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Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia Pacific Focus. - book review
Contemporary Review, Jan, 2002
Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia Pacific Focus. Yaw A. Debrah and Ian G. Smith, editors. Frank Cass. [pounds sterling]42.50 (US$59.50). 264 pages. ISBN 0-7146-8162-8. This collection of essays, which originated at the fourteenth annual Employment Research Unit conference at Cardiff's Business School in 1999, sets out to 'bring to the fore the diverse impacts of globalization on work and employment in the Asia-Pacific region'.
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After an introduction by the two editors, there are ten contributions examining: the Australian coal industry, Australian trade unions' responses to 'human resource management initiatives in a globalized era', labour responses to globalization in Australia, cross-cultural diversity, leadership and workplace relations in Australia, expatriate academics in a globalized era, the impact of globalized new public management on scientific research in New Zealand, globalization, economic crisis and employment practices in relation to Malaysia's Islamic population, the effects of globalization on Japan's service sector and on Chinese students. There is also a final essay by the editors in which they draw conclusions and point readers towards further reading.
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