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Title:

The Chaebol and Labour in Korea

Author:

Kwon Seung-Ho

Publication date:

2003

Annotation:

The Hyundai Business Group is the largest of the Korean conglomerates, or Shaebol , yet little is know about its labour-management strategies. In this book, detailed case studies of Hyundai"s three core subsidiaries in construction, shipbuilding and automobile manufacturing, provide the basis for an examination of the labour-management policies and practices of this corporate giant. Topics covered include:a) Labour-management strategies, from work intensification to the provision of welfare facilities; b) Management strategy towards trade unions, from confrontation and intimidation to the promotion of company sponsored unions; c) The organisation of work, from mechanisation and computerisation, to subcontracting and relocation of production facilities; d) The forces which shape these policies: the family ownership structure, the verrical and horizontal integration of subsidiary business and the responses of workers and their trade unions. As Hyundai becomes an increasingly powerful glo

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