Why don't they complain? : the social determinants of Chinese migrant workers' grievance behaviors
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Author(s)
Yang, Duanyi, Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor(s)
Thomas Kochan.
Alternative Title
Social determinants of Chinese migrant workers' grievance behaviors
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Using survey data from China, I examine how migrant workers respond to violations of labor law in their workplaces. The central puzzle explored is why, given apparent widespread violations, some workers choose not to pursue remedies. I find that workers with shared local identities with their employers are less likely to be exposed to safety and health hazards at work, less likely to have employment contracts, and less likely to interpret problems experienced as a violation of their legal rights. This paper extends the research on grievance behavior by drawing on research from Law and Society and social networks to understand how these subjective interpretation processes and social identities outside of work influence grievance behaviors. While the empirical focus is on China, the theoretical extensions may help explain why workers in other settings fail to express grievances when confronted with workplace violations.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-42).
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Sloan School of Management.
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Sloan School of Management
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