Changing Workplace Relations in the Chinese Economy

Changing Workplace Relations in the Chinese Economy 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. It starts by examining the background of these reforms and how they have changed workplace relations in the Chinese economy; it will also look at key themes relating to the role of trade unions and the management of human resources in both state-owned and joint-venture firms; finally, a number of illustrative case-studies involving industrial relations and human resource management are set out. A set of contributors, drawn from a wide range of disciplines and nationalities who are expert in these fields, have contributed chapters to the volume.

Esch of the fourteen contributions to this collection discusses a number of the important, all-encompassing changes taking place in the Chinese workplace today...much food for thought and discussion in this volume. "China Review International"

MALCOLM WARNER is Professor and Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge and a member of faculty at Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge. His previous publication in this series (with Ng Sek Hong) is China's Trade Unions and Management.