2024-03-28T09:51:54Z
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00026874
2023-01-16T04:01:13Z
1076:1077:1078
Labor Management System in Fushun Coal Mines under the South Manchurian Railway Company
Kigoshi, Yoshinori
88030
2018-09
This study, which examines a case of a Manchurian coal mine operated under a Japanese company, elucidates reasons for the extensive use of contract systems throughout modern China. A particularly clear feature of the modern Chinese economy is the so-called "Bao" contract system, which has existed for a long time. It was designated as the "Batou" system, named after a contractor in Manchuria. Historically, the contract system has existed universally during the rise of the modern mining industry in Europe and Japan. Nevertheless, it disappeared along with the development of the urban labor market and with the progress of mechanization in European and Japanese production processes. What is the "Chinese feature" of the contract system? Japanese companies attempted to reform the contracting system in Manchuria to produce a direct labor management system. At that time, Japanese managers restricted the power of contractors, but failed to eliminate the influence of Chinese foremen (Xiao Batou) who oversaw the Chinese miners directly. This study specifically examines the role of Chinese foremen. Results suggest that the essence of the Chinese contract system is embodied in the Chinese foreman function.
departmental bulletin paper
名古屋大学大学院経済学研究科附属国際経済政策研究センター
2018-09
Economic Research Center Discussion Paper
E18-1
eng
E-Series;E18-1