Following the state-owned enterprises: Chinese expatriate construction workers in Zambia

IF 1.4 4区 社会学 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY Asian and Pacific Migration Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.1177/01171968211069726
Beibei Yang
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Chinese expatriate workers in Africa remain an under-researched and poorly understood group despite their large numbers. Based on data collected through interviews and participant observations during 2013 and 2014 among Chinese expatriate construction workers employed by a large-scale Chinese state-owned construction enterprise in Zambia, this article offers an analysis of their migration experience as it relates to the context of China’s growing economic involvement with Africa. This paper further argues that Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Africa function as transnational social organizations to promote Chinese expatriate workers’ migration to Africa and provide them social support and care when they experience difficulties during their sojourn. In this way, the patron–client relationship was formed between Chinese SOEs and Chinese expatriate workers, paralleling the existing employment relationship.
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以下国有企业:在赞比亚的中国外籍建筑工人
尽管中国在非洲的外籍工人人数众多,但他们仍然是一个研究不足、了解不足的群体。基于2013年和2014年在赞比亚一家大型中国国有建筑企业雇佣的中国外籍建筑工人的访谈和参与者观察收集的数据,本文分析了他们的移民经历,因为这与中国与非洲日益增长的经济参与有关。本文进一步认为,中国在非国有企业作为跨国社会组织,促进了中国外派工人在非洲的迁移,并在他们在非洲逗留期间遇到困难时提供社会支持和关怀。这样,中国国有企业与中国外籍员工之间就形成了一种主顾关系,与现有的雇佣关系平行。
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期刊介绍: The Asian and Pacific Migration Journal (APMJ) was launched in 1992, borne out of the conviction of the need to have a migration journal originating from the region that would provide a regional perspective of migration. Users will be able to read any article published from 1992 to 2006, to search all the articles by words or keywords and to copy or print partially or fully any article.
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