Finds that both the foreign-owned and nationally owned enterprises applied the principles of participatory management, and observes that there were more similarities than differences as regards conditions of work. Includes an overview of the retail sector in Canada.

Report, forming a series, featuring part of the work on collective bargaining and the promotion of equality within the ILO's interdepartmental project on equality for women in employment. The aim of the project, as a whole, is to generate comprehensive data in order to further the development of...

ILO pub-wep pub. WEP conference paper on the role of developing countries exports on Germany, Federal Republic manufacturing industry, with particular reference to employment and to industrial policy adjustments to changing trade relations - discusses state intervention (ie. Subsidys,...

ILO pub. Conference paper describing industrial policy for changing industrial structure in the Netherlands in light of trade development with developing countries - outlines the level of import and export volume for the years 1970 and 1978, traces the evolution of policies relating to...

Working paper on legal aspects of African migrant worker labour supply from Lesotho to the mining industry in South Africa R. Covers historical trends in migration policy before and since independence, recruitment policy in relation to migrants, discrimination patterns, etc., and comments on...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of higher energy costs (particularly petroleum price increases) on economic development in Malaysia, 1973 to 1983 - outlines trends in gross domestic product, balance of payments, trade and economic growth; considers household income and fuel...

ILO pub. Conference paper describing industrial policy for changing industrial structure in the Netherlands in light of trade development with developing countries - outlines the level of import and export volume for the years 1970 and 1978, traces the evolution of policies relating to...

ILO pub. Working paper on a comparison of employment effects of direct foreign investment in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - outlines investment by industry, country origin, etc., examines the industrialization and employment creation potential, wages, etc....