Essay question: Compare and contrast an aspect of employment relations in any two Southeast Asian countries. What are the causes of the differences between the two?
- You may choose any aspect of employment relations for this essay. Two suitable aspects of employment relations would be the state and trade unions.
- You may choose any aspect of employment relations for this essay. Two suitable aspects of employment relations would be the state and trade unions.
- The Journal of Industrial Relations devoted a whole edition in 2016 (vol. 58, no. 2) to employment relations and the state in Southeast Asia, with articles on Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Cambodia and Myanmar. Two of those articles would provide a solid basis for your research for this essay. You would also need to find additional materials to supplement those JIR articles.
- Benson and Zhu (2008) has chapters on unions in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Any two of those chapters would provide a good foundation for an essay on unions - again, those two chapters would need to be supplemented with additional materials of your own.
- Benson, J & Ying Zhu,Y (eds) 2008, Trade unions in Asia: An economic and sociological analysis, Routledge, London.
Other suitable topics for comparison in the essay could include:
- Collective bargaining
- Contingent or precarious work
- Strikes or industrial conflict
- HRM
- Regulatory standards and minimum wage
- Management style
- Maternity leave
- Gender equity
- Work-life balance
- Teleworking
You would need to ensure there is sufficient relevant academic literature available on that topic in your two preferred Southeast Asian countries.
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