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...

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...

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...