Managing China's Human Resources

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Warner, Malcolm

Affiliations: The Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, Mill Lane, Cambridge CBz, RX, UK, Tel: +44 1 223 338 171, Fax: +44 1 223 338 076

Abstract: This paper deals with how human resources in the People's Republic of China are managed. It concentrates principally on how a new system of labour contracts, wage and insurance reforms has been introduced in large state-owned enterprises. Although the official goal is to extend these personnel reforms to other firms in the state sector, we should be careful in extrapolating too much from these experimental changes.

Keywords: China, economic reform, human resources, labour market, labour contracts, social insurance, state-owned enterprises, wage reform

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1995-14307

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 239-248, 1995