CiNii Books - China at work : a labour process perspective on the transformation of work and employment in china

Bringing together leading authorities and emerging young researchers, this edited textbook is aimed at students and scholars interested in the Chinese workplace and the impact that China is having on work internationally. Part of the Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment series, it is the first textbook to use labour process analysis to examine work and employment in China. This book discusses key features and contrasts in employment and labour conditions within China, as well as reviewing the impact of Chinese firms operating outside of China. As the first collection to explicitly use labour process theory as an orienting perspective, this book is ideal for students and scholars interested in what is becoming the most significant country in the global economy.

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Preface. Labour in China
Pun Ngai Introduction 1. In Search of the Labour Process Perspective in China
Chris Smith and Mingwei Liu PARTI: WORKAND EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR AND FIRM 2. Control and Consent in the Process of Employee Participation in a Chinese State-owned Enterprise - the Case of BZ Iron and Steel Company
Mengjie Lu 3. Workers under Disorganized Despotism: A Case from State-Owned Shipbuilding Industry
Lefeng Lin 4. The Making of Dualistic Labour Regime: Changing Labour Process and Power Relations in a Chinese State-Owned-Enterprise under Globalization
Wenjuan Jia 5. Prolonged Selection or Extended Flexibility? A case study of Japanese Subsidiaries in China
Yu Zheng 6. The Self-organization of Women Workers in the Informal Sector of the Garment Industry: a Study of Female-led Cooperative Production Teams in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China
Lulu Fan 7. Contingent Work in the Chinese Call Centre Sector
Xiangmin Liu and Can Ouyang 8. Power, Space, and Subjectivity in a Transnational Garment Factory in China
Jaesok Kim PARTII: LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS: UNIONS and COLLECTIVE BARGAININ 9. Employer Responses to Labor Shortage in China: the Case of the Knitwear Industry
Hao Zhang 10. Collective Consultation in China: A Comparative Study of Two Auto Companies
Fuxi Wangand Mingwei Liu 11. Direct Elections of Workplace Trade Unions in China: Implications for the changing labour regime
Chris Chan and Elaine Hui PARTIII: STRIKES AND LABOUR ACTIVISM 12. A Pathway to a Vital Labour Movement in China? A Case Study of a Union-Led Protest against Walmart
Chunyun Li and Mingwei Liu 13. Strikes and Workplace Collective Bargaining in the Auto Parts Industry in Guangzhou
Yunxue Deng PART IV: WORKAND EMPLOYMENT IN THE OVERSEAS CHINESE FIRM 14. Foxconn beyond China: Capital-labour Relations as Co-determinants of Internationalization
Rutvica Andrijasevicand Sacchetto Devi 15. The Management of Labour in Chinese MNCs Operating Outside of China: a Critical Review
Chris Smith and Yu Zheng.

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Bringing together leading authorities and emerging young researchers, this edited textbook is aimed at students and scholars interested in the Chinese workplace and the impact that China is having on work internationally. Part of the Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment series, it is the first textbook to use labour process analysis to examine work and employment in China. This book discusses key features and contrasts in employment and labour conditions within China, as well as reviewing the impact of Chinese firms operating outside of China. As the first collection to explicitly use labour process theory as an orienting perspective, this book is ideal for students and scholars interested in what is becoming the most significant country in the global economy.

Table of Contents

Preface. Labour in China
Pun Ngai Introduction 1. In Search of the Labour Process Perspective in China
Chris Smith and Mingwei Liu PART I: WORK AND EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR AND FIRM 2. Control and Consent in the Process of Employee Participation in a Chinese State-owned Enterprise - the Case of BZ Iron and Steel Company
Mengjie Lu 3. Workers under Disorganized Despotism: A Case from State-Owned Shipbuilding Industry
Lefeng Lin 4. The Making of Dualistic Labour Regime: Changing Labour Process and Power Relations in a Chinese State-Owned-Enterprise under Globalization
Wenjuan Jia 5. Prolonged Selection or Extended Flexibility? A case study of Japanese Subsidiaries in China
Yu Zheng 6. The Self-organization of Women Workers in the Informal Sector of the Garment Industry: a Study of Female-led Cooperative Production Teams in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China
Lulu Fan 7. Contingent Work in the Chinese Call Centre Sector
Xiangmin Liu and Can Ouyang 8. Power, Space, and Subjectivity in a Transnational Garment Factory in China
Jaesok Kim PART II: LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS: UNIONS and COLLECTIVE BARGAININ 9. Employer Responses to Labor Shortage in China: the Case of the Knitwear Industry
Hao Zhang 10. Collective Consultation in China: A Comparative Study of Two Auto Companies
Fuxi Wang and Mingwei Liu 11. Direct Elections of Workplace Trade Unions in China: Implications for the changing labour regime
Chris Chan and Elaine Hui PART III: STRIKES AND LABOUR ACTIVISM 12. A Pathway to a Vital Labour Movement in China? A Case Study of a Union-Led Protest against Walmart
Chunyun Li and Mingwei Liu 13. Strikes and Workplace Collective Bargaining in the Auto Parts Industry in Guangzhou
Yunxue Deng PART IV: WORK AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE OVERSEAS CHINESE FIRM 14. Foxconn beyond China: Capital-labour Relations as Co-determinants of Internationalization
Rutvica Andrijasevic and Sacchetto Devi 15. The Management of Labour in Chinese MNCs Operating Outside of China: a Critical Review
Chris Smith and Yu Zheng

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