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Selective informality : the self-limiting growth choices of small businesses in South Africa
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Bischoff, Christine and Wood, Geoffrey (2013) Selective informality : the self-limiting growth choices of small businesses in South Africa. International Labour Review, Volume 152 (Number 3-4). pp. 493-505. doi:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2013.00190.x ISSN 0020-7780.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2013.00190.x
Abstract
Based on in-depth interviews, this study explores the reasons why many South African small businesses abide by some aspects of labour law, but not others: they generally comply with legislated labour regulations, but less so with regulations set by the statutory industry-level Bargaining Councils. Such selective engagement with the system is attributed to employer hostility to unions in the context of post-apartheid industrial relations. Since a larger workforce attracts closer scrutiny by the Councils, small firms are reluctant to expand, relying on outsourcing to increase production. The very size of the firm is thus a pliable concept, positioned between formal and informal norms.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Labour Review | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0020-7780 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 152 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3-4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 493-505 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2013.00190.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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