Social Aspects of Asian Economic Growth : Human capital and the people side of progress (Hardcover)

Introduction: human capital as a factor in societal progress Gordon Redding and Chris Rowley 1. The Indonesian tourism industry under crisis: a Bourdieuan perspective on social boundaries among small-scale business owners Julie E. Ferguson, Heidi Dahles and Titi Susilowati Prabawa 2. Design leadership, work values ethic and workplace innovation: an investigation of SMEs in Thailand and Vietnam Nuttawuth Muenjohn and Adela McMurray 3. The war for talent: human capital challenges for professional service firms Yuliani Suseno and Ashly H. Pinnington 4. Human capital issues and government responses to climate change in Mekong Delta, VietnamNgan Collins, Sandra Jones, Tin Hong Nguyen and Pauline Stanton 5. Collaboration and opportunism as a duality within social capital: a regional ethnic Chinese case study Kuan-Cheng Chen and Gordon Redding 6. Human capacity development in Indonesia: leadership and managerial ideology in Javanese organizations Christopher Selvarajah and Denny Meyer 7. Human capital formation under neo-liberalism: the legacy of vocational education training in Australasia and implications for the Asia-Pacific region Stephen Blumenfeld and Ashish Malik 8. Conclusion: the central role of human and social capital Gordon Redding and Chris Rowley