The Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy

标题The Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy
出版物类型书籍
出版物年份1995
作者Jacoby, S. M.
出版社Oxford University Press
CityNew York
关键词globalization, regional trading pacts, work organization, workplace, workplace policies
Abstract

The new international economy is today the single most important factor shaping relations between employers, unions, and governments in the world's advanced industrial societies. While companies compete in global markets with firms around the world, workers remain fixed in each country and are influenced by local customs and institutions. mores. This book explores how globalization affects the contemporary workplace and how workplace policies can make nations more internationally competitive. Unlike other country-by-country treatments of the subject, this analysis compares and contrasts the experiences of different nations around important developments, such as the labor market consequences of regional trading pacts, the international diffusion of new forms of work organization, and the strategies that nations are pursuing to keep their work systems competitive. The contributors come from a variety of disciplines but all bear expertise in international industrial relations. (publisher's statement)