The evolution of Korean industrial and employment relations Contents: Introduction Part I. Preliminary steps to understanding employment and industrial relations in South Korea Byoung Hoon Lee 1. Viewing Korean employment and industrial relations Young Myon Lee and Bruce E. Kaufman 2. The historical development of employment and labor relations in Korea Kwang Pyo Roh and Chris Brewster Part II. Introduction to the main actors: employers employees collective representatives and government Thomas A. Kochan 3. The Korea Employers Federation and the development of Korean industrial relations In Jun Peter Sheldon and Kang Sung Lee 4. The faltering militancy of labor unions: recent developments in collective bargaining Yongjin Nho and Hyung Tag Kim 5. The evolution of HRM practices and labor unions Dong Bae Kim and Fang Lee Cooke 6. Korean public sector employment relations Seung Hyeob Lee and David Lewin 7. New trends in Korean labor interest representation Myung Joon Park Part III. Challenges facing the labor market and employment relations Russell Lansbury 8. Changes in the Korean labor market Jai Joon Hur 9. The proliferation of contingent workers Haejin Kim and Paula B. Voos 10. Human resource development Sang Min Lee and Morley Gunderson 11. Women employment and gender inequality in South Korea Heiwon Kwon and Virginia L. Doellgast Part IV. New appraisal and future directions Janice R. Bellace 12. Worker rights Hyuk Kwon 13. Strike activity in Korea Kyoung Won Park 14. Works councils in Korea: history performance and assessment Bruce E. Kaufman and Young Myon Lee 15. Social dialogue at a crossroads Hong Geun Change Conclusion: Korean employment and industrial relations a work in progress Young Ki Choi Index. The Evolution of Korean Industrial and Employment Relations explores current employment and workplace relations practice in South Korea tracing their origins to key historical events and inevitable cultural adaptation in one of Asias miraculous democracies. This volume challenges common but dated misconceptions of Korean industrial relations fixated on an economically successful but politically turbulent past. As Koreas employment relations continue to evolve the accommodations made by companies and labor provide powerful insights for leaders in developing economies worldwide striving for prosperity stability and democratization. This book focuses on current realities both social and economic to uncover the potent challenges facing employers and workers in a slow growth era of union decline. Lee and Kaufman provide a wide ranging and global perspective authored by established and up and coming scholars both in and outside Korea in fields such as labor law sociology industrial relations and labor economics. Up to date evaluation data and analysis provide a modern and innovative perspective on employment and industrial relations practice. Scholars of global and specifically Asian industrial relations human resource management and modern comparative labor relations will find this book of value. Policy makers and CEOs in emerging economics will benefit from the modern and innovative perspective on employment and industrial relations practice including CEOs managing workplaces in South Korea