Management of Human Resources (Studies on the Chinese Economy)

This text analyzes the management of human resources covering the period from 1949 to the present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. For four decades Chinese workers have enjoyed job security under the "iron rice bowl" employment. This arrangement is under threat from the recent labour reforms and the emergence of a nascent labour market. The study examines these developments in the north-eastern cities, China's industrial heartland.