{"product_id":"chinas-changing-workplace-peter-sheldon-9780415584548","title":"China's Changing Workplace: Dynamism, diversity and disparity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the diversity and dynamism of China's workplaces and of the wider labour market experiences of its workforce. Drawing on the authors' extensive recent research, it considers a diverse range of issues and types of workplaces. These changes include: the continuing spread of market-oriented human resource management across public and private sector organisations; greater employment rights for workers; local diversity in regulatory control alongside the governmental priority of a 'harmonious society'; persistent shortages of skilled labour co-existing with vast underemployment amongst the unskilled; uneven access to education and training across regions; and changes in union behaviour and influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike other studies - which tend to assume changes to management, work and employment are relatively uniform across modernising parts of the economy - this book conveys the rich variety among contemporary China's local labour markets by looking at them, and the institutions that influence them, from the bottom-up. It focuses on other under-explored but emerging phenomena such as family-owned firms, the role of private services businesses, and the emergence of employer associations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Sheldon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041558454X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415584548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Peter Sheldon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086629581055,"sku":"9780415584548","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f35ba3df-5a3d-4eda-a767-60558e8accc1.jpg?v=1769095725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinas-changing-workplace-peter-sheldon-9780415584548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}