scholarly journals EXPRESS: The Management of Second-Generation Migrant Workers in China: A Case Study of Centrifugal Paternalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 001872672110329
Author(s):  
Jingqi Zhu ◽  
Rick Delbridge
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Urban Transition ◽  
Management Regime ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Chinese Company ◽  
Generation Migrant

How have organisations sought to manage tensions between the needs for flexible labour in neoliberal market economies and the benefits of a committed and motivated workforce? Through an in-depth, qualitative study of a Chinese company, we identify and theorise a novel variation of paternalism that was developed by the organisation to manage the tensions under neoliberal capitalism. We label this management regime ‘centrifugal paternalism’ since it organises employment relations along the lines of ‘adult-like’ employers and ‘child-like’ employees but involves the diminution of employee dependency over time with an ultimate impulse away from the employing organisation. We find that the emergence of centrifugal paternalism is closely related both to the socio-demographic identity of the company’s employees as China’s second-generation migrant workers and to the economic context of the organisation. Through a ‘tough love’ approach, this regime allows the firm to secure flexible labour while responding to migrant workers’ needs for personal skills development and a fruitful rural-to-urban transition. Our research responds to recent calls for reconnecting organisation studies with society and situating workplace practices within their contexts. It also underlines the enduring importance of paternalism for understanding the dynamic and evolving nature of capitalist employment relations and management regimes.

The Mnemonic Imagination and Second-Generation Migrant Experience

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Keightley ◽  
Michael Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Considerable Resistance ◽  
Professional Photographer ◽  
Generation Migrant

Drawing on our concept of the mnemonic imagination, this chapter shows how the past is reactivated and pieced together into a relatively coherent narrative in the interests of identity and the effective management of change. In forming the synthetic hub of remembering and imagining, the mnemonic imagination is mobilized in bringing past, present, and future into meaningful correspondence. This chapter illustrates how this happens via an ethnographic case study involving Kia Kapoor, a second-generation Indian woman in her early 30s living in England, who uses her work as a professional photographer to help her negotiate her own difficult past as someone caught between two cultures. The case demonstrates mnemonic imagining at work in a particular cross-generational and cross-cultural context, taking into account how it can be thwarted by various obstacles and how, through considerable resistance and struggle, it can help overcome the consequences of radical sociocultural disruption.

How Far is the Employment Transformation of “the Second-Generation Migrant Workers”

2014 ◽  
Vol 651-653 ◽  
pp. 1586-1589
Author(s):  
Hong Yin Liu ◽  
Yun Fei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Constraint Factors ◽  
Binary Segmentation ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Employment Quality ◽  
Generation Migrant

The objective of this discussion is to increase the employment quality of “the second-generation migrant workers”. By means of descriptive empirical analysis and theoretical analysis method, the paper conducts the research on the problem of employment quality of new generation migrant workers and the constraint factors on employment transformation. The findings show that the accumulation of income gap between urban and rural areas makes “the second-generation migrant workers” new proletarian class. Triple constraints such as human capital, social capital and psychological capital prolong their employment transformation. Dispatching employment gnaws on migrant workers’ labor rights and interests as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Social discrimination intensifies binary segmentation of urban and rural labor market. It is difficult for migrant workers to achieve professional development.

scholarly journals New Vulnerabilities for Migrants and Refugees in State Responses to the Global Pandemic, COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Claudia Tazreiter ◽  
Simon Metcalfe
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Responses

This article examines the global pandemic, COVID-19, through the lens of responses to vulnerable migrants, asking what state responses mean for the future of human rights values and for humanitarian interventions. The responses of the Australian state are developed as a case study of actions and policies directed at refugees and temporary migrant workers through the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical framing of the article draws on racial capitalism to argue that the developments manifest during the ‘crisis times’ of COVID-19 are in large part a continuity of the exclusionary politics of bordering practices at the heart of neoliberal capitalism. The article proposes that a rethinking of foundational theoretical and methodological approaches in the social sciences are needed to reflect contemporary changes in justice claims, claims that increasingly recognize the multi-species nature of existential threats to all life.

