Industrial Relations in Korea: Diversity and Dynamism of Korean Enterprise Unions from a Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415545617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 190 str.

Jeong Jooyeon

Opis

A key factor in Korea's economic success is the nature of industrial relations in its business & industry. This work presents a survey of the state of industrial relations in Korea. It considers the role of government in shaping the institutional environment, & of employers, who have taken a aggressive role towards unions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Diversity and Dynamism in Organizations of Enterprise Unions  3. Enterprise Union Organization, Bargaining and Disputes in the Economic Developmental  4. Growth of Enterprise Unions in the Democratization Period  5. Decline of Enterprise Unions during the Sluggish Economic Growth Period  6. Conclusion

O autorze

Jooyeon Jeong is Professor in the Department of Economics at Korea University, Seoul. His main research interests include the examination of enterprise unions, bargaining and vocational training in Korea. He obtained his PhD in 1994 from the Industrial Relations Research Institute in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and he has published several articles in major international journals including the British Journal of Industrial Relations (1995), Economic and Industrial Democracy (1995), Journal of Industrial Relations (2001), and Industrial Relations Journal (2003, 2005).