During the 1970s, Italy experienced an extreme compression of wage differentials, similar to the better-known situation in Sweden. Most evidence suggests that this compression came to a stop around 1982-83, coincident with a major institutional change (in the form of the escalator clause in...

During the 1970s, Italy experienced an extreme compression of wage differentials, similar to the better-known situation in Sweden. Most evidence suggests that this compression came to a stop around 1982-83, coincident with a major institutional change (in the form of the escalator clause in...

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...

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...