scholarly journals Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-208
Author(s):  
Umit Cetin
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Generation Migrant

This article offers a case study of the adaptation strategies of a section of second-generation young male Alevi Kurds in London and the social conditions which make some of them more prone to join gangs and to reject mainstream institutions in their search for instant material rewards. It is instructive to use Durkheim’s analysis of society’s integrative and regulative functions and particularly his concept of anomie to understand a situation where the legitimate means in the pursuit of material wealth and comfort are out of balance with the demand, calling into question the legitimacy of the institutions which provide these functions. Those who cannot compete through existing institutions are more likely to seek alternative means to achieve these ends. Durkheim identified youth as more vulnerable to such unregulated desires and I argue that his approach offers valuable insights into the anomic pressures confronting second-generation migrant young men in particular.  Abstract in Kurmanji Arezûyên tenzîmnekirî: anomie, "jêrçîna keskesorê" û bandên kurdên elewî yên ji nifşê duyem li Londrayê Ev gotar xebateke waqi'eyê ye li ser rê û rêbazên parçeyeke nifşê duyem ê xortên kurdên elewî li Londrayê û li ser şertên civakî yên ku hindek ji wan pal didin ku bikevine nav bandan (çeteyan) û dezgehên damezrandî red bikin di lêgerîna xwe ya destkeftên maddî de. Bicî ye li vir ew tehlîla Durkheim bê bikaranîn ya li ser fonksiyonên civakê yên aîdkirin û tenzîmkirinê û bi taybetî têgeha wî ya anomie (bêhêvîtî) ji bo famkirina wan rewşên ku rê û amrazên rewa yên bidestxistina dewlemendiya maddî û rihetiyê ne hevkêş in ligel xwastê (telebê), ku bi vî rengî rewayiya wan dezgehên van fonsiyonan bi cî tînin dikeve jêr pirsyarê. Ewên ku nikarin bi rêya dezgehên heyî bigihine destkeftan dê bi ihtimaleke mezintir ji kesên asayî li rê û rêbazên alternatîv binihêrin ji bo gihiştina bi wan armancan. Durkheimî destnîşan kiribû ku xort hesastir in beramber arezûyên wisa tenzîmnekirî û ez îdia dikim ku ev boçûn rê dide têgihiştineke kûrtir li ser zextên bêhêvîtiyê yên li ber ciwanên koçber ên ji nifşê duyem. Abstract in Sorani Arezûy narêkixraw: rîzperî, "çînî xwarewey pelkezêrrîne" we bandî newey-‏duwemî ‏Kurdî 'Elewî le Lenden Em wtare dîrasey keysî sitratîjîyekanî xoguncandinî beşêk le newey duwemî lawe 'elewye ‏kurdekanî lenden dexate rû legell ew barudoxe komellayetyaneşda ke wa dekat hendêkîyan le ‏gerranyan bedway deskewtî maddî henûkeyîda zyatir meylyan bo peyustibûn be bandekan û ‏retkirdnewey damezrawe giştîyekan hebêt. Ravey Durkheim‎ bo çalakî yeksixistin û rêkxistne ‏cvakîyekan sudbexşe bo bekarhênan, betaybetî çemkî rîzperî yarmetîdere bo têgeyiştin le ‏barudoxêk ke têyda rêga yasayîkan bo gerran bedway saman û asûdeyîda legell xwastekeda na ‏hawsengin, emeş şer'îyetî ew dezgayaney ke em erkane desteber deken dexate jêr ‏pirsyarewe. Ewaney ke natwanin le çwarçêwey damezrawekanda pêşbirrkê bken zyatir egerî ‏eweyan heye bedway rêgay bedîlda bgerrên bo geyîştin bew amancane. Durkheim‎ genc wa pênase ‏dekat ke zyatir amadeye bo ew core arezuwe na rêkixrawane û mnîş miştumrrî ewe dekem ke ‏têzekey ew têgeyîştinêkî benrix bo ew fşare rîzperyaney ke cîlî-duwemî pyawe gence ‏koçberekan rûberûy debnewe, pêşkeş dekat. Abstract in Zazaki Waştişê bêkontrolî: Anomî, “binsinifa keskûsûre” û Londra de çeteyê kurdanê elewîyan ê neslê dîyinî Na meqale derheqê bikardardişê stratejîyanê qisimêkê xortanê kurdanê elewîyan ê neslê dîyinî yê Londra de xebata nimûneyî pêşkêş kena. Na xebate kî qayîtê şert û şurtanê xortan ê komelkîyan kena ke nê şertî tayîne rê benê sebeb ke semedê çîp dîyayîşê xelatanê madîyan ra nê xortî bibê beşdarê çeteyan û dezgehanê pêroyîyan red bikerê. Seba ke fehm bibo ke çira îmkanê lejîtîmî yê dozkerdişê rehet û maldarîya madîye hemsencîya waştişê xo de nîyê û çira naye de meşrûîyetê dezgehanê resmîyanê têkildaran pers beno, fayde beno ke merdim analîzê Durkheîmî yê fonksîyonanê komelî yê tekûzdar û tenzîmkeran û bitaybetî konseptê ey ê anomî bixebitno. Êyê ke nêeşkenê pê dezgehanê estbîyayeyan xo têver bierzê, bi îhtîmalêk ro îmkananê alternatîfan gêrenê ke wina biresê hedefê xo. Durkheîmî dî ke xortî waştişanê bêkontrolan ê winasîyan rê hîna zaf hîsgêr ê û ez musnena ke hewayê ey ê ewnîyayîşî derheqê tengijîyayîşanê anomîkan de, bitaybetî seba xortanê maciran ê neslanê dîyinan, fehmkerdişê erjayeyî pêşkêş keno.

