MARKET; REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES IN ASIA; LABOUR MARKET REFORMS AND FLEXIBILIZATION; CHANGING PATTERNS OF WORK; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 3 THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION AND LABOUR MARKETREFORMS IN CHINAINTRODUCTION; LABOUR MARKET DISTORTION AND REFORMS; THE STRUCTURE OF ENTERPRISE OWNERSHIP; EMPLOYMENT; THE FACTORS BEHIND THE CHANGES; THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION; A QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET REFORM ON THE WORLD ECONOMY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: THE AGGREGATION OF REGIONS; Chapter 4 INDIA AND BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING; INTRODUCTION; THE INDIAN ECONOMY IN THE NEW MILLENIUM; THE INDIAN IT/ITES/BPO SECTOR; EMPLOYMENT REGULATION; HR ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 5 LABOUR MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN BANGLADESHSINCE THE MID-1980sINTRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT: HISTORICAL TRENDS; CHANGES IN THE PATTERNS OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE 1990s; FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT; TRENDS IN REAL WAGES; GLOBALISATION, LABOUR MARKET ISSUES AND POLICIES; RIGIDITIES IN BANGLADESH'S LABOUR MARKETS; DECENT WORK INDICATORS: FUTURE WORK AGENDA4; SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; END NOTES; Chapter 6 THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK IN ASIA: THE PHILIPPINES1; THE MEANING AND NATURE OF WORK; MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS AND DEMOGRAPHICS; THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR.
- KEY LABOR MARKET ISSUESCONCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK AND FUTURE CHALLENGES; REFERENCES; END NOTES; Chapter 7 GLOBALISATION OF THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY AND THE WTO: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MALAYSIAN INDUSTRY AND THE WORKFORCE; INTRODUCTION; AN OVERVIEW OF THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY; GLOBALISATION OF THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY; TRADE LIBERALISATION, WTO, & THE MALAYSIAN WORKFORCE; GLOBALISATION, LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES, AND THE MALAYSIAN WORKFORCE; CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ON THELABOUR MARKET IN THAILAND.
- THAILAND OVER THE PAST THREE DECADESCHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHY; LABOUR FORCE IN THAILAND; CHANGES IN LABOUR DEMAND: PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE IN THAILAND; EMPLOYMENT BY SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK FORCE; EMPLOYMENT BY GENDER; EMPLOYMENT BY STATUS, FIRM SIZE AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; THE CROSS BORDER MIGRATION OF LABOUR; POLICIES ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; Chapter 9 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRANSFER OF HRMPOLICIES AND PRACTICES OF US AND JAPANESECOMPANIES BASED IN VIETNAM; INTRODUCTION.