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Asia Pacific Business Review

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Determining the future challenges in industrial

relations management in Singapore: A Delphi

approach

Chow Siu Lan Maria , Yaw Debrah & J. Barton Cunningham

To cite this article: Chow Siu Lan Maria , Yaw Debrah & J. Barton Cunningham (1998)

Determining the future challenges in industrial relations management in Singapore: A Delphi

approach, Asia Pacific Business Review, 5:1, 71-91, DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287933

To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602389912331287933

Published online: 04 Jun 2010.

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DEBATES AND ISSUES

Determining the Future Challenges in

Industrial Relations Management in

Singapore: A Delphi Approach

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C H O W S I U L A N M A R I A , YAW A . D E B R A H

and J . B A RTO N C U N N I N G H A M

The impressive development of the Asia-Pacific economies before 1997

generated much debate about the factors responsible for the remarkable

growth. While it is true that a number of factors were responsible for the

economic boom, it has been pointed out that the state played an important

role in establishing a favourable IR climate.

The more consensual IR climate is manifested in active co-operation

between the government, the labour movement – the National Trade Unions

Congress (NTUC) – and employers. This system is referred to as tripartite

co-operation in Singapore. The almost total absence of strikes in Singapore

in recent years – only one strike since 1978 – might illustrate the...