Purpose - The study estimates the willingness to pay for organic oranges and identifies its influencing factors among consumers in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach - The study used survey data from 413 households in the Mekong Delta from March 2022 to July 2022. The choice...

[Introduction]: This book on the changing 'face' of women managers in Asia has covered nine economies. These have a disparate range of economic, spatial and demographic sizes, structures and development stages, patterns and trajectories. Thus, the small populations of Hong Kong, Taiwan and...

This paper is concerned with people management practices in companies in Malaysia. It examines the development of the main practice areas of the management of human resources (HR), the HR management (HRM) function and to what extent locallyowned companies (LOC) are influenced by multinational...

In this introduction, we look at the management of human resources in the Asia Pacific region. We start with an overview of the countries involved, ranging from the hugely populated China to the city-State of Singapore, proposing three categories of economies and the people-management systems,...

The influence of Asian cultures and religious traditions has often been used to explain Asian women’s under-utilisation and under-representation in management. This book examines the influence of culture and tradition on organisational and management practices, and how these affect the...

Books reviewed: David Collins, Management Fads and Buzzwords: Critical-Practical Perspectives Andrew Pendleton, Employee Ownership, Participation and Governance: A Study of ESOP's in the UK Denise Thursfield, Post-Fordism and Skill: Theories and Perceptions Vernon M. Briggs Jr., Immigration and...