The institution of hukou-based social exclusion in contemporary China and strategies of multinationals : an institutional analysis / Mingqiong Mike Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Mingqiong Mike, author.

Series:

Business economics in a rapidly-changing world series.

Business Economics in a Rapidly-Changing World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural-urban migration--Social aspects--China.

Rural-urban migration.

Migrant labor--China.

Migrant labor.

International business enterprises--China.

International business enterprises.

Internal migrants--China--Social conditions.

Internal migrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the early 1980s, China entered into an age of rural-urban migration. Millions of farmers have flooded into cities and towns for work and significantly reshaped the character of Chinese society. This book is the first to examine the social exclusion of rural migrant workers from the perspective of institutionalism. It integrates several disciplinary areas institutionalism, international business and HRM in one study through combining both the process and variance approaches. It contributes to the literature of institutionalism and institutional analysis, as well as the scarce research on the strategic responses of MNEs to the institutional characteristics of host countries at the subsidiary level. The findings of this study have implications for HRM research, workforce diversity management, MNEs' legitimacy management and the improvement of employment governance in China.

Contents:

THE INSTITUTION OF HUKOU-BASED SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA AND STRATEGIES OF MULTINATIONALS AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; THE INSTITUTION OF HUKOU-BASED SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA AND STRATEGIES OF MULTINATIONALS AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; CONTENTS ; LIST OF TABLES ; LIST OF FIGURES ; PREFACE ; ABOUT THE AUTHOR ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK ; 1.1. OBJECTIVES ; 1.2. RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY ; 1.3. CENTRAL CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS ; 1.4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ; 1.5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND QUESTIONS ; 1.6. STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK

Chapter 2 THE NATURE OF INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL THEORIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS 2.1. INTRODUCTION ; 2.2. DEFINING INSTITUTIONS ; 2.3. INSTITUTIONAL THEORIES ; 2.4. SCOTT'S INTEGRATED MODEL OF INSTITUTIONS ; 2.5. INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS ; 2.6. CONCLUSION ; Chapter 3 AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF IHSE ; 3.1. INTRODUCTION ; 3.2. THE ERA OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND RURAL MIGRANT WORKERS (MINGONG) ; 3.3. RURAL MIGRANT WORKERS (MINGONG) AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION; 3.4. THE INSTITUTION OF HUKOU-BASED SOCIAL EXCLUSION (IHSE) ; 3.4.1. The Regulative Pillar of IHSE ; The Hukou System

1) Liberalizing Non-Hukou Rural-Urban Migration 2) Relaxing and Commercializing Hukou Transfer ; Hukou-Based Urban Public Goods Regime (UPGR) ; Hukou-Based Labor Regulation ; 3.4.2. The Normative Pillar ; 3.4.3. The Cognitive Pillar of IHSE; 3.5. CONCLUSION ; Chapter 4 STRATEGIES OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES TOWARD IHSE ; 4.1. INTRODUCTION; 4.2. INSTITUTIONS AND MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES (MNES) ; 4.3. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES TOWARD INSTITUTIONS ; 4.3.1. Theoretical Background ; 4.3.2. Oliver's Model of Organizational Strategies toward Institutional Pressures

4.4. STRATEGIC RESPONSES OF MNES TO IHSE 4.4.1. MNEs and Mingong ; 4.4.2. MNE Strategic Responses to IHSE ; 4.4.3. Propositions of MNE Strategies toward IHSE ; 4.5. CONCLUSION ; Chapter 5 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN ; 5.1. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES ; 5.2. RATIONALE FOR ADOPTING A MIXED METHODS APPROACH ; 5.3. DESIGN AND CONDUCT OF THE MIXED METHODS RESEARCH ; 5.3.1. Interviews ; 5.3.2. Questionnaire Survey; 5.3.3. Case Studies ; 5.4. Data Analysis and Reports; 5.4.1. The Analysis and Report of Qualitative Data ; 5.4.2. The Analysis and Report of Quantitative Data

5.5. LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH METHOD 5.6. CONCLUSION ; Chapter 6 IHSE IN JIANGSU AND SHANGHAI ; 6.1. INTRODUCTION ; 6.2. MINGONG IN JIANGSU AND SHANGHAI ; 6.3. DATA COLLECTION DETAILS ; 6.4. THE REGULATIVE PILLAR - HUKOU-BASED GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ; 6.4.1. Hukou-Based Government Regulations in Jiangsu Province ; The Hukou System in Jiangsu ; Hukou-Based Urban Public Goods Regime (UPGR) in Jiangsu ; Hukou-Based Labor Regulation in Jiangsu ; 6.4.2. Hukou-Based Government Regulations in Shanghai ; The Hukou System in Shanghai ; Hukou-Based Urban Public Goods Regime (UPGR) in Shanghai

Hukou-Based Labor Regulation in Shanghai

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-798-9