Chinese employer associations, institutional complementarity and countervailing power

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ID2374099
AutoresJudith Shuqin Zhu (0000-0001-8268-0908, University of Newcastle Australia, autor correspondente), Chris Nyland (0000-0002-9961-3282, Monash University)
Ano2017
Volume31
Fascículo2
Páginas284-301
Data de publicação2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017016643480
OpenAlexW2411768492
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas23

Prior to 2011 the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) was the only employer association recognized by China's government. Drawing on interviews with staff from employer associations, employers and state officials, this study clarifies the role of Chinese employer associations, with the focus being on the CEC. The study finds that the Confederation is a quasi-state agency that undertakes many of the activities conducted by employer associations in developed economies. It also finds that the demise of the CEC's monopolization of employer representation can be attributed to its inability to act as an agent of countervailing power and its inability to sustain a complementary relationship with the social partners that are suited to the newly emergent employment relationship being constructed in China

Agency (philosophy · Business · China · Complementarity (molecular biology · Demise · Economics · Government (linguistics · Market economy · Monopolization · Monopoly · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies