Squaring the circle: global production and the informalization of work in South African fruit exports

By S. Barrientos, A. Kritzinger. 2004

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Plant Science, Strategy and Management

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From the Firm to the Network: Global Value Chains and Employment Relations Theory (2013, unknown): “Other studies have used GVC/GPN approaches to examine the implications of global networks for labour but have focused on limited aspects of work and employment, for example, the increasing casualization and feminization of employment in such networks (Barrientos and Kritzinger 2004; Dolan and Suther”
Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters (2014, background): “Women workers tend to be engaged in insecure and low-paid work, often in temporary and seasonal employment arrangements (Barrientos and Kritzinger 2004; Mezzadri 2014).”
Globalisation and Poverty: How can Global Value Chain Research Inform the Policy Debate? (2004, unknown): “Barrientos and Kritzinger (2004) also found a sharp gender division in wage levels and employment contracts between men and women in the South African export horticulture sector.”
Intensification of workplace regimes in British horticulture: the role of migrant workers (2008, unknown): “Barrientos and Kritzinger 2004; Dolan 2004; Kritzinger, Barrientos and Rossouw, 2004). The methodological approach of such studies in food and agriculture has been inspired by the seminal work of Gereffi (1994) in relation to manufacturing supply chains.”
‘Labour Chains’: Analysing the Role of Labour Contractors in Global Production Networks (2013, background): “It provides a buffer for producers caught in a pincer movement, where lead agents and buyers extract value up the chain and drive risks down the chain (Barrientos & Kritzinger, 2004; Oxfam, 2004).”
Gender and Modern Supply Chains in Developing Countries (2012, result): “These findings are in line with previous studies showing that employment conditions in labour markets in high-value supply chains are gendered, for example Barrientos and Kritzinger ( 2004 ) and Nelson et al.”
Rana Plaza collapse aftermath: Are CSR compliance and auditing pressures effective? (2016, background): “Furthermore, Barrientos and Kritzinger (2004) and Rossi (2011) find that increased pressures regarding product quality and production efficiency, coupled with the pressure for cost reduction, can lead to an increased reliance on irregular in addition to regular workers.”
Integrating Poverty and Environmental Concerns into Value-Chain Analysis: A Conceptual Framework (2010, unknown): “Studies incorporating a labour focus have revealed how organisational restructuring by global firms has important consequences for labour and labour institutions in terms of encouraging flexibilisation and feminisation of labour at the production end of global value chains (Barrientos, 2003; Barrien”