Human Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Region: Convergence RevisitedChris Rowley HRM (human resource management) suffers from a selective tendancy and ad hoc approach, which misses the historical, paradoxical often incoherent, incompatible and inconsistent nature of the subject. This text reduces this myopia by adding to our knowledge and the milieu within which it operates. |
Contents
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Towards Relative Convergence? | 19 |
Economic Restructuring and HRM in Hong Kong | 34 |
Trends and Challenges | 62 |
A Paradigm Shift in Korean HRM? | 82 |
The Philippine HaloHalo Approach | 111 |
The Singapore Experience | 133 |
Other editions - View all
Human Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Region: Convergence Revisited Chris Rowley Limited preview - 2012 |
Human Resource Management in the Asia Pacific Region: Convergence Questioned Chris Rowley Limited preview - 1998 |
Human Resource Management in the Asia Pacific Region: Convergence Questioned Chris Rowley No preview available - 1998 |
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