How Institutional and Organizational Characteristics Explain the Growth of Contingent Work in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3409689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiangmin Liu (0000-0003-3154-4660, Xiangmin (Helen) Liu is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 372-397 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019793914564965 |
| OpenAlex | W2212991496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 50 |
China's traditional model of long-term employment has been undermined by an increased reliance on nonrenewable fixed-term and temporary agency employment contracts. In this study, the author draws on survey data from 130 establishments and interviews of 48 key informants to explore the spread of contingent work. Results indicate that state-owned and unionized establishments are more likely to use contingent labor, and stringent and uncertain enforcement of labor regulations is positively associated with its use. The qualitative analysis presents managers' interpretations of these relationships. In the presence of weak labor institutions and poor enforcement, managers adopt contingent employment practices to retain the power to terminate employees at will, accrue benefits through regulatory arbitrage, and promote their own interests when handling conflicting intra-organizational demands
Agency (philosophy) · Arbitrage · Business · China · Economics · Enforcement · Labour economics · Political science · Public economics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Survey data collection · Temporary work · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Finance · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions
Going by the book
Internal labor markets and manpower analysis
Remaking the World of Chinese Labour
The Employment Relationship and Inequality
Managing Customer Services
Outsourcing at Will
A Caution Regarding Rules of Thumb for Variance Inflation Factors
Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes
Organizations in Action
Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities
China's New Labour Contract Law
Going by the Book
Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Uncovering and Explaining Variance in the Features and Outcomes of Contingent Work
Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics
Employing Bureaucracy
The State of Precarious Work in China
Temporary Work in Coordinated Market Economies
Laws of Attraction
Mobilizing the Law in China
The End of Cheap Chinese Labor
Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies
The Changing Nature of Labor Unrest in China
Union Organizing in China
The Globalization of Service Work
Do Peripheral Workers Do Peripheral Work? Comparing the Use of Highly Skilled Contractors and Regular Employees
The Effects of Institutional and Organizational Characteristics on Work Force Flexibility
Non-Standard Work in Two Different Employment Regimes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |