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Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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  • Chen, Meei-shia
  • Chan, Anita
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Few studies have addressed the impact of employees' inputs on the protection of their health and safety. The research presented in this paper focuses on Chinese factories and measures employees' evaluation of the effectiveness in OHS issues of their enterprise trade union and staff and workers' representative congress (SWRC). The data for the study draws upon a national survey of employees of enterprises in manufacturing industry conducted in 1997 by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The study finds that the input of the trade union and SWRC does have a significant impact on the protection of the workers' occupational health and safety.

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  • Chen, Meei-shia & Chan, Anita, 2004. "Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 58(7), pages 1231-1245, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:58:y:2004:i:7:p:1231-1245
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    1. De Gobbi, Maria Sabrina., 2012. "Gender and the environment : a survey in the manufacturing of machine- parts sector in Indonesia and China," ILO Working Papers 994692493402676, International Labour Organization.
    2. Fuxi Wang, 2018. "The perceived effectiveness of democratic management, job performance, and citizenship behavior: evidence from a large Chinese state-owned petrochemical company," Frontiers of Business Research in China, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-25, December.
    3. Mingwei Liu & Chunyun Li, 2014. "Environment Pressures, Managerial Industrial Relations Ideologies and Unionization in Chinese Enterprises," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 52(1), pages 82-111, March.
    4. Yanhua Bird & Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel, 2019. "Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of Internal Structural Conditions," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 30(4), pages 847-867, July.
    5. Jie Shen, 2007. "Approaches to International Industrial Relations in Chinese Multinational Corporations," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 18(4), pages 410-426.
    6. Cheng, Zhiming, 2022. "Communist Party branch and labour rights: Evidence from Chinese entrepreneurs," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).

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