Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Overview of Economic Growth and Industrial Relations in Asian Knowledge-Based Economies; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 JAPAN; 3 KOREA; 4 TAIWAN; 5 SINGAPORE; 6 THAILAND; 7 THE PHILIPPINES; 8 CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: Industrial Relations in the Turbulent Times; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 BUSINESS STRATEGY AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM); 3 UNIONIZATION AND PRODUCTIVITY; 4 LABOUR -MANAGEMENT CONFLICT; 5 CONFLICT AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING.
6 ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT7 CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; Chapter 3: Globalization of Japanese Firms and Human Resource Management; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE CHANGING CONTEXT; 3 CHANGING ROLES OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACTORS; 4 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE; 5 CHANGES IN PAY POLICIES; 6 CONCLUSION; 7 CASE STUDY; 8 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; ENDNOTES; Chapter 4: Globalization and Industrial Relations in Korea; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 BASIC FEATURES OF KOREA'S INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEM; 3 DEVELOPMENTS IN KOREA'S INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SINCE 1987.
4 DISCUSSIONS ON AMENDMENTS ON LABOR LAWS IN KOREA5 CONCLUSION; 6 OVERVIEW OF THE KOREAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; 7 CASE STUDY: GLOBALIZATION AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AT HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY [1]; 8 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; ENDNOTES; Chapter 5: Industrial Relations in a Knowledge-Based Economy: The Case of the Banking Industry in Taiwan; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE EMERGENCE OF A KBE AND CHANGES IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN TAIWAN; 3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY; 4 CONCLUSION; 5 CASE STUDY
THE BANK OF OVERSEAS CHINESE; 6 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION.
Chapter 6: Singapore Industrial Relations System in the Globalization Era1 INTRODUCTION; 2 DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN SINGAPORE; 3 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN TRANSITION; 4 CONCLUSION; 5 CASE STUDY: SINGAPORE AIRLINES; 6 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; ENDNOTES; SOME USEFUL WEB ADDRESSES; Chapter 7: Globalization and Industrial Relations in Thailand; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE THAI ECONOMY AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS; 3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE 1990s; 4 CONCLUSION; 5 CASE STUDIES; 6 DISCUSSION ON CASE STUDIES; 7 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; ENDNOTES.
Chapter 8: Globalization and Industrial Relations in the Philippines1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE PHILIPPINE LABOR MARKET CONTEXT; 3 PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; 4 CONCLUSION; 5 CASE STUDIES; 6 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; Appendix 1 IMPORTANT LABOR LAWS IN THE PHILIPPINES; Chapter 9: Making Industrial Relations Work in the Globalization Era: Challenges Ahead for Knowledge-Based Economies; 1 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 2 MAKING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS WORK FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; 3 CHALLENGES AHEAD; References.
