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dc.contributor.authorCooke, Fang Lee
dc.contributor.authorXu, Jiuping
dc.contributor.authorBian, Huimin
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-12T04:35:03Z
dc.date.available2020-03-12T04:35:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09585192.2018.1521461
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/392305
dc.description.abstractDecent Work is a key initiative launched by the International Labour Organization in 1999. The initiative is to promote decent and productive employment with decent conditions of freedom, equality, security and human dignity. In reviewing academic literature on decent work, existing studies have been conducted primarily from a legal and political economic perspective. It is also largely situated outside any national industrial relations framework, both theoretically and practically. Decent work is an advocacy initiative of ILO, but the promotion of universal values embodied in the notion (e.g. equality, fairness, justice and dignity) needs to be tailored to specific societal contexts. Drawing on existing academic literature, this review article examines ideological, institutional and cultural distances between decent work and the reality of employment in China. It argues that achieving decent work requires an ideological transition of ‘traditional’ Chinese work ethics and a cultural transition from collectivism and altruism towards individualism and an emphasis on individual rights. This study also examines and highlights regulatory enforcement deficits and the inadequate role of the trade union in facilitating the advancement of decent work at various levels. Finally, the article argues that the study of decent work should be mainstreamed as an integral part of decent industrial relations and ultimately, decent social relations. It calls for a multi-level and multi-disciplinary approach to examining the historical, political, economic, ideological and cultural context of specific countries in fulfilling the ‘Decent Work’ agenda.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom122
dc.relation.ispartofpageto155
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe International Journal of Human Resource Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.titleThe prospect of decent work, decent industrial relations and decent social relations in China: towards a multi-level and multi-disciplinary approach
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCooke, FL; Xu, J; Bian, H, The prospect of decent work, decent industrial relations and decent social relations in China: towards a multi-level and multi-disciplinary approach, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2019, 30 (1), pp. 122-155
dc.date.updated2020-03-11T00:49:59Z
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gro.griffith.authorCooke, Fang L.


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