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1. Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia

   Edited by John Benson, Howard Gospel, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Over this period the inflow of foreign capital into the region, the level of trade amongst these countries, and trade with other parts of the...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Law and Fair Work in China

   By Sean Cooney, Sarah Biddulph, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several thousand disputes break out over working...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Unemployment in Asia

   Organizational and Institutional Relationships

   Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth have been experienced by a number of the region’s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets

   Balancing Control and Flexibility

   Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Asia has undergone rapid economic transformation over the past two decades. Despite its constant economic growth, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the resulting surge in unemployment highlighted the vulnerability of national systems that base development solely on economic growth. This book...

   Published February 24th 2011 by Routledge
5. Trade Unions in Asia

   An Economic and Sociological Analysis

   Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Offering a comprehensive account of the role of trade unions in Asia today, this book, put together by two editors who have published extensively in the areas of business and economics in Asia, covers all the important Asian economies: both developed and developing. Making a vital contribution to...

   Published May 31st 2010 by Routledge
6. The Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China

   Management Change, Enterprise Performance and Daily Life

   By Ying Zhu, Michael Webber, John Benson

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government’s administration of enterprises with increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy. At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been...

   Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
7. Television in Post-Reform China

   Serial Dramas, Confucian Leadership and the Global Television Market

   By Ying Zhu

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed...

   Published February 18th 2009 by Routledge
8. Management in Transitional Economies

   From the Berlin Wall to the Great Wall of China

   By Vincent Edwards, Gennadij Polonsky, Danijel Pucko, Malcolm Warner, Ying Zhu

   Based on extensive research, this comparative study examines the past, present and future of management in the transitional economies of East and Central Europe, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and Vietnam. It discusses the nature of the transition process, identifying different transition...

   Published February 1st 2005 by Routledge
9. Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia

   Edited by Sean Cooney, Tim Lindsey, Richard Mitchell, Zhu Ying

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. Leading scholars from each country consider both laws...

   Published July 24th 2002 by Routledge