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Author Feng, Xiaojun, 1989- author.

Title The Labour Implications of Technological Upgrading in China / Xiaojun Feng
Published Genève : International Labour Organisation, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages)
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Acronyms -- 1 The research question and research gap -- 1.1 Definitions of technological upgrading and social upgrading -- 1.2 The rationale of technological and social upgrading in China -- 1.3 Impacts of technological upgrading on social upgrading: A literature review -- 1.4 Existing literature on China and the research gap -- 2 Scope and content of technological upgrading in China -- 2.1 Technological upgrading in China: An overview -- 2.2 Process upgrading -- 2.3 Product upgrading
3 Social upgrading amidst technologicalupgrading in China -- 3.1 The changing employment landscape: An overview -- 3.2 Impacts of process upgrading on social upgrading -- 3.3 Impacts of product upgrading on social upgrading -- 4 Synchronizing technological and social upgrading in China: Challenges and efforts made -- 4.1 Education and training -- 4.2 Other policies to harness the technological shock -- 4.3 Prospects for workers' collective action -- 5 Conclusion and suggestions for future research -- 5.1 Conclusion -- 5.2 Suggestions for fu\ture research -- References
Summary This study provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art overview of technological upgrading in China and its labour implications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-191)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 2, 2022)
Subject Employees -- Effect of technological innovations on -- China
Employees -- Effect of technological innovations on
China
Form Electronic book
Author International Labour Office.
ISBN 9220338831
9789220338834