Employment Relations and Hrm in South Korea

by Kim,Dong-One

• ISBN13: 9780754613565
• ISBN10: 0754613569
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In the era of economic stress and industry restructuring this book discusses the paradigm shift in both ER and HRM. Emphasizing the changing role of the state and labor, the recent erosion of the tradition system and search for a new mode of employment, the book provides policy implications that can stimulate constructive debates regarding the 'mutual-gains' strategies for policy makers, management, and employees.

Author Biography

Dong-one Kim is an associate professor of employment relations at Korea University, Seoul, Korea Johngseok Bae is an associate professor of human resource management (HRM) at the College of Business Administration, Korea University, Seoul

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
About the Authors	xi
Preface and Acknowledgements	xiii
List of Abbreviations	xvii
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXTS OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AND HRM
1 Introduction	3	(20)
2 Economic Development, the Labour Market and Actors in Employment Relations	23	(16)
3 Cultural Background and Organizational Strategy	39	(26)
PART II: THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF KOREAN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
4 Employment Relations in Korea, 1890-1986: One Hundred Years of Labour Suppression	65	(22)
5 Korean Employment Relations, 1987-1996: Experiments with Pluralism and Tripartism	87	(18)
6 Changing Employment Relations in the Era of Financial Crisis and Organizational Restructuring	105	(22)
PART III: KOREAN HRM SYSTEMS: PAST AND PRESENT
7 The Origins and Evolution of HRM, 1910-1987: A Historical Sketch	127	(24)
8 HRM Systems in Transition	151	(24)
PART IV: ILLUSTRATIONS OF KOREAN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AND HRM SYSTEMS
9 Employment Relations and HRM in Practice: Case Studies	175
PART V: CONCLUSION
10 Summary and Conclusion: Korean Employment Relations and HRM at the Crossroads	197	(26)
Index	223