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- Title
PARTNERSHIP PRACTICES, LABOR RELATIONS CLIMATE, AND EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA.
- Authors
MENG XI; QIN XU; XIAOYU WANG; SHUMING ZHAO
- Abstract
As the labor relations climate in China has deteriorated in recent years, some firms have turned to partnership approaches. Using data collected from HR managers and employees in 190 companies in five provinces of China, this study tests the applicability of partnership theory for Chinese enterprises. It identifies eight dimensions of partnership practices and examines their effectiveness in improving the labor relations climate and employee attitudes. Results show that partnership practices are positively associated with labor relations climate and employee attitudes and that labor relations climate mediates the relationship between partnership practices and employee attitudes (i.e., affective commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intention). These findings contribute to the literature on partnership and labor relations climate and the operationalization of partnership and its effects, in the Chinese context.
- Subjects
CHINA; BUSINESS partnerships; INDUSTRIAL relations; EMPLOYEE attitudes; BUSINESS enterprises; GROSS domestic product; WORK environment; LABOR unions; JOB security
- Publication
ILR Review, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 5, p1196
- ISSN
0019-7939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0019793916684778