Staff Profiles

 

Tan Ern Ser
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Work and Organisation; Social Stratification; Political Sociology; Industrial Relations; Social Indicators.

Teaching Areas

Introduction to Sociology; Singapore Society; Methods of Social Research; Industrial Sociology; Social Stratification; Ethnic Relations; Sociology of Organisations; Survey Management.

 

Selected Publications
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Balancing State Welfarism and Individual Responsibility: Singapore's CPF Model. In C. Jones Finer and P. Smyth, Social Policy and the Commonwealth: Prospects for Social Inclusion. UK: Palgrave, 2004.
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Does Class Matter?  Social Stratification and Orientations in Singapore.  Singapore: World Scientific, 2004.
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Ethnic Relations in Singapore:  Evidence from Survey Data.  In Leo Suryadinata, ed., Ethnic Relations and Nation-Building in Southeast Asia:  The Case of the Ethnic Chinese.  Singapore: ISEAS, 2004.
-Singapore Industrial Relations:  From Colonial Tutelage to Corporatist Paternalism in a New Economy (1945 to 2003).  Korean Journal of Industrial Relations vol. 13:2, 2003.
-(with Balakrishnan Parasuraman) Globalization, Risk Society, and Optimal Response:  Policy Implications from the Singapore Case.  Asian Profile, vol. 31:2, 2003.

-Globalization and National Industrial Relations Systems: Theoretical Implications from the Singapore Case. In Tadashi Hanami, eds., Universal Wisdom through Globalization: Selected papers from 12th IIRA World Congress. Tokyo: Japan Institute of Labour, 2002.
-(with Yeo Pei Lin) Work Propensity of Older Persons in Singapore: Theoretical and Policy Implications. Employment Relations Record, vol 1:2, 2001.
-(with Brenda Yeoh and Jenny Wang), eds. Tourism Management and Policy: Perspectives from Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific, 2001.
-Workplace power in Singapore: a paradox? Evidence from a 1998 national survey. Labour and Management in Development Journal, vol 1:8, 2000.
-(with Ooi Giok Ling and Gillian Koh) Political Participation in Singapore: Findings from a National Survey. Asian Journal of Political Science. 7(2): 1-16, 1999.
-(with Irene Chew) Flexiwage and Performance Appraisal in Singapore. In Lim Chong Yah and Rosalind Chew, eds., Wages and Wages Policies: Tripartism in Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific, 1998.
-(with Chiew Seen Kong) Citizen Orientation towards Political Participation in Singapore. In Ong Jin Hui, Tong Chee Kiong, and Tan Ern Ser, eds., Understanding Singapore Society. Singapore: Times Academic, 1997.
-(with Irene Chew) The New Role of Trade Unionism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Singapore Case. Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol 8:1, 1997.

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