Patriarchal unions = weaker unions? Industrial relations in the Asian garment industry.
This paper explores how gender ideologies shape industrial relations in the Asian garment industry. Drawing on ethnographic research, it illustrates how widespread norm perceptions of acquiescent women and assertive men reinforce patriarchal, authoritarian unions. Even if privately critical, women m...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 38; no. 7; pp. 1619 - 1639 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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