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On The Attitude Of Migrant Workers Toward Employment And Its Social Influence

Posted on:2009-09-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z Q SangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360245452101Subject:Marxist theory and ideological and political education
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The rural-urban migrants (also called peasant workers, nongmin gong) appeared in the course of China's industrialization, urbanization and modernization process since China carries out its reforms and opening-up policies has been changing from a promoting factor of development for the nation to a grim challenge confronting. Therefore, an inquiry to the attitude of migrant workers toward employment and its social influence is of great significance to addressing the comprehensive issues such as the economic interests, social rights, political power and cultural harmony and the spirit of harmony of migrant workers.Based on the research at home and abroad, the paper, in the way of theoretical analysis, presents a research on the issues relating to migrant workers in a unique perspective of their attitude toward employment and its social influence: seeking their types of attitude towards employment as well as the influencial factors and analyzing their social impact. Finally, the author offers some feasible institutional arrangements and policy recommendations for solving the mentioned problem.The main content and achievements of this paper are as follows:1. Sorting out the problems of migrant workers .From the scale of employment, output and input characteristics, employment types and areas of employment, job-seeking channels and mobile characteristics, income and expenditures, stability, the paper draw conclusions: basically the status quo of the employment of migrant workers is large-scale, non-formal employment in general, the lower economic and social status, employment instability and strong liquidity; the main problems of migrant workers are: employment unequal pay for equal work, promotion and sustainable development opportunities for less serious deficiencies of social security, industrial accidents frequent, children staying at home, mobile children, the elderly staying lack of security, poor migrant workers marital status,opportunities for crime high. So they are a social group that the Government and the community must give great attention to.2. Analyzing the type of migrant workers' attitude toward employment as well as the forming factors."Upward mobility, and actively change the mentality", "Passing through psychological, indifferent attitude" and "Dissatisfaction, hatred and anti-social attitude" are three basic attitude toward the employment of migrant workers; endowment characteristics, type of risk preferences, family, peers Impact of relations, social capital, social resources and social networks such as the employment of migrant workers is the attitude of a significant impact on micro factors; flow control, setting the job market, employment restrictions on the institutional environment and cultural environment is the attitude of the employment of migrant workers formed a significant impact on the macro Factors.3. Alalysing the social influences of migrant workers' attitude toward employment.Employment of migrant workers on the attitude of the urban social impact of theactive role will help the process of urbanization and industrialization, promot urban construction and social prosperity, enhance the city's vitality and vigor. Its negative impact is to hamper the process of non-agricultural Employment, and increase the urban security pressure; In rural areas the positive impact is to speed up rural economic development and social progress, narrow the differences between urban and rural areas, improve the people's living standards and consumption levels in rural areas, and promote the concepts behind the changes in rural areas. Negative influence is to impact normal agricultural employment, destroy the fine traditions and customs in rural areas, and increase non-factors for stability in rural areas.4. Proposing the countermeasures and suguestions.To improve the employment status of migrant workers; to reduce the social distance between the public and migrant workers, enhance their social adaptation and integration; to optimize the choice of migrant workers, upgrading their human capital.
Keywords/Search Tags:the rural-urban migrant, employment mentality, social influence
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