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dc.contributor.authorCooke, FL
dc.contributor.authorWood, G
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, S
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-06T08:46:19Z
dc.date.available2021-08-06T08:46:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09585192.2021.1949625
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406674
dc.description.abstractThe nature of work and employment relations of small Chinese migrant businesses in South Africa remains largely under-researched, despite the significant growth of these businesses since the 2000s. Based on 90 interviews with Chinese business owners and their African workers, we found that, although employment relations were largely transactional and adversarial, they sometimes also incorporated symbiotic accommodations with third-country undocumented immigrant workers and pockets of de facto responsible autonomy. Material imbalances of power were notably alleviated through workers’ superior local language skills and cultural familiarity, enabling them to carve out space as intermediaries with customers and other local stakeholders to counter the power of employers. However, this autonomy is relatively small in scope, in large part due to the precarious nature of the employment and the workers’ immigration status.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.titleMigrants working for migrants: dependence and discourse in Chinese-owned small commercial businesses in South Africa
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCooke, FL; Wood, G; Saunders, S, Migrants working for migrants: dependence and discourse in Chinese-owned small commercial businesses in South Africa, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2021
dc.date.updated2021-08-06T04:28:21Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWood, Geoffery
gro.griffith.authorCooke, Fang L.


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