Changing Workplace Relations in the Chinese Economy attempts to deal with how China's economic reforms have undermined the 'iron rice-bowl' system which since the 1950s has provided both 'lifetime-employment' and 'cradle-to-the-grave' welfare for many workers, particularly those in state-owned enterprises. It starts by examining the background of these reforms and how they have changed workplace relations in the Chinese economy; it will also look at key themes relating to the role of trade unions and the management of human resources in both state-owned and joint-venture firms; finally, a number of illustrative case-studies involving industrial relations and human resource management are set out. A set of contributors, drawn from a wide range of disciplines and nationalities who are expert in these fields, have contributed chapters to the volume.

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Contributors PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE Introduction; M.Warner The Origins of Chinese 'Industrial Relations'; M.Warner & Z.Ying Chinese Trade Unions and Workplace Relations in State-Owned and Joint Venture Enterprises; A.Chan The Social Role of the Chinese State Enterprise; A.Hussain PART 2: EMPIRICAL STUDIES In Pursuit of Flexibility: The Transformation of Labour- Management Relations in Chinese Enterprises; J.Benson & M.Yausa Industrial Relations versus Human Resource Management in the PRC: Collective Bargaining 'with Chinese Characteristics'; M.Warner & S.H.Ng Local or Global? HRM in International Joint Ventures in China; I.Bjorkman & Y.Lu Occupying the Managerial Workplace in Sino-foreign Joint Ventures; A Strategy for Control and Development; J.Child Standardized Performance Management: A Study in JVs in China; N.Lindholm Work-Related Attitudes among Chinese Employees vis a vis 'American' and 'Japanese' Models; N.Bu & J.L.Xu Pay and Motivation in Chinese Enterprises; B.Sun PART 3: EMERGING TRENDS Readjusting Labour: Enterprise Restructuring, Social Consequences and Policy Responses in Urban China; S.Cook From Client to Challenger: Workers, Managers and the State in Post-Dengist China; J.Sheehan China's Developing Civil Society: Interest Groups, Trade Unions and Associational Pluralism; S.Ogden Notes References Index