How did Chinese migrant workers fare in labour dispute mediation? Differentiated legal protection and the moderating role of the nature of dispute

This study examines the differences between migrant and urban workers in labour dispute mediation and the moderating role of the nature of the dispute (direct work-related vs indirect work-related disputes). Combining power-dependence theory and social stratification theory, our analysis reveals how migrant workers’ lack of citizen rights harms their mediation capabilities. Drawing on archival data on individual labour dispute cases from 2011 to 2015 in the Beijing Labour Mediation Centre (10,515 cases in total), we find that migrant workers with low power are more likely to make great concessions in mediation, and their mediation agreements are less likely to be executed immediately by employers than are those of urban workers. However, when the dispute is directly work related, the difference between migrant and urban workers in concession making is less prominent than when the dispute is indirectly work related. These findings enrich our understanding of both migrants and labour dispute resolution.

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The Difference Gender Makes: State Policy and Contract Migrant Workers in Singapore

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal ◽

10.1177/011719680301200104 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 12 (1-2) ◽

pp. 75-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Shirlena Huang ◽

Brenda S.A. Yeoh

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Medical Surveillance ◽

Skill Levels ◽

International Labor ◽

The Social ◽

The Difference ◽

Employment Legislation

The increasing numbers of men and women involved in international labor migration at all skill levels have raised crucial policy issues and concerns for both sending and receiving countries, not only in the area of migration and employment legislation, but also in terms of how migrant workers are positioned within the larger society. Using the case of Singapore, we adopt a gendered analysis to examine the central role of state policies and practices in the incorporation vis-à-vis non-incorporation of male versus female contract migrant workers into Singapore society, in terms of their differential access to legal protection; the differential effects of state medical surveillance of their bodies; the different ways in which their ‘skills' are valorized; as well as differences in the efforts invested into the social control of these workers in public space.

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How to build employees' relationship capital through different enterprise social media platform use: the moderating role of innovation culture

Internet Research ◽

10.1108/intr-01-2020-0022 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Liang Ma ◽

Xin Zhang ◽

Gaoshan Wang ◽

Ge Zhang

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Content Type ◽

Enterprise Social Media ◽

Work Related ◽

Innovation Culture ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Relationship Capital ◽

Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of the present study is to build a research model to study how the use of different enterprise social media platforms affects employees' relationship capital, and the moderating role of innovation culture is also examined.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was performed to test the research model and hypotheses. Surveys were conducted in an electronic commerce company in China that uses different social media platforms, generating 301 valid responses for analysis.FindingsFirst, private social media used for work-related purposes can contribute to employees' relationship capital, and public social media QQ used for work-related purposes can contribute to employees' communication quality. WeChat used for social-related purposes has a positive effect on employees' information exchange. Second, innovation culture acts as a positive moderator between work-related media use and employees' information exchange, while innovation culture acts as a negative moderator between social-related WeChat use and employees' information exchange. Third, innovation culture acts as a positive moderator between work-related QQ use and employees' trust, while innovation culture acts as a negative moderator between social-related QQ use and employees' trust.Originality/valueFirst, this paper contributes to the information system (IS) social media literature by studying the effect of the use of different enterprise social media platforms used for different purposes on employees' relationship capital. Second, the authors contribute to relationship capital theory by clarifying that use of public and private social media platforms for social- and work-related purposes is an important driver of the formation of employees' relational capital. Third, the present study also contributes to enterprise social media literature by confirming that innovation culture acts as a different moderator between use of different enterprise social media platforms and employees' relationship capital.

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The Effect of Attribute Alignability on Product Purchase: The Moderating Role of Product Familiarity and Self-Construal

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636922 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Yong Zhang ◽

Yuwen Wen ◽

Min Hou

Keyword(s):

Structural Alignment ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Product Positioning ◽

Self Construal ◽

The Difference ◽

Product Familiarity ◽

High Level ◽

The Impact ◽

Moderating Role

Previous studies on the Structural Alignment Model suggest that people compare the alignable attributes and nonalignable attributes during the decision-making process and preference formation process. Alignable attributes are easier to process and more effective in clue extracting. Thus, it is believed that people rely more on alignable than nonalignable attributes when comparing alternatives. This article supposes that consumers’ product experience and personal characteristics also play a significant role in regulating consumers’ reliance on attribute alignability. The authors conducted three experiments to examine the moderating role of consumers’ product familiarity and self-construal in the impact of attribute alignability on consumer product purchase. The results show the following: (1) When making a purchase decision, consumers with a high level of product familiarity will rely more on nonalignable attributes, while those with a low level of product familiarity will rely more on alignable attributes. (2) The difference in consumer dependency on attribute alignability is driven by their perceived diagnosticity of attributes. (3) The dependency of consumers with different levels of familiarity on attribute alignability will be further influenced by consumers’ self-construal. Individuals with interdependent self-construal rely more on alignable attributes when unfamiliar with the product, while relying more on nonalignable attributes when familiar with the product. Individuals with independent self-construal, however, rely more on nonalignable attributes regardless of the degree of product familiarity. The conclusions of this paper can be used as references for enterprises to establish product positioning and communication strategies.

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Perlindungan Hukum terhadap Anak Diluar Perkawinan bagi Tenaga Kerja Wanita di Kabupaten Cianjur

Ajudikasi Jurnal Ilmu Hukum ◽

10.30656/ajudikasi.v4i1.2162 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 39-54

Author(s):

Hazar Kusmayanti ◽

Agus Mulya Karsona

Keyword(s):

Women Workers ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Child Protection ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Research Approach ◽

Female Workers ◽

Illegitimate Child ◽

The Government ◽

Role Of The Government

Protection of female workers in Cianjur District is indeed necessary, especially when working abroad. One of the problems is when there are many migrant workers who give birth to children out of wedlock and return to Indonesia without their husband. The purpose of this study was to determine the legal protection illegitimate child born by Women Workers in Cianjur Regency and to know the role of the government to cope with unmarried children born by Women Workers in Cianjur District. The study was analytical descriptive with the method of this research approach through normative juridical. The results of the study found that legal protection for illegitimate child born by Indonesian Female Workers in Cianjur has a regulation protecting it, namely Article 28 of the 1945 Constitution, Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection, Article 43 paragraph (1) of the Marriage Law and Constitutional Court Decision No. 46 / PUU-VIII / 2010. The role of the government in protecting extramarital children born by Indonesian Workers in Cianjur, West Java is not optimal. The role of the village government is very helpful for women migrant workers, namely finding companies that will send their citizens. Whereas illegitimate child born by migrant workers can be protected one of them by smoothing all administrative processes for these children such as issuing a free birth certificate.

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