The International Labour Organization (ILO) promotes labour standards and decent work to counter a global ‘race to the bottom’ in terms of job regulation. By analysing Thailand's experiences, we consider three questions: 1) How might we characterize Thai capitalism?; 2) What are Thailand's labour market contexts for human resource management and industrial relations?; and 3) What is Thailand's situation regarding decent work and how is it related to politics, ILO labour standards and labour law? We identify two Thai labour‐market contexts: state‐owned and private enterprises where there is unionization (Type A); and public services/smaller enterprises/informal work where unionization is negligible (Type B). We find implementation of decent work is patchy. We suggest that Thailand reforms its tripartite agency to promote decent work and improve human resource management. These steps are more likely to be more effective and sustained under a parliamentary democracy than under a military junta. Our analysis has relevance also for other economies.
The book was published posthumously in honour of his significant contributions towards understanding the culture of contemporary Isan (located in northeastern Thailand) and the ongoing evolution of Thai society. It is a well-compiled collection of Pattana's earlier writings on Thai transnational workers in Singapore between 2005 and 2012. The book tells a multi-faceted story of Thai immigrant workers from the Isan or northeastern region of Thailand. It reveals the impact of challenging constraints-economic and judicial-on the cultural life and social relations of the workers, alongside their romantic attachment to their homeland as a subjective driving force. The research methodology is primarily anthropology. Besides Pattana's close ethnographical observation of the workers' cultural behaviour and social relations, among them a study of numerous well-known Thai country songs, he employed two other research methods: documentary work and interviews. His collection of a voluminous and rich body of data was made possible by teaching English to over a hundred Thai workers. The book contains seven chapters. The first summarises and explains the book's organization. Chapter 2 looks at Thai country songs to understand the reasons Thai workers went overseas to struggle for their future. Chapter 3 explains how the workers' worldview and life in a transnational village was signified through their masculine-based social relations. Chapter 4 examines how the workers' desire for sexual relations was shaped in part by strong state regulations in Singapore. Chapter 5 explores the workers' dreams and the possibilities for sexual relations with female migrant workers. Chapter 6 studies workers' deaths due to occupational and living hazards by examining the phenomenon of "SUNDS" (Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome), by providing statistics, and an account of the state's reaction. Chapter 7 draws conclusions and looks at the workers' return to Thailand. Thai migrant workers are framed as heroic breadwinners sacrificing their lives for their beloved families, while also being the working class builders of
The current study investigated the factors affecting the success of local hospital operations in promoting public health excellence in Thailand. A mixed method approach with focus groups and questionnaires was utilized. The study also depended on descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression analysis. According to the findings, public health providers agreed that the main factors leading to the success of local hospital operations were participation with people in the community, respect, and policy development. Other aspects included the use of devices, tools, medicine or medical supplies, training, and project organization. Meanwhile, the service recipients held the view that any suggestion of information, knowledge, or capability of personnel has an influence on operational guidelines. However, success at higher levels must rely on two things: 1) the location of a local hospital and 2) analysis of the guidelines for developing the services of local hospitals for promoting public health in the future. The study also relied on content analysis. According to the findings, appropriate operating guidelines for local hospitals would comprise policy development for promoting public health, participation by people in the community, and public services by the hospital, including training to increase the potential of personnel and project organization involving health promotion.
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