Chan, Jenny. 2025. “Platform-mediated Informal Employment, the State, and Labor Politics in China.” Pp. 233-47 in The Handbook of Digital Labor, edited by Jack Linchuan Qiu, Shinjoung Yeo and Richard Maxwell. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Jenny Chan presents an overview of platform-mediated labor in China with an emphasis on informal employment, the role of the state,Continue reading “Chan (2025) Platform labor politics”
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HRM in China’s New Global Economy
Tony Dundon and Jenny Chan. 2025. “HRM in China’s New Global Economy.” Pp. 16-18 in Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases, edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon and Edward Yates. 7th Edition. London: SAGE. URL: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/contemporary-human-resource-management/book286108
Re-Examining the ‘Entrepreneurial Self’: (Transformation of) Worker Subjectivity in China’s Internet Industry
20 March 2025 (onlinefirst) New Technology Work and Employment DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12338
China’s Delivery Platforms Compete to Offer Better Worker Benefits (William Langley, FT, 11 Mar 2025)
William Langley The Financial Times 11 March 2025 … And while the moves were likely to be partially motivated by calls to protect workers, there also appeared to be an element of competition, with major platforms reluctant to lose drivers — and market share — to rivals. “It would be great if JD.com is reallyContinue reading “China’s Delivery Platforms Compete to Offer Better Worker Benefits (William Langley, FT, 11 Mar 2025)”
Open Letter on Work-related Suicides
Open letter on work-related suicides (International Association for Suicide Prevention), 2024/2025 As international researchers and experts in the field of suicide prevention, we are calling on public health authorities, workplace health and safety regulators, trade unions, employers, suicide prevention associations, and other stakeholders to take urgent action to recognise, investigate and prevent work-related suicides. ThereContinue reading “Open Letter on Work-related Suicides”
Interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times, in “Towering Ambitions: Foxconn’s Expanding Footprint in India,” 29 Dec 2024
URL “I am concerned about the reproductive health of young women,” Dr Jenny Chan, co-author of the book Dying for