Within the context of contemporary economic reforms looks at the use of labour resources, focusing on labour efficiency and the problem of low labour Motivation.

Discusses the impact of structural transformation in the industrial sector and regional integration on labour market issues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Based on the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey 1995 and the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998. Explores the incidence and nature of equal opportunities practices and investigates their effect on on firm performance, using productivity as a measure of performance....

Based on 1987 and 1988 data from the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) and the Census of Small Scale Industries (CSSI).

Based on a survey carried out in 1990. Suggests that decreased employment opportunity is a result of changes in consumer behaviour, which have made technological restructuring necessary.