Pakistan Jobs Diagnostic

Cho, Yoonyoung; Majoka, Zaineb

doi:10.1596/33317

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“…At first sight, such workers are among a minority of workers who are part of Pakistan's formal economy, meaning that they have contracts, are paid regularly and have certain employment rights (Cho and Majoka, 2020;Saqib et al, 2022). However, such workers can, as in developed economies, feel marginalized by employment practices that stem from the nature of labour relations, their work process and associated national regulations.…”

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“…The concept of 'solidarity' is sometimes seen as a type of pre-condition for collective action by workers within specific organizations and more broadly within sectors or economies (Fantasia, 1988). Understanding better how workers express solidarity with one another and how that can form the basis for collective action is, therefore, of fundamental importance to assessing workers' prospects in Pakistan, a country in which most workers have few if any rights (Cho and Majoka, 2020).…”

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Sustaining Solidarity through Social Media? Employee Social-Media Groups as an Emerging Platform for Collectivism in Pakistan

Saqib

Allen

Lucio

et al. 2023

Work, Employment and Society

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Forging solidarity among seemingly privileged white-collar professionals has been seen as a challenging process. However, many banking employees in Pakistan feel marginalized and lack formal collective mechanisms to voice their concerns, leading some to participate in social-media groups. Drawing on various discussions linked to labour process perspectives, we examine how these banking employees use social media as a means to create broader and diverse collective bonds within their profession and build bridges to their counterparts in other organizations within the sector. By doing so, we reveal that employees post on social media to express and affirm their concerns, offer broader support with one another, ‘cope’ with existing circumstances, highlight their unrewarded professionalism, and share relevant information around collective issues and experiences and not solely to critique their work environment. The article draws on and contributes to new debates on collectivism and solidarity, revealing the opportunities for actions on social media.

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confidence: 99%

Sustaining Solidarity through Social Media? Employee Social-Media Groups as an Emerging Platform for Collectivism in Pakistan

Saqib

Allen

Lucio

et al. 2023

Work, Employment and Society

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Life Cycle Savings in a High-Informality Setting—Evidence from Pakistan

Joubert¹,

Kanth²

2022

Policy Research Working Papers

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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