International labour standards and decent work: a critical analysis of Thailand's experiences, with suggestions for theory, policy, practice and research

Suttawet, Chokchai; Bamber, Greg J.

doi:10.1111/1744-7941.12190

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“…For Th ai society, due to the administration of the public sector under national security, opportunities or a forum for negotiation became a limitation. So, it is necessary to promote and support collaborative management that facilitates workers to negotiate to enhance the development of a good quality of life and lead to the development of various products (Suttawet and Bamber, 2018).…”

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The Model of Factors Affecting Workers' Quality of Working Life: A Comparative Study Between Thai and Migrant Workers

Sangthong¹,

Natrujirote²

2023

PAI

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The aim of this research was to study the factors that affected the quality of working life of Thai and migrant workers and how labour public management affected the quality of working life. This study employed a mixed-methods research design which consisted of qualitative and quantitative methodology. The first phase was qualitative research, in-depth interviews and the focus group interviews were conducted with Thai and Burmese workers. The data obtained in the first phase was analyzed using content analysis. The second phase was quantitative research in which questionnaires were collected from 400 participants. The data obtained in this phase were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis to describe the factors that affected the quality of working life of Thai and Burmese migrant workers. The results showed that the factors affecting the quality of life of both Thai and migrant workers are the following: 1) government policies such as public health, economic aspects, and education can improve the well-being of the workers; 2) the quality of working life can be improved through the support of the government labour administration; it can provide labour protections and welfares following the international labour law and diversity within the workplace according to the human rights principles; 3) government officials’ attitudes toward migrant workers discriminate against them. These findings can be used as the guidelines to develop Thai and migrant workers’ management. The results can be practical knowledge to support the performance of government agencies in the future.

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The Model of Factors Affecting Workers' Quality of Working Life: A Comparative Study Between Thai and Migrant Workers

Sangthong¹,

Natrujirote²

2023

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“…Despite the original conception of Decent Work being rooted in raising international labour standards, there remains a “historical focus on higher-income settings and workers with relatively privileged status” [ 2 , p1]. The ambitions for political normalisation and the emergence of a unifying normative, de-contextualised theory about Decent Work remain controversial [ 15 ], because they both embrace the homogenous notion of decency across sub-localities, sectors, types of work, or tasks within that work [ 16 ] as well as situational or transitional circumstances such as displacement or refugee resettlement [ 17 ]. At the same time, evidence suggests that the dynamics associated with economic conditions and marginalisation in emerging economies are different to developed economies; developing economies demonstrate economic and educational exclusion of ethnic minorities and women, and income inequality above average of all OECD countries [ 18 ].…”

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The spatialization of decent work and the role of employability empowerment for minority ethnic young people in emerging economies

Wall,

Ngo,

Foster

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Global rises in precarious labour conditions have prompted further empirical work in Decent Work, a special category of employment characterised by equitable pay, treatment, and healthy working conditions. Despite this, research has tended to be conducted in developed countries with privileged groups such as those with typical working arrangements and rely on psychologically framed individual characteristics to explain marginalising factors. We propose a more sociologically framed, spatialised perspective on Decent Work which posits that marginalising factors are spatially variable and determined but moderated by employability empowerment. We measure our propositions across three spatially different sites of Vietnam through (1) a survey of minority ethnic students and graduates (N = 1071) and (2) a survey of stakeholders involved in the recruitment and employment of this group (N = 204). We find support for most of our propositions and call for more spatialised empirical work in the field of Decent Work.

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“…To promote decent work, scholars used to provide suggestions from political, legal and education perspectives, among others (e.g. Duffy et al 2022;Suttawet and Bamber 2018). Society is at a critical juncture concerning whether we can fully realize decent work, and realizing this goal is inseparable from the psychological dimensions of work (Blustein et al 2019).…”

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“…Duffy et al. 2022; Suttawet and Bamber 2018). Society is at a critical juncture concerning whether we can fully realize decent work, and realizing this goal is inseparable from the psychological dimensions of work (Blustein et al.…”

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Decent work and proactive behaviors: a moderated chain mediation model

Sheng

Zhou

2022

Asia Pac J Human Res

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Decent work is eagerly expected by employees. The improvement of decent work requires the cooperation of business enterprises. This study explores the benefits of decent work on organizational outcomes through stimulating employees' proactive behaviors: taking charge and voice behavior. The findings are conductive to the achievement of decent work and create a win-win situation. Building on social identity theory and self-determination theory, we proposed and assessed a moderated chain mediation model. We tested this new theoretical model with data collected from 360 employees. Decent work motivates taking charge and voice through the chain mediation effects of perceived insider status (first stage) and gratitude and repayment (second stage). Furthermore, thriving at work moderates the positive relationship between gratitude and repayment and taking charge. It also moderates the indirect effect of decent work on taking charge. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed.

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International labour standards and decent work: a critical analysis of Thailand's experiences, with suggestions for theory, policy, practice and research

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

The Model of Factors Affecting Workers' Quality of Working Life: A Comparative Study Between Thai and Migrant Workers

The Model of Factors Affecting Workers' Quality of Working Life: A Comparative Study Between Thai and Migrant Workers

The spatialization of decent work and the role of employability empowerment for minority ethnic young people in emerging economies

Decent work and proactive behaviors: a moderated chain mediation model

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