Environment Pressures, Managerial Industrial Relations Ideologies and Unionization in Chinese Enterprises

2013/06/18 by Mingwei Liu, Chunyun Li · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Labor Movements and Unions #China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance #Social Policy and Reform Studies

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00908.x

Abstract

Abstract Based on extensive field research in C hina during 2005–2010, this article aims to explore the determinants of unionization in the C hinese context. We find that managerial strategies toward union organizing and functioning have been critical in determining unionization outcomes in C hinese enterprises. While various environment pressures may impose critical constraints on these strategies, managerial industrial relations ideologies are central in shaping these strategies when environment pressures barely exist or are bearable by management. Our study makes the first effort in exploring industrial relations ideologies in C hina and contributes to better understanding of unionization in the C hinese workplace.

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