TY - JOUR
T1 - Space, agency and overseas employment for Chinese university graduates in a transient global labour market
AU - Cooke, Fang Lee
AU - Yao, Xing
AU - Jiang, Yumei
AU - Li, Alice Shuaishuai
PY - 2017/10/11
Y1 - 2017/10/11
N2 - This study examines the relatively recent growth of the international labour market, particularly in the service industry, for temporary employment of university graduates from China. By examining the push and pull factors from the home and destination country, we treat the international labour market as a geographic and institutional space which is created by the institutional actors and in which these actors interact. Through 56 interviews conducted with 38 informants, this study examines the actions and interactions of institutional actors at the local level to develop insights into how these actors shape the space of this segment of the labour market through, for example, the insertion into the global labour market chain, human resource sourcing, training and development. The paper concludes by arguing that the development of the international labour market for Chinese university graduates is contingent upon the agency role and attitude of key institutional actors. And its current situation indicates a fragmented and piecemeal development with limited government support, institutional capacity and individual motivation.
AB - This study examines the relatively recent growth of the international labour market, particularly in the service industry, for temporary employment of university graduates from China. By examining the push and pull factors from the home and destination country, we treat the international labour market as a geographic and institutional space which is created by the institutional actors and in which these actors interact. Through 56 interviews conducted with 38 informants, this study examines the actions and interactions of institutional actors at the local level to develop insights into how these actors shape the space of this segment of the labour market through, for example, the insertion into the global labour market chain, human resource sourcing, training and development. The paper concludes by arguing that the development of the international labour market for Chinese university graduates is contingent upon the agency role and attitude of key institutional actors. And its current situation indicates a fragmented and piecemeal development with limited government support, institutional capacity and individual motivation.
KW - China
KW - employment agency
KW - graduate overseas employment
KW - institutional actor
KW - labour market space
KW - university
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014531291&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2017.1299780
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2017.1299780
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014531291
VL - 28
SP - 2622
EP - 2655
JO - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 18
ER -