Retaining a Mexican Labor Force
This paper sets forth the findings of a research study undertaken in Chihuahua, Mexico. The length of stay of 1 866 employees in six maquiladora plants is analyzed across a maximum of 24 months. By drawing on discrete time hazard modeling, the research analyzes the extent to which work and nonwork f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-131 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethical Issue
B Discrete Time B Demographic Characteristic B Hazard Modeling B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | This paper sets forth the findings of a research study undertaken in Chihuahua, Mexico. The length of stay of 1 866 employees in six maquiladora plants is analyzed across a maximum of 24 months. By drawing on discrete time hazard modeling, the research analyzes the extent to which work and nonwork factors contributed to employee length of stay in the late 1980s. It examines, in particular, the influence of position, cohort grouping, plant type, and demographic characteristics on employee duration in the participating plants., The findings show that line operators at the peak of high employment turnover in the maquiladora industry remained employed for an average of 10 months. The study highlights important differences, for the results were not uniform across all maquiladora employees. There were variations in length of stay among employees of different types of plants, in different positions in the same company, different months of entry, and different migrant status., Important ethical issues can also be raised from the study, notably the question of structural turnover being intentionally designed as a consequence of the hiring policies of the multinational corporations in the area. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006072804390 |