A study of the relations between wage and employment in specific asian countries.

This study aims to determine whether industrial relations in Hong Kong and Singapore are 'wage-driven' or 'employment-driven'. This is in turn dependent on government policies and the goals of both labour unions and employers in these two countries. Subsequently, empirical resu...

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Main Authors: Ng, Thian Choon., Chua, Beng Beng.
Other Authors: Chew, Soon Beng
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10599
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:This study aims to determine whether industrial relations in Hong Kong and Singapore are 'wage-driven' or 'employment-driven'. This is in turn dependent on government policies and the goals of both labour unions and employers in these two countries. Subsequently, empirical results from this research shows that both Hong Kong and Singapore have employment-driven industrial relations regimes while Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand have the wage-driven ones.