Globalization And Labour In The Asia Pacific

Author : John Benson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135304858
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific written by John Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization and labour market deregulation have had an impact on employment and workers, and brought pressure to bear on trade unions. This study looks at the challenges of globalization and deregulation in the Asia Pacific, and possible responses to them in a variety of ways.

Author : Yaw A. Debrah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135311293
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Work and Employment in a Globalized Era written by Yaw A. Debrah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the change in work brought about by globalization, this text examines how global competitive pressures in Asia are transforming workplace relations and impacting on strategies of managers as well as the responses and behaviours of trade unions and employees. The volume brings together research from Australia and New Zealand, as well as from China, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, to illuminate our understanding of what is actually happening to organizations, workforces, employee groupings and individual employees as a result of globalization and the intensification of global competition in Pacific Asia.

Author : Sangheon Lee
Publisher : International Labor Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific written by Sangheon Lee and published by International Labor Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses issues of flexibility and non-standard employment, the economic pressures of globalization and their impact on working conditions in economies in transition in Australia and seven countries in East and South-East Asia. Describes changes in employment conditions during the period 2000-2006, partly going back to 1976, with particular reference to the voice of the workers' voice and labour regulation.

Author : Peter Dicken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134638159
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific written by Peter Dicken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-27 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books that analyse the crucial subject of globalisation only look at it from a western perspective. This is the first detailed study to look at globalisation specifically in the Asia-Pacific region. An impressive collection of leading, interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalisation and their relationship to development processes in the region.

Author : Peter Holland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136870849
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Employment Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Peter Holland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on new developments in employment in Asia. The context for this discussion is provided by the processes of globalisation, and the associated debate on labour standards. Individual chapters focus on issues such as the role of NGOs as surrogate unions, employment regulation in export processing zones, social protection, and the impact of political reform on the employment relationship. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Asia Pacific Business Review.

Author : L. Cuyvers
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781959947
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation and Social Development written by L. Cuyvers and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There is much to commend in this collection of papers to those interested in both globalization per se as well as those interested in economic and social development in South-east Asia.' - David N. Ashton, Asia Pacific Business Review The impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more specifically, Southeast Asian economies including Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Author : Graeme Hugo
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812308946
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour Mobility in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Graeme Hugo and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by demographic changes, and reinforced by intensifying globalization, international labour mobility has been on the rise in recent decades in the Asia-Pacific region. It seems that, after trade and investment, labour mobility constitutes the final frontier for regional integration among the Asia-Pacific economies. There is no doubt that labour movements are integral to regional economic integration and critical to the long-term health of the regional economies and business operations. In reality, however, such movements are much burdened with political and social problems in the labour origin economies as well as the labour destination economies, and yet many of these problems remain not just unaddressed by the relevant governments but not even well studied. The present volume seeks to fill this gap by offering synthesis papers stemming from the studies on international labour migration in twenty Asia-Pacific economies which were discussed at a joint PECC-ABAC conference held in Seoul, Korea, on 25-26 March 2008, organized by KOPEC. These papers examine the demographic transition, the associated pattern of international labour migration, the national policies associated with it as well as their implications for business and the issues they raise, and, finally, the implications of these analyses for cooperation among the APEC governments, for each of the four subregions in the Asia-Pacific, as well as for the whole region.

Author : Rajah Rasiah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317408071
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization, Industrialization and Labour Markets in East and South Asia written by Rajah Rasiah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the key debates fought in developing economies is whether globalization through liberalization is the means by which economies can industrialize and provide their labour forces with tangible improvements in the material conditions of living. This book addresses this issue head on, using empirical evidence from some of the fastest growing and transition economies from East and South Asia. Countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia have already started to deindustrialize before enjoying industrial maturity, while with the exception of China and evidence of some growth in real wages in the other economies, the evidence appears compelling to suggest that increased industrialization and integration into the capitalist economy have not succeeded in providing significant labour improvement. The evidence suggests that a proactive state, focusing on enhancing the material conditions of labour, is pertinent to ensuring sustainable long term industrialization and thus improving material conditions for workers. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.

Author : Kyung Tae Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134463642
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization and the Asia Pacific Economy written by Kyung Tae Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at globalisation in historical perspective and *examines the experience of East Asian economies during the financial crisis *provides an account of globalisation through the activities of Japanese multinational enterprises *deals with the social consequences of exposure to the financial market risks of globalisation in East Asia *details the experience of East Asian economies in managing the financial crisis *draws lessons from East Asian experience with financial market liberalisation *asks what approaches to international financial cooperation, trade policy and corporate governance can assist East Asian interests in the world economy.

Author : Truman G. Packard
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464800049
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Asia Pacific at Work written by Truman G. Packard and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented progress of East Asia Pacific is a triumph of working people. Countries that were low-income a generation ago successfully integrated into the global value chain, exploiting their labor-cost advantage. In 1990, the region held about a third of the world’s labor force. Leveraging this comparative advantage, the share of global GDP of emerging economies in East Asia Pacific grew from 7 percent in 1992 to 17 percent in 2011. Yet, the region now finds itself at a critical juncture. Work and its contribution to growth and well-being can no longer be taken for granted. The challenges range from high youth inactivity and rising inequality to binding skills shortages. A key underlying issue is economic informality, which constrains innovation and productivity, limits the tax base, and increases household vulnerability to shocks. Informality is both a consequence of stringent labor regulations and limited enforcement capacity. In several countries, de jure employment regulations are more stringent than in many parts of Europe. Even labor regulations set at reasonable levels but poorly implemented can aggravate the market failures they were designed to overcome. This report argues that the appropriate policy responses are to ensure macroeconomic stability, and in particular, a regulatory framework that encourages small- and medium-sized enterprises where most people in the region work. Mainly agrarian countries should focus on raising agricultural productivity. In urbanizing countries, good urban planning becomes critical. Pacific island countries will need to provide youth with human capital needed to succeed abroad as migrant workers. And, across the region, it is critical to ‘formalize’ more work, to increase the coverage of essential social protection, and to sustain productivity. To this end, policies should encourage mobility of labor and human capital, and not favor some forms of employment - for instance, full-time wage employment in manufacturing - over others, either implicitly or explicitly. Policies to increase growth and well-being from employment should instead reflect and support the dynamism and diversity of work forms across the region.