The purpose of this paper is to examine the pressures that globalization exerts on industrial relations systems in South Asia, how industrial relations and human resources (IR and HR) are changing in response, and to conclude with a vision of some future directions for IR and HR policy and...

There is considerable disagreement on how one should define globalization, and some disagreement as to whether the world economy is truly global. However, despite the disagreement regarding the definition, there is more agreement regarding globalization's main effects on developing countries....

This paper analyzes the concept of "transformation" that many allege has occured recently in a wide variety of national industrial relations systems. After a summary of the debate, with particular reference to the contentious case of Germany, we attempt to develop a definition of industrial...

This paper uses a large sample of Korean union members working in different industries and occupations to test a model of union satisfaction. The results suggest that internal union relations --members representation and union leader effectiveness-- are the most important determinants of...

In response to its own economic problems and the growing trend of globalization, India is attempting to make itself part of the global economy, a dramatic departure from its tradition of relative economic isolation. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of this integration into the...

This paper investigates the nature of industrial relations change in Asia. In an examination of several Asian nations, including JApan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, S. Korea, amd Idia, the authors find the following: in countries where the industrial relations is changing as a...

This paper discusses the specific case of skills upgradation in Singapore. In an era where the need to upgrade skills is paramount in both advanced and developing nations, it is surprising that there is so much debate about what countries can do to upgrade skills. On one side, there are...