Preface i 1. Employment Relations: A Comparative Analysis of Working Time Reduction and Flexibility Practices in the Automobile Industry in Five Countries / Cho, Seong-jae 1 2. Strategy Matters: Sustainability of the South Korean Social Pact without Neo-corporatist Preconditions / Lim, Sang-hoon 28 3. The Effect of Information and Communication Technology on Participation in the Workplace / Hwang, Junwook, Hur, Jai-joon 45 4. Flexibility in the Korean Labor Market / Lee, Won-duck, Cheon, Byung-you 85 5. Grants to Promote Employment of the Elderly in Korea / Chang, Jiyeun 106 6. The Migrant Workers’ Labor Market in Korea / Yoo, Kil-sang 142 7. Trade Unions and the Use of Contingent Workers: The Korean Evidence / Park, Woo-sung, Nho, Yong-jin, Kim, Dong-bae 169 8. Assessment of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance / Kim, Hokyung 182 9. The Wage System in Korea: What Do the Workers Want? / Kim, Dong-bae 210