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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791127503321

Autore

Zhu Ying, Ph. D.

Titolo

The everyday impact of economic reform in China : management change, enterprise performance and daily life / / Ying Zhu, Michael Webber and John Benson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-96568-8

1-136-96569-6

1-282-62944-1

9786612629440

0-203-85091-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

BensonJohn <1948->

WebberMichael John

Disciplina

330.951

Soggetti

Industrial management - China

Business enterprises - China

Working class - China

China Economic policy 2000-

China Economic conditions 2000-

China Social conditions 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Economic reform and its industrial and social impact; 3 Management, workers and conditions of employment; 4 Worker representation and emerging roles for trade unions; 5 Enterprise performance and intangible management; 6 Market-oriented economic reform and the quality of working life; 7 Work, households and livelihoods; 8 Economic reform and its impact on management, enterprises and workers; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government's administration of enterprises with



increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy. At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been superceded by market relationships. These reforms have had far-reaching implications for many aspects of everyday life in Chinese society. This book appraises the impact of the economic reforms on the employment relationship and, in turn, examines the effects on individual workers and their families, in