Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace: Managerial and Societal Perspectives on Telework By Viviane Illegems and Alain Verbeke. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2003 Industrial Relations in China By Bill Taylor, Chang Kai and Li Qi. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2003 Employment with a...

After two decades of economic reform during which China developed a strong export thrust into the world market, an industrial labour market has taken shape in China. But it is not really a free labour market in that deposits are generally required of workers when they commence employment. For...

Few studies have addressed the impact of employees' inputs on the protection of their health and safety. The research presented in this paper focuses on Chinese factories and measures employees' evaluation of the effectiveness in OHS issues of their enterprise trade union and staff and workers'...

This examination of how Chinese migrant women resident in England engage with Western and Chinese healthcare systems when seeking treatment considers whether medical pluralism can enhance the cultural appropriateness of health care. The paper identifies the extent to which women's pathways to...