The Management of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Region: Convergence Revisited (Studies in Asia Pacific Business) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714655864 ISBN 13: 9780714655864

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

These papers focus upon the need to update knowledge and understanding of Asian human resource management. A model is included that can be used to make a comparative analysis of HRM in the region and to establish the various levels of change that need to be assessed.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey Friedman, a visiting scholar in the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. He is the author of Engineering the Financial Crisis (Penn, 2011, with Wladimir Kraus) and the editor of The Rational Choice Controversy: Economic Models of Politics Reconsidered (Yale, 1996), What Caused the Financial Crisis (Penn, 2011), and Rethinking the Rhetorical Presidency (Routledge, 2011). Shterna Friedman received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa. They are, respectively, the editor and managing editor of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society and the co-editors of Political Knowledge (Routledge, 2012).

Review:

‘This book is a welcome contribution to the literature on employment relations in the Asia-Pacific ... A number of chapters stand out for their analysis and contribution to this area of research.’ – The Journal of Industrial Relations

‘Contains some excellent data and comparative analysis on changing HRM practices in the Asia-Pacific ... This reviewer, therefore, looks forward to future work from the editors and contributors in this area.’ – The Journal of Industrial Relations

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0714655864
• ISBN 13: 9780714655864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Rowley Chris, Benson John