Le Queux, Stephane (2024) Contrasted labour regimes in the Asia-Pacific: Australia, Singapore and Vietnam industrial relations in comparison and its meaning for Europe. In: [Presented at the European Trade Union Institute Research Seminar 2024]. From: European Trade Union Institute Research Seminar, 19 September 2024, Brussels, Belgium.

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Abstract

A call for relativism is at the heart of this presentation. Considering that key dimensions – industrial democracy, social contract, pluralism, power, actors, individualism versus collectivism, etc. – with which we are familiar already manifest in many shades in Western contexts, there is a fair chance that our conceptual toolkit does not apply likewise and somehow ‘universally’ in Asia. Bearing this in mind, the presentation first aims at contextualizing labour relations and union function and capacity in the regulation of industrial conflict and the representation of workers’ rights and interests in Australia, Singapore, and Vietnam, leading to the identification of current research avenues. It then ventures into a tentative comparative analysis: the argument is that the degree of contrast between the three countries under examination compels a root-level analysis, that is, an ontological take on industrial relations.

Item ID:	83854
Item Type:	Conference Item (Presentation)
Keywords:	Industrial Relations Asia-Pacific Comparative analysis Ontology
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2024 01:22
FoR Codes:	35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3505 Human resources and industrial relations > 350504 Industrial and employee relations @ 100%
SEO Codes:	15 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 1503 Management and productivity > 150301 Industrial relations @ 100%
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