Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Pages: 1747-1766

Journal: Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volume number: 43

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0143-831X

eISSN: 1461-7099

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X211029382

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Abstract: 
This article explores the logics, persistence and evolution of perspectives on the Chinese labour regime in Africa. Studies find that Chinese firms' labour practices engender abuse via casualisation of labour, low remuneration, and a general lack of adherence to occupational safety. Contrarian studies however demonstrate variations among Chinese firms' labour practices as mediated by the labour dynamics of host countries, labour specificities and industrial capitalism dynamics. The article concludes by questioning the 'talent gap' dynamic in Africa in relation to Chinese firms' managerial hiring practices and calls for an engaged scholarship on how Chinese investment in Africa's human resource base is altering the 'talent gap' phenomenon.

Harvard Citation style: Ofosu, G. and Sarpong, D. (2022) The evolving perspectives on the Chinese labour regime in Africa, Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(4), Article 0143831X211029382. pp. 1747-1766. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X211029382

APA Citation style: Ofosu, G., & Sarpong, D. (2022). The evolving perspectives on the Chinese labour regime in Africa. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 43(4), Article 0143831X211029382, 1747-1766. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X211029382