Manufacturing Conflict
The Experience of a World Factory in a Changing China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6007744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feng Xiaojun (Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 590-619 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700416689037 |
| OpenAlex | W2586745617 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article explores the mechanism driving China’s soaring labor unrest from the perspective of management. It demonstrates how Foxconn adjusts in response to the dynamics of the global production network and China’s labor market, and how such practices are inextricably linked to growing workplace conflicts. Foxconn’s elementary management is characterized by coercion, which is reinforced by the management techniques it has forged as a contract manufacturer in the global supply chain facing the increasing costs of raw materials, labor, and so on. The widespread dissent generated in this process is aggravated by the changing composition and the worsening financial condition of its labor force—predominantly the new generation of migrant workers. Although Foxconn has attempted to develop consent on the shop floor, its efforts have largely failed because of the power asymmetry in the global electronics industry
Business · China · Coercion (linguistics · Economics · Factory (object-oriented programming · Labor disputes · Labor relations · Labour economics · Political science · Production (economics · Unrest · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law
Labor and monopoly capital
China's Workers Under Assault
Manufacturing Consent
What Do Bosses Do?
The Visible Hand
Beyond Capital
The politics of global production
Women and work in Shenzhen
The politics of production
Global Capital, the State, and Chinese Workers
Unfinished Proletarianization
Precarization or Empowerment? Reflections on Recent Labor Unrest in China
The impact of citizenship on labour process
Suicide as Protest for the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |