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Environment Pressures, Managerial Industrial Relations Ideologies and Unionization in C hinese Enterprises
Author(s) -
Liu Mingwei,
Li Chunyun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00908.x
Subject(s) - ideology , industrial relations , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , business , political science , economic system , industrial organization , sociology , economics , management , law , biology , politics , paleontology , mathematics , pure mathematics
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.