Abstract
This article starts by outlining five explanations of economic growth and four stages of economic development in the Asia-Pacific region. The developed countries there include Japan, Australia and New Zealand. the ‘Asian tigers’ of Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan form a top tier of post-Japan industrialisers. A second generation of ‘tigers’ includes Malaysia in the vanguard, with Thailand and the PRC following. A third tier of industrialisers may include countries as diverse as Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia and, perhaps, the countries of the Indian sub-continent. Such a classification provides a context for discussing various approaches to human resources and industrial relations issues in this article and the ones that follow.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7-19 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Human Resource Management Journal |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Asia-Pacific region
- economic development
- Japan
- Australia
- New Zealand
- ‘Asian tigers’
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- China
- Vietnam
- the Philippines
- Indonesia
- Indian sub-continent
- India