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Culture as grand theory in East Asian employment relations
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 22:12 authored by Fry, S, Mees, BConsiderable emphasis has often been placed on cultural factors in explaining the peculiarities of East Asian employment relations. By comparison with workplace relations in the West, East Asian employment relations are characterized by low rates of unionization and collective bargaining, and a relative absence of industrial disputation. A critique of notions of culture found in employment-relations scholarship is presented which draws on long-established conceptualizations developed in historical, post-colonial, anthropological and cultural studies. Most of the peculiarities of East Asian workplace relations can be adequately accounted for through manners other than invoking a grand theory of culture.
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Publication title
Asia Pacific Business ReviewVolume
20Issue
4Pagination
603-617ISSN
1360-2381Department/School
TSBEPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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