Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in Global Supply Chains: A Research Agenda

Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Li, Chunyun

doi:10.1111/jscm.12259

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“…Subjective features relate to individual‐level research and job characteristics, while objective features are related to company‐level research (Petriglieri et al, 2019). The OM literature has traditionally focused on nonstandard forms of work, such as temporary contracts, but has not tended to investigate precarious work in relation to inadequate income and a lack of rights and protections (Kuruvilla & Li, 2021; Ojala & Pyiöriä, 2019).…”

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Exploring the performance implications of precarious work

Wiengarten

Pagell

Durach

et al. 2021

J of Ops Management

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Precarious work, or employment that is associated with temporary contracts, low earnings and limited or no employee representation, is on the rise. From an operations perspective, these practices should enable flexibility and reduce costs. However, from the perspective of most other social sciences, precarious work harms workers and should harm firm performance. The objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the performance implications of precarious work. We collected survey data in the UK from multiple respondents (operations and human resource managers) along with secondary data to explore how the use of precarious work affects a company's financial, operational and occupational health & safety performance. The results were mixed. Precarious work did not have a significant influence on occupational health & safety performance and had a negative relationship with cost performance. We also established an inverted u‐shaped relationship between precarious work and flexibility and financial performance; low levels of precarious work improve flexibility and financial performance and high levels of precarious work harm both. Finally, we explored if high‐performance work practices could moderate these relationships, but the results were mostly insignificant. The results suggest that firms only benefit from relatively low levels of adoption of precarious work.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Exploring the performance implications of precarious work

Wiengarten

Pagell

Durach

et al. 2021

J of Ops Management

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“…We strive to expand labor rights to build economic and political development on a firmer social foundation. Democratic worker representation, collective bargaining and effective dispute resolution are key elements (Anner, 2012; Appelbaum and Lichtenstein, 2016; Kuruvilla and Li, 2021). From a gender perspective, sexual harassment and various types of inequality in job assignment and performance assessment – which are often grossly neglected – need to be monitored and overcome (Chan et al, 2020: 123–125).…”

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After the Foxconn Suicides in China: A Roundtable on Labor, the State and Civil Society in Global Electronics

Chan

Distelhorst

Kessler³

et al. 2021

Critical Sociology

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We seek to tackle myriad problems of a global production system in which China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of consumer electronics products. Dying for an iPhone simultaneously addresses the challenges facing Chinese workers while locating them within the global economy through an assessment of the relationship between Foxconn (the largest electronics manufacturer) and Apple (one of the richest corporations). Eight researchers from Asia, Europe and North America discuss two main questions: How do tech behemoths and the Chinese state shape labor relations in transnational manufacturing? What roles can workers, public sector buyers, non-governmental organizations and consumers play in holding multinational corporations and states accountable for human rights violations and assuring the protection of worker interests? We also reflect on the possibility that national governments, the electronics industry and civil society groups can collaborate to contribute to improved labor rights in China and the world.

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“…While earlier studies concluded that CoCs can effectively alter firm behavior (Erwin, 2011;Somers, 2001), more recent studies have questioned such generalizations (Kuruvilla and Li, 2021;LeBaron, 2021). The effectiveness of CoC is likely dependent on factors such as the quality, implementation and management of the code (Babri et al, 2021;Cowton and Thompson, 2000;Jiang, 2009;Kuruvilla and Li, 2021;LeBaron, 2021). Nitsch et al (2005) argued that the degree of effectiveness depends on whether wrongdoings are exposed and sanctioned.…”

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“…Many companies have implemented Codes of Conduct (CoCs) to prevent working with unethical suppliers, but there are serious doubts about their effectiveness (e.g. Babri et al, 2021;Cowton and Thompson, 2000;Jiang, 2009;Kuruvilla and Li, 2021;LeBaron, 2021). Notably, Goebel et al (2018) found that the presence and distribution of a CoC within an organization does not inherently lead to an increased willingness among purchasing managers to pay a price premium for sustainability.…”

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Cracking the code: the effects of codes of conduct and decision frames on supplier selection in financially distressed firms

Durach

Parkinson

Wiengarten

et al. 2023

IJOPM

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PurposeFirms are increasingly required to make ethical choices when selecting suppliers for their supply chains, and the decisions often rest on individual purchasing managers within the firm. This study builds on the literature on ethical decision-making and the concept of decision frames to investigate the decision-making process of purchasing managers in financially distressed firms. Codes of Conduct (CoC) and how they are enforced (financial rewards and codified procedures for oversight) are studied in terms of their effectiveness in informing and guiding purchasing managers in their supplier selection decisions.Design/methodology/approachFour sequential experiments were conducted with a total of 648 purchasing managers from manufacturing firms.FindingsThe results indicate that purchasing managers in firms facing financial distress are more than four times more likely than purchasing managers in the control groups to select the less ethical supplier in favor of better operational performance. As a potential remedy, it is found that enforcing the firm's CoC help to counteract this tendency and increase ethical supplier selection decisions by 2.1- to 2.6-fold. However, CoC enforcement that invokes multiple conflicting decision frames simultaneously is more likely to impair than promote ethical supplier selection decisions, compared to situations where only one enforcement method is present.Originality/valueThese findings develop an improved understanding of purchasers' decision-making processes and shed light on how to effectively use CoCs to guide these decisions.

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Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in Global Supply Chains: A Research Agenda

Cited by 19 publications

References 65 publications

Exploring the performance implications of precarious work

Exploring the performance implications of precarious work

After the Foxconn Suicides in China: A Roundtable on Labor, the State and Civil Society in Global Electronics

Cracking the code: the effects of codes of conduct and decision frames on supplier selection in financially distressed firms

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