| ID | 158656 |
| Title Proper | Laoxiang Network and Boundary Struggles |
| Other Title Information | Urban Migrants’ Self-Organization in China’s New Workplaces |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wu, Tongyu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the confrontation between ‘new urban migrants’ and native urbanites who labor as co-workers in urban China for the first time, and its corresponding influence over the self-organizing strategies of ‘new urban migrants’ on the service work floor in urban centers. Drawing on data from 51 semi-structured interviews and three-months of ethnographic research in a retail work setting, the author identifies three mechanisms that contribute to new urban migrants’ organizational strategies and boundary-drawing practices in the urban workplace in response to urban workers’ domination, which include: Laoxiang-based (i.e. fellow-villager-based) recruitment and training to monopolize occupational niches disdained by urban workers; strategically coordinating conflicts by major figures in the Laoxiang network; and offering materialistic favors to members sharing the same Laoxiang network. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 27, No.111; May 2018: p.379-392 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol: 27 No 111 |
| Key Words | Urban Migrants ; Laoxiang Network ; Boundary Struggles ; China’s New Workplaces |