scholarly journals The Water Management Regime in Western Iran: A Retrospective Analysis through a Hybrid Transitions Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3323
Author(s):  
Nishtman Karimi ◽  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Kobe Boussauw
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Surface Water Management ◽  
Management Regime ◽  
Transition Pathways ◽  
Single Transition ◽  
Group A

Continuously changing conditions of sociotechnical systems are the basis of structural changes in communities. Relationships between transition contexts and regime transformation processes and their driving factors in sociotechnical regimes are poorly understood. Moreover, not all changes in multilevel governance regimes are geared towards sustainability, as demonstrated by the case of the water management regime in Sanandaj county in the west of Iran between 1962 and 2018. The current study shows how the management regime of water resources in the case study has changed over time and identifies the institutional arrangements through a retrospective analysis. The analysis is based on three stages of data collection which included a discussion group, a Delphi survey, and a focus group survey among various types of stakeholders. The “Hybrid Transitions” framework is introduced in order to denote processes of regime change that take place in a range of different transition contexts. The findings do not identify a single transition pathway but show that a number of parallel transition pathways have occurred in the context of groundwater and surface water management and their respective institutional arrangements. The study provides a better understanding of the complexity of transition pathways that were devised at the management regime level.

Workers without Borders

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Regulatory Enforcement ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
National Models ◽  
Management Power ◽  
Exit Options ◽  
Two Sectors

This book addresses the complexities of transnational posted work through three key topics. First, it examines how the de-territorialization of national models and employment relations systems opens up exit options for management, enabling them to use the regulatory framework creatively and at a disadvantage for workers. Second, it discusses how re-territorialization, or resistance, is possible within these spaces. Third, the book analyzes the contours of the new structure for employment relations that emerges within the pan-European labor market and its implications for worker voice, regulatory enforcement, and management power. The research presented in this book is based on a qualitative and multilevel case study approach. It examines how posted workers and actors involved in the posting relationship actually utilize and experience the European posting framework by focusing on the experiences of transnational posted workers. This distinguishes the book from macro- and national-focused approaches in comparative political economy and industrial relations by zooming in on the workplace dynamics in a transnational setting. The window to how posted workers experience intra-EU mobility is Germany and the two sectors where posting is most prevalent: the construction and meat slaughtering industries.

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