Transition to more cooperative and consensual pattern of labour-management relations: Singapore and Hong Kong compared

Comparisons of Hong Kong and Singapore have often been inspired by how the 2 city-states share so many socio-economic characteristics, and yet have evolved so differently politically. Singapore's ideology of State dominance is reflected in its entire process of development. In labor relations,...

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Published inAsia Pacific journal of management Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 213 - 227
Main Authors Hong, Ng Sek, May, Cheng Soo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore School of Management, National University of Singapore 01.10.1993
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Collaboration
Collective bargaining
Comparative studies
Employers
Employment
Labor relations
Labor unions
Political behavior
Political power
Regulation
Wages & salaries
Hong Kong China
China
Singapore
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Summary:Comparisons of Hong Kong and Singapore have often been inspired by how the 2 city-states share so many socio-economic characteristics, and yet have evolved so differently politically. Singapore's ideology of State dominance is reflected in its entire process of development. In labor relations, the government emphasizes education and incorporation of unions into tripartite bodies for regulating labor relations. In Hong Kong, the regulation of labor relations tends to be reactive and incremental. The government emphasizes dispute settlement, mediation, enforcement of government protection and regulation. For Singapore, a combination of national-level tripartism and workplace-bipartism may be the most feasible approach to consensual labor-management relations. In contrast, the evolution of industrial partnership in Hong Kong will remain in suspension until 1997.
ISSN:0217-4561
1572-9958
DOI:10.1007/BF01734279