The Management of Human Resources in Chinese Industry

1. Front Matter

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2. Inside the Iron Rice-Bowl

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Setting the Scene

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      Pages 3-12

   3. The Iron Rice-Bowl: The Early Days

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      Pages 13-20

   4. Labour—Management Relations

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      Pages 21-44

   5. Economic Reforms and their Implications for Labour

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      Pages 45-72

3. Old Wine, New Bottles?

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   2. Labour Reforms at City Level: Background

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      Pages 75-91

   3. Selected Case-Studies at Enterprise Level

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      Pages 93-105

   4. The ‘Three Systems’ Reforms

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      Pages 107-125

4. Beyond the Iron Rice-Bowl

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   2. Discussion

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      Pages 129-144

   3. Human Resource Management ‘With Chinese Characteristics’?

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   4. Conclusions: Summing Up

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      Pages 157-163

5. Back Matter

   Pages 165-217

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This book analyses the management of human resources in Chinese industry, covering the period from 1949 to present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. For four decades Chinese workers have enjoyed job security under the 'iron rice-bowl' employment system. This arrangement is now under threat from the recent labour reforms and the emergence of a nascent labour market. The study looks in detail at these developments in the North-Eastern cities, China's industrial heartland.

• employment
• HRM
• human resource management
• human resources
• job security
• labor market
• labour market
• management

• Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

  Malcolm Warner

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