Paper1: This article critically reviews the various theoretical perspectives of industrial relations encompassing unitarism, pluralism, Marxism, Fordism, neo/post Fordism and post-modernism and applies them to the unique industrial relations context in Malaysia. It is also discusses various Human Resource (HR) theories focusing on both the 'soft' and 'hard' aspects of HR and its impact on industrial relations practices in the Asia-Pacific region based on empirical evidence. It follows with a critical review of the emerging global patterns/trends on industrial relations, debating whether convergence or divergence of industrial relations systems is more evident or whether patterns of industrial relations are co-related to a country's stage of industrialisation. The article questions whether empirical evidence in union-management relations globally points towards adversarialism or collaboration, or co-operation within an adversarial context to constrained conflict within a co-operative framework. The literature gap suggests that further industrial relations research involving employers and employees should be carried out in Malaysia. / Paper 2: This research aims to find out whether there are differences in the ranking and perception of 13 IR issues and challenges in Malaysia by secretaries-general of trade unions and HR/IR Managers of unionised private sector companies in Malaysia. It also seeks to determine whether, within each group, there are significant differences in the ranking of such IR issues and challenges by age group, gender, experience level, and years exposed to Malaysian industrial relations. / Paper 3: This research aims to find out the ranking and perception of 13 IR issues and challenges by unionised officers of a large local bank in Malaysia. It seeks to determine whether there are significant differences in their rankings of such IR issues and challenges by age group, education level, gender, and years of experience as an officer of the Bank. / Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2005.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/267436 |
| Creators | Khuan, Lim Weng. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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