From unequal negotiation to forced consent workers different strategies in two settings

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2011-09-12

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Kalaycıoğlu, Hediye Sibel
Beşpınar Akgüner, Fatma Umut
Topal, Çağatay

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This study examines processes of establishing work men) talities, the conflict between different work mentalities, different negotiation and consent mechanisms developed by workers and employers in two different production units of the same textile factory in two different cities. This study is based on the interviews conducted with employers, managers and workers in İstanbul and Çorum (an economically undeveloped small size city in Central Ana) tolia) in 2010. With the influence of economic crisis of 2000s and increasing state promotions to support the economic and industrial development of small cities in Turkey, the production of a textile factory which mainly produces goods for export, has shifted from Istanbul to Çorum. The production unit designs and produces the models of prototype shirts for foreign market designed in Istanbul and serial manufacturing realized in Çorum. Workers in these two production units in two cities have different level and types of knowledge, ex) perience and skill. The expectations of the employers related to production process are determined by the skill and production level of the workers who are employed in the model factory head unit in Istanbul. Findings of the research show that workers coming from different social and cultural backgrounds develop different reac) tions and strategies toward work mentality constructed by the em) ployer. These reactions and strategies show differences from une) qual negotiation to forced consent. In summary, the differences between the skill levels and work men) talities of workers stemming from the characteristics of labor mar) kets of two cities diversify workers negotiation powers and strate) gies on the one hand, influence employers perceptions and expec) tations with respect to production process on the other, thereby determine the dynamics of the relations between the employer and the workers in the production units of the same company within two different cities.

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https://www.europeansociology.org/sites/default/files/uploads/esa2011-Abstract-Book.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/87091

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ESA 10th Conference :Social Relations in Turbulent Times, , 7-10 September 2011

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H. S. Kalaycıoğlu, F. U. Beşpınar Akgüner, and Ç. Topal, “From unequal negotiation to forced consent workers different strategies in two settings ,” presented at the ESA 10th Conference :Social Relations in Turbulent Times, , 7-10 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.europeansociology.org/sites/default/files/uploads/esa2011-Abstract-Book.pdf.