Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Malaysia 3. Singapore 4. Thailand 5. Indonesia 6. Vietnam 7. The Philippines 8. Conclusion

About the Author

Dr Chris Rowley, BA, MA (Warwick), DPhil (Oxford) is Professor of Human Resource Management, Editor of the leading journal Asia Pacific Business Review and book Series Editor for ‘Studies in Asia Pacific Business’ and ‘Asian Studies: Contemporary Issues and Trends’.

Professor Rowley has published very widely, with over 80 articles, over 60 book chapters and other contributions and 12 edited and sole authored books. He has recently co-edited Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region (2001), Managing Korean Business (2002), The Management of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Region (2003) and Globalization and Competition: Big Business in Asia (2005). He has also written The Management of People: HRM in Context (2003) and regularly contributed to Mastering Management Online from the Financial Times.

Dr. Saaidah Abdul-Rahman, B.Sc, MSc (London), PhD (Bristol) is lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She specializes in the areas of Social Policy and Human Resource Management. She has had consultancy experience with several government agencies and private companies.