Hong Kong Management and Labour: Change and Continuity (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 11
List of tables......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 15
List of abbreviations......Page 17
Hong Kong after the transition......Page 20
Hong Kong at the end of the twentieth century: management and labour trends PATRICIA FOSH, CATHERINE W.NG, ED SNAPE AND ROBERT WESTWOOD......Page 22
Political and legal parameters for the representation oflabour in Hong Kong: change and counter-change WILSON W.S.CHOW AND PATRICIA FOSH......Page 44
The future shape of Hong Kong's economy: why high-technology manufacturing will prove to be a myth HOWARD DAVIES......Page 62
Labour market adjustment and inequality in Hong Kong......Page 78
The market at work: labour market adjustments to the changing environment in Hong Kong WILLIAM CHAN AND WING SUEN......Page 80
Income inequality: the impact on the Hong Kong labour force HON-KWONG LUI......Page 100
Women workers in Hong Kong: narrowing the gender gap HON-KWONG LUI......Page 113
Immigration in Hong Kong: a source of labour supply KIT-CHUN LAM AND PAK-WAI LIU......Page 126
Management in Hong Kong......Page 144
The meaning of work: the reconfiguration of work and working in Hong Kong and Beijing ROBERT WESTWOOD, ALICIA S.M.LEUNG AND RANDY K.CHIU......Page 146
Public Sector HRM: vision and reality at the Hong Kong Hospital Authority DAVID THOMPSON, ED SNAPE, CLIFFORD MAK KEI-FUNG AND CORYN STOKES......Page 170
Human resource strategy and business performance: evidence from a survey of multinational firms in Hong Kong MARGARET SHAFFER, ED SNAPE AND FRENDA CHEUNG......Page 188
Women-friendly human resource management in Hong Kong: concept and practice CATHERINE W.NG AND WARREN C.K.CHIU......Page 204
Women in management in Hong Kong and Beijing: between pragmatism and patriarchy ROBERT WESTWOOD AND ALICIA S.M.LEUNG......Page 218
Entrepreneurial and managerial competencies: small business owner/managers in Hong Kong THERESA LAU, K.F.CHAN AND THOMAS W.Y.MAN......Page 239
Employee participation and trade unions in Hong Kong......Page 256
Government supervision of trade unions in Hong Kong: colonial powers, patterns of enforcement and prospects for change PATRICIA FOSH, ANNE CARVER, WILSON W.S.CHOW, NG SEK-HONG AND HARRIET SAMUELS......Page 258
Hong Kong trade unions: in search of a role ED SNAPE AND ANDY W.CHAN......Page 274
Joint consultation in Hong Kong: employee participation or trade union exclusion? ANDY W.CHAN AND ED SNAPE......Page 290
Hong Kong in East Asia......Page 306
Hong Kong in context: employment relations in East Asia CHRIS LEGGETT......Page 308
References......Page 328
Index......Page 350