Bringing the firm back in: local decision making and human capital development in Mexico’s maquiladora sector

Samstad, James; Pipkin, Seth

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.01.008

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“…Heads were able to cultivate a good relationship with teachers. This is line with [20], assertion that, the objective of HRM in school is to obtain maximum individual development, desirable working relationships between teachers, subordinate staff and pupils and to affect the moulding of human resources as contrasted with physical resources. Head teachers were able to build a motivating climate that enhances team work among teachers.…”

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Kenya Education Management Institute’s Capacity Building Programme and Public Primary School Head Teachers’ Competencies in Teacher Supervision in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Ongori

Kitainge

Kipkoech

2020

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Aims: Education is the foundation and pillar of life. The study assessed the influence of Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI’s) capacity building programme on head teachers' competencies in teacher supervision in public primary schools in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Study Design: The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Uasin Gishu County of North Rift region between January and March 2018. Methodology: It targeted six Sub-County Education Officers and 471 head teachers in public primary schools in the County. Simple random sampling was used to select 30% (141) of the public primary schools proportionately from each of the six sub-counties in the County. All the head teachers of the public primary schools selected participated in the study. Data was also collected from all the six Sub-County Directors of Education of Moiben, Wareng, Turbo, Kapseret, Ainabkoi and Soy. Data was collected using interviews and questionnaire. Data analysis using descriptive statistics was computed with frequencies, percentages, means, medians and standard deviations. The findings were then presented using, tables, charts and graphs. Results: Out of the 132 Head teachers, the research results indicated that there was a strong positive correlation between KEMI’s capacity building programme and head teachers’ competencies in teacher supervision, r (132) = 0.555, P = .05. KEMI should use the information from this study to organize teacher training programmes to improve their schools and put in place strategies to help enhance management practices in schools and ultimately the student academic achievement. The findings of the study may be importance to Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI) in tailoring their training needs of head teachers to enhance professional development and leadership in schools. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that KEMI capacity building program had enhanced head teachers’ competence in monitoring teacher’s performance in class and outside class, and helped them in cultivating good relationship with the teachers and building motivating climate to enhance teamwork among teachers. Further, the findings also indicates that KEMI capacity building program had helped them in appraising teacher’s performance objectively and helped them in providing teacher’s opportunity for professional growth, proper delegation of duties and it had enhanced the recommendation of teachers for upward mobility.

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Kenya Education Management Institute’s Capacity Building Programme and Public Primary School Head Teachers’ Competencies in Teacher Supervision in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Ongori

Kitainge

Kipkoech

2020

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“…While our fi ndings do not altogether reject an association between production for external markets and low-wage employment, they reveal a deeper complexity and diversity of employment options related to globally-integrating industries than is generally recognised in the literature. In this vein, this study ' s results challenge vague exploitation arguments (or, the ' market pessimists ' as Samstad and Pipkin (2005) recently put it) that emphasise the shared deleterious labour conditions that result from increasing global integration and export-oriented industrialisation. For example, while some studies tend to argue that both global assembly (e.g.…”

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“…19 19 Industry specific studies also provide helpful analysis on the diverse consequences associated with export‐led industrialisation. A recent study by Samstad and Pipkin (2005), for example, shows that the production and management practices adopted by Mexico’s maquiladora sector vary by local plants. This variation the authors suggest may in turn encourage different local development outcomes. …”

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Work, Wages and Gender in Export‐Oriented Cities: Global Assembly versus International Tourism in Mexico

Tamborini

2007

Bull Latin American Res

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Drawing on a rich source of urban labour market data, the Mexican National Urban Employment Survey of 1998, this article addresses the question of how dissimilar export‐oriented industries shape urban labour markets, particularly with respect to women workers. It compares Ciudad Juárez, which has an economy based on global assembly production, and Cancún, whose economy is based on international tourism. Employing economic base theory and location quotients, the analysis isolates the impact of the export sectors on the local labour markets. Results show that global assembly and international tourism encourage a mix of occupational and income prospects for both men and women in each of these Mexican cities. Female employment tends to be concentrated in the export‐oriented sector in both cases, but the types of occupational and income opportunities therein vary. Overall, the analysis challenges common exploitation arguments that tend to stress the universally shared deleterious working conditions and low wages that result from global integration and export‐led industrialisation in contemporary Latin America. It suggests that we pay closer attention to the diverse nature of outward oriented industries, which will tend to differentiate the labour market implications of increasing economic globalisation.

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“…An important number of Asian companies producing consumer or business‐related electronics, such as copiers, used Tijuana as a production location to avoid NAFTA content rules. China's membership in the WTO gave it access to the NAFTA market at much lower tariff rates, low enough to justify shifting component production or assembly out to Mexico and into China (Mesquita Moreira ; Samstad and Pipkin ; Sargent and Matthews , , ). In addition, Ma and Wooster () argue that San Diego's economy is more diversified in services and high‐tech industries, resulting in a lower (or null) dependence on maquiladora activity across the border.…”

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The Impact of the Maquiladora Industry on U.S. Border Cities

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For decades, the maquiladora industry has been a major economic engine along the U.S.–Mexico border. Since the 1970s, researchers have analyzed how the maquiladora industry affects cities along both sides of the border. Hanson produced the first comprehensive study on the impact of the maquiladoras on U.S. border cities, considering the effects of in‐bond plants on both employment and wages. His estimates became useful rules of thumb for the entire U.S.–Mexico border; however, they have become dated. Using Hanson's framework, we estimate the maquiladora industry impact on U.S. border cities from 1990 to 2006. We find that a 10 percent increase in maquiladora production leads to a 0.5 to 0.9 percent increase in employment. We also find large differences among individual border cities. Furthermore, we estimate the cross‐border maquiladora impacts before and after 2001 when border security begins to rise, and the global low‐wage competition intensified after China joined the World Trade Organization. Empirical results indicate that U.S. border cities are less responsive to growth in maquiladora production from 2001 to 2006 than in the earlier period; however, when looking into specific sectors, we find that U.S. border city employment in service sectors is more responsive post‐2001.

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Bringing the firm back in: local decision making and human capital development in Mexico’s maquiladora sector

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Kenya Education Management Institute’s Capacity Building Programme and Public Primary School Head Teachers’ Competencies in Teacher Supervision in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Kenya Education Management Institute’s Capacity Building Programme and Public Primary School Head Teachers’ Competencies in Teacher Supervision in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Work, Wages and Gender in Export‐Oriented Cities: Global Assembly versus International Tourism in Mexico

The Impact of the Maquiladora Industry on U.S. Border Cities

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