Table of Contents

Introduction I The Political Economy of South Korea 1. The state, the chaebol and independent trade unions II Family Business and Expansion: 1940-1960s 2. Towards formalisation of labour management in Hyundai III Business Diversity and Concentration: 1970s-Early 1980s 3. The organisation of work in heavy industries 4. A dual approach to personnel management and labour resistance IV Crisis and Transition: Early 1980s-1990s 5. The re-emergence of independent trade unions 6. Decentralisation of heavy industries 7. The extension of paternalism and union-avoidance 8. Conclusion