WITH the deepening of economic reform, an increasingly large surplus labor force is transforming urban areas. They are flocking to areas such as Guangdong Province, which has attracted the highest number of rural migr...WITH the deepening of economic reform, an increasingly large surplus labor force is transforming urban areas. They are flocking to areas such as Guangdong Province, which has attracted the highest number of rural migrant workers in the country. In the first six months of 1996, its registered migrant labor force from other provinces reached 5.4 million; in Zhongshan City alone, it numbers more than 400,000, among whom 240,000 are women.展开更多
Drawing on Michael Burawoy＇s theory of production regimes, this study analyzes the labor process of women migrant workers in the service industry from the gender perspective and examines the internal divisions among ...Drawing on Michael Burawoy＇s theory of production regimes, this study analyzes the labor process of women migrant workers in the service industry from the gender perspective and examines the internal divisions among women workers in the same restaurant. External socio-cultural identity plays a key role in the workplace behavior of these women workers. He Ji Restaurant management employs the traditional gender constructions of women＇s ages and the resultant differences in their family roles and social responsibilities to apply different control strategies. These strategies are recognized and echoed by the workers themselves, whence the despotism regime of ＂older sisters＂ and hegemony regime of ＂younger sisters.＂ Keywords： women migrant workers, labor process, service industry展开更多
文摘WITH the deepening of economic reform, an increasingly large surplus labor force is transforming urban areas. They are flocking to areas such as Guangdong Province, which has attracted the highest number of rural migrant workers in the country. In the first six months of 1996, its registered migrant labor force from other provinces reached 5.4 million; in Zhongshan City alone, it numbers more than 400,000, among whom 240,000 are women.
文摘Drawing on Michael Burawoy＇s theory of production regimes, this study analyzes the labor process of women migrant workers in the service industry from the gender perspective and examines the internal divisions among women workers in the same restaurant. External socio-cultural identity plays a key role in the workplace behavior of these women workers. He Ji Restaurant management employs the traditional gender constructions of women＇s ages and the resultant differences in their family roles and social responsibilities to apply different control strategies. These strategies are recognized and echoed by the workers themselves, whence the despotism regime of ＂older sisters＂ and hegemony regime of ＂younger sisters.＂ Keywords： women migrant workers, labor process, service industry
