This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance …. We show that Chinese unions have a strong "State-Party voice" face and a "collective voice" face but lack of "monopoly … unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability …

Drawing on qualitative fieldwork in China's Guangdong and Zhejiang Provinces, the author asks how post-socialist unions … has had little success despite ongoing attempts by unions. The author explains variation in sectoral-level bargaining … global integration for Zhejiang and Guangdong, respectively. Despite having different organizational forms, unions in both …

-down approach by the state and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on the one hand and bottom-up pressures from workers … for shop floor representation on the other hand. This chapter examines the role of Chinese trade unions in light of these …

This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance …. We show that Chinese unions have a strong State-Party voice face and a collective voice face but lack of monopoly face …. The government influence plays an important role in unionization. The empirical findings on the effectiveness of unions …

This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance …. We show that Chinese unions have a strong "State-Party voice" face and a "collective voice" face but lack of "monopoly … unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability …