Tremendous changes in global and national economic environments have led to transformations in employment and human resource systems in India. As an emerging economy, studying the employment systems in India assumes unprecedented importance for governments and corporations alike. This book examines the changes in employment relations in India in the post-reform period.

Combining field practices in actual workplaces with frontline theoretical arguments in human resource management and industrial relations, the book examines the validity of the "converging divergences" thesis in employment relations for India. Through this study, it identifies the sources of variations in employment relation practices. It also studies important developments such as increased use of contract labor over regular workers, business management methods of MNCs and how their employment relations practices differ from those of Indian firms.

Convergences and divergences in employment relations -- Changing contexts of employment relations and shifts in capital-labor power balance -- Union decline, growing inequality, and divergences in employment relations -- Divergences in employment systems in the Indian textile industry -- Restructuring of firms and transformation of employment relation systems -- Employment relations in IT-enabled services -- Multinationals: convergences and divergences in employment relations : a case study -- Employment relations in small firms -- Conclusion: convergences and divergences.