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The everyday impact of economic reform in China : management change, enterprise performance and daily life / Ying Zhu, Michael Webber and John Benson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zhu, Ying, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia.
- Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial management--China.
- Industrial management.
- Business enterprises--China.
- Business enterprises.
- Working class--China.
- Working class.
- China--Economic policy--2000-.
- China.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- China--Social conditions--2000-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been superceded by market relationships. These reforms have had far-reaching implications for many aspects of everyday life in Chinese society. This book appraises the impact of the economic reforms on the employment relationship and, in turn, examines the effects on individual workers and their families, in
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Economic reform and its industrial and social impact; 3 Management, workers and conditions of employment; 4 Worker representation and emerging roles for trade unions; 5 Enterprise performance and intangible management; 6 Market-oriented economic reform and the quality of working life; 7 Work, households and livelihoods; 8 Economic reform and its impact on management, enterprises and workers; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-96568-8
- 1-136-96569-6
- 1-282-62944-1
- 9786612629440
- 0-203-85091-2
- 9780203850916
- OCLC:
- 642661349
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