China’s Changing Workplace

Peter Sheldon is an Associate Professor in the School of Organisation and Management, University of New South Wales, Australia. Sunghoon Kim is a Lecturer in the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Australia. Yiqiong Li is completing her PhD at the School of Organisation and Management, University of New South Wales, Australia. Malcolm Warner is Professor and Fellow Emeritus of Wolfson College and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. He recently co-edited 'Making Sense' of HRM in China (also published by Routledge) and is co-editor of Asia Pacific Business Review.

This book explores the diverse nature of Chinese workplaces and workforce experiences. Considering a wide range of issues and many different kinds of workplaces, it outlines the critical changes in Chinaa (TM)s workplaces and its workforce over the last decade, including the beginnings of a shortage of skilled labour, the emergence of service industry, including a large business services sector, and changes to the ways that unions influence the Chinese labour market. Unlike many other studies which view changes to Chinaa (TM)s businesses as the outcome of policies implemented from the top by a command economy, this book conveys the full richness of Chinaa (TM)s diverse local labour markets, the important role of private business, and the impact of management education experiences.

Part 1; Putting Change in Context 1. Transition to a Socialist Market Economy: Factor Markets, Management and Human Resources in China 2. Chinese Business Systems and the Challenges Of Transition 3. Changing Legislative and Institutional Arrangements Facing China's Workplace Part 2: Emerging Dynamics In Labor Markets 4. Change and Continuity in China's Urban Workforce: Recent Trends 5. Local Labour Markets 6. Education, Training And Skills 7. Skill Shortages: Where Labour Supply Problems Meet Employee Poaching 8. Remaking China's Working Class: Gongren and Nongmingong Part 3: China's Changing Workplace: Emerging Divergence 9. Human Resource Management and Employment Relations In State-Owned Enterprises 10. Foreign Invested Firms and their Human Resource Management: Beyond Early Transition Period 11. People Management Practices in Family Firms 12. HRM And Employment in the Service Industry Part 4: Change, Divergence And Disparity: Some Consequences 13. Institutional Conditions for Organising Decent Work in Global Production Networks 14. Labour Market Disparities and Inequalities 15. Changing Chinese Trade Unions: A Three Level Analysis 16. Employer Coordination and Employer Associations