Did Unionization Make a Difference? Work Conditions and Trade Union Activity at Chinese Walmart Stores

Jonathan Unger, Diana Beaumont, Anita Chan

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    Abstract

    China today is the source of the great majority of the merchandise Walmart sells. China has also emerged as one of Walmart's largest and fastest growing retail markets, with close to two hundred giant Walmart stores spread across China's provinces. What happens when the world's largest corporation encounters the world's biggest country? There are two areas of special interest-the impact of the Walmart supply chain, including the impact on the Chinese workers who manufacture Walmart products; and separately, Walmart's retail business and its brand of management practices when imported across cultures into the Walmart supercenters inside China. In both respects, has Walmart succeeded in a Walmartization of China?
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationWalmart in China
    EditorsAnita Chan
    Place of PublicationUnited States of America
    PublisherCornell University Press
    Pages217-238
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9780801477317
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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