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Factors affecting industrial relations in the electronics industry of Hong Kong ‐ an empirical research analysis
Author(s) -
ChienMin Chang,
Peter Chen KarNin
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
managerial and decision economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-1468
pISSN - 0143-6570
DOI - 10.1002/mde.4090050209
Subject(s) - industrial relations , workforce , empirical research , business , electronics , industrial organization , marketing , economics , engineering , management , economic growth , mathematics , statistics , electrical engineering
This paper attempts to study the factors affecting industrial relations in the electronics industry in Hong Kong. Comparative surveys were carried out, in selected companies and a major union, with management and workers. Results showed that basic financial, physical and physiological factors are still important for affecting workers' attitude towards industrial relations. However, socio‐psychological satisfactions are increasing as a result of demands by younger and better educated workers, the major workforce of the industry. The ‘pendulum’ attitude of workers towards the management and the unions leads to a delicate situation in the industrial relations of the industry.