Labor Relations in Market Economy Countries: Theory, Institutions, and Policies

Author: Yang Ti-ren
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: Labor relations, also known as industrial relations or labor-management relations in foreign countries, are the basic organizational relationships in employment organizations. Labor relations are the arrangements of rights and obligations between management and individual employees as well as employee groups, as well as the sum of cooperation and conflict arising from interests. On a macro level, labor relations are also a basic social relationship in industrial society. This is because members of an industrial society are either in the role of employers or employees, with no middle ground. The conflict of interests between employers and employees is the basic content of social conflict.