Exploitation or Choice? Exploring the Relative Attractiveness of Employment in the Maquiladoras  

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Sargent, John ; Matthews, Linda

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Business Ethics vol. 18 no. 2 (Jan. 1999), page 213-227.
Topik: Exploitation; Attractiveness; Maquiladoras

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: BB27.36 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study investigates the relative attractiveness of production level jobs provided by multinational firms in Mexico's maquiladora industry. We take the position that workers themselves are an important and often overlooked source of information relevant to the controversy focusing on the responsibilities of multinational companies to their employees in the developing world. We conducted interviews with 59 maquila production level workers in the Mexican cities of Cd. Juarez and Chihuahua. Using a relative attractiveness framework that compared maquila jobs to other employment available in the local economy, maquila line and technical workers responded at a maquila, their work history, the attractiveness of maquila jobs compared to both their prior jobs and the jobs held by friends and family, and whether they planned to continue working in the maquilas. While the responses from maquila workers are diverse, they suggest that maquila jobs provide attractive employment for the economically disadvantages in Northern Mexico.

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