Doctoral Dissertation Research: Globalization, Market Reform, and Dynamics of Labor Unrest in the Automobile Industry

博士论文研究：全球化、市场改革与汽车行业劳工骚乱动态

• 批准号: 0623349
• 负责人: Beverly Silver
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0623349&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Globalization; Market

SES-0623349Beverly SilverLu Zhang Over the past two decades, the Chinese automobile industry has grown dramatically, fueled largely by massive foreign investment through joint ventures. This rapid growth in output has gone hand-in-hand with radical changes in the organization of production, including mass layoffs from state-owned enterprises, the intensification of the pace of work and increased workloads, and the spread of Taylorism and related principles of management. The researchl analyzes the impact of these radical changes on labor relations in the Chinese automobile industry. The specific aims of this project are: (1) to analyze the dynamics of labor-management relations at the point of production in the Chinese automobile industry, including the role played by the Party, the government, and the official trade unions; (2) to examine the nature and extent of grievances expressed by Chinese autoworkers, and whether any hidden or open forms of labor unrest are evident; and (3) to map the broader local, national and global processes (including competitive dynamics within the world automobile industry) and how these might be influencing trends in labor relations at the shop-floor. The dissertation will be based on intense fieldwork at five major automobile assembly enterprises that represent different ownership types and geographic locations in China. The Co-PI will spend at least one month at each company, visiting production lines, doing direct observation at the shop floor, interviewing workers, managers, and factory union staff, and examining company documents. The findings of the proposed research should be of interest to policymakers and scholars in several fields. Most research on labor relations in China has focused either on light manufacturing industries in the south or on declining state-owned enterprises in the "rust belt" northeast, thus, providing a partial and somewhat biased view of labor relations in China as a whole. This analysis of the automobile industry will contribute a contrasting industrial case for comparison, i.e., an industry that is capital-intensive and experiencing rapid growth in output. Beyond its implications for a fuller understanding of the dynamics of Chinese society, the study will also provide fresh empirical material and insights for evaluating important debates currently taking place among social scientists and policy makers concerning the impact of globalization on labor and living standards worldwide. The results of the research will be disseminated widely through presentations at academic and policy-oriented conferences as well as through written reports in publications for scholarly and more general audiences.

SES-0623349贝弗利银路张在过去的二十年里，中国的汽车工业取得了巨大的发展，这主要得益于通过合资企业获得的大量外国投资。产量的快速增长伴随着生产组织的根本性变化，包括国有企业的大规模裁员，工作节奏的加快和工作量的增加，以及泰勒主义和相关管理原则的传播。本研究分析了这些根本性的变化对中国汽车行业劳动关系的影响。该项目的具体目标是：(1)分析中国汽车工业生产环节的劳资关系动态，包括党、政府和官方工会所发挥的作用；(2)检查中国汽车工人表达的不满的性质和程度，以及是否存在任何隐藏或公开的劳工骚乱；(3)绘制更广泛的地方、国家和全球进程(包括世界汽车业内部的竞争动态)，以及这些进程可能如何影响车间劳动关系的趋势。本文将在代表中国不同所有制类型和地理位置的五家主要汽车组装企业进行密集的实地调研。协管员将在每家公司至少呆一个月，参观生产线，在车间进行直接观察，采访工人、经理和工厂工会员工，并检查公司文件。拟议研究的结果应该引起几个领域的政策制定者和学者的兴趣。对中国劳动关系的研究，多集中在南方的轻工制造业和东北“锈带”衰落的国有企业上，对中国的劳动关系提供了一个片面的、有些偏颇的整体看法。这种对汽车业的分析将提供一个对比鲜明的行业案例供比较，即一个资本密集型且产出快速增长的行业。除了有助于更全面地了解中国社会的动态，这项研究还将提供新的实证材料和见解，以评估社会科学家和政策制定者目前正在进行的关于全球化对世界各地劳动力和生活水平的影响的重要辩论。研究结果将通过在学术和面向政策的会议上的发言以及在面向学术和更广泛的受众的出版物中的书面报告来广泛传播。