Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Political Costs of Labor Coercion: The Changing Socioeconomic Environment since the 2000s
- 3 Atomized Incorporation: Regime Response to the Changing Environment
- 4 Politicization of Labor Discontent and Blame Attribution
- 5 Workplace Mobilization and Collective Action
- 6 Interest-Based Collective Action and Firm-Level Patterns of Labor Protests
- 7 Discursive Opportunities and Collective Action at Law-Abiding Firms
- 8 State–Labor Relations in the Xi Era and Beyond
- Appendix I: Survey Dataset
- References
- Index
5 - Workplace Mobilization and Collective Action
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Political Costs of Labor Coercion: The Changing Socioeconomic Environment since the 2000s
- 3 Atomized Incorporation: Regime Response to the Changing Environment
- 4 Politicization of Labor Discontent and Blame Attribution
- 5 Workplace Mobilization and Collective Action
- 6 Interest-Based Collective Action and Firm-Level Patterns of Labor Protests
- 7 Discursive Opportunities and Collective Action at Law-Abiding Firms
- 8 State–Labor Relations in the Xi Era and Beyond
- Appendix I: Survey Dataset
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 is a study of within-firm mobilization during collective action and explains why those with the resources for mobilization have weaker preferences for collective action. Due to high levels of labor turnover, the majority of the workforce lacks strong social ties in the workplace, and those who do have mobilizational resources perceive collective action to be highly costly. Collective action occurs when the workers with mobilizational resources expect a high chance of success.
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- Atomized IncorporationChinese Workers and the Aftermath of China's Rise, pp. 124 - 160Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023