1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461142003321

Autore

Gallagher Mary Elizabeth <1969->

Titolo

Contagious capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : globalization and the politics of labor in China / / Mary Elizabeth Gallagher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-283-13336-9

9786613133366

1-4008-3729-4

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

330.951

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - Government policy - China

Investments, Foreign - Political aspects - China

Labor - China

Capitalism - China

Globalization - Economic aspects - China

Electronic books.

China Commercial policy

China Politics and government 1976-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2001.

"Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2007."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Contagious Capitalism -- Chapter 3. Blurring Boundaries: Foreign Direct Investment and the Evolution of Enterprise Ownership in China -- Chapter 4. The Unmitigated Market -- Chapter 5. "Use the Law as Your Weapon!" -- Chapter 6. From State-owned to National Industry -- Conclusion. The Contradiction of "Reform and Openness" -- Appendix: Firms and Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization.



Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics. Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI liberalization played several roles in the process of China's reforms. First, it placed competitive pressure on the state sector to produce more efficiently, thus necessitating new labor practices. Second, it allowed difficult and politically sensitive labor reforms to be extended to other parts of the economy. Third, it caused a reformulation of one of the key ideological debates of reforming socialism: the relative importance of public industry. China's growing integration with the global economy through FDI led to a new focus of debate--away from the public vs. private industry dichotomy and toward a nationalist concern for the fate of Chinese industry. In comparing China with other Eastern European and Asian economies, two important considerations come into play, the book argues: China's pattern of ownership diversification and China's mode of integration into the global economy. This book relates these two factors to the success of economic change without political liberalization and addresses the way FDI liberalization has affected relations between workers and the ruling Communist Party. Its conclusion: reform and openness in this context resulted in a strengthened Chinese state, a weakened civil society (especially labor), and a delay in political liberalization.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961594303321

Titolo

Career stress in changing times / / James Campbell Quick. [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-73639-7

1-317-73640-0

1-315-79173-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Prevention in human services

Altri autori (Persone)

QuickJames C

Disciplina

650/.01/9

650.019

Soggetti

Job stress

Organizational change

Career changes

Career development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1990 by The Haworth Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; I. INTRODUCTION; The Changing Times of Life: Career in Context; Career Stages; Career in Context: The Case of Otto A. Faust, M.D.; Career Stress; Social and Cultural Forces; Conclusion; Career Experiences: Current and Future Themes; Changing Employment Opportunities; Changes in the Labor Force; Current and Future Themes; II. THE BEGINNING; Career Planning; An Integrated Career Planning Model; Activating the Career Planning Process; Career Planning Course; Career Planning and the Individual-Organizational Relationship

Adjusting to a New Organization: Easing the Transition from Outsider to InsiderAnticipatory Socialization (This New Job Is Going to Be Terrific!); Encounter (What Have I Gotten Myself Into?); Change and Acquisition (I've Learned the Ropes Around Here); Successful Adjustment; Transition from School to Work; Early Transitions; Strategic Change; Job Search Strategy; Real Beginnings; Conclusion; III. THE MID-CAREER ISSUES; Work and Non-Work Issues in the Management of Occupational Careers in the 1990s



Intracompany Job Transfers: An Exploratory Two-Sample Study of the Buffering Effects of Interpersonal SupportLiterature Review; Research Hypotheses; Method; Results; Discussion and Implications for Practice; Implications for Preventive Stress Management: Engendering CIS; Merger and Acquisition Stress: Fear and Uncertainty at Mid-Career; Stress and the Mid-Career Employee; The Merger and Acquisition Stress Process; The Important Role of Appraisal; M&A Stress Prevention and Management; Conclusion; Staying with or Leaving the Organization; Cell 1-"You're Fired"; Cell 2-"Voluntary Exits"

Cell 3-"I Need a Change"Cell 4-"Survivors"; Conclusions; The Middle Years: Career Stage Differences; Method; Measures; Analyses; Results; Discussion; Mid-Career Transition; Major Career Transitional Forces; Ways of Dealing Effectively with Mid-Career Transitional Forces; Contributing to More Effective Mid-Career Transitioning; IV. THE END GAME; Why Retire Early?; Method; Results; Discussion; Time to Move On?; Deciding to Retire; Living in Retirement; Planning for Retirement; A Hindsight View of Retirement Stress; Career Stress in Changing Times: Some Final Observations

Sommario/riassunto

In terms of time, energy, and money, a career is one of the most important investments that a person makes during his or her lifetime. Career Stress in Changing Times is an exciting volume that covers the entire career cycle, from beginning through mid-career dilemmas to the retirement transition. Many key career issues and stressors--as they are experienced during each stage of one's career--are examined. Experts also explore the major social and cultural forces that influence careers and will continue to do so in the next century, including women's influx into the workplace, the decline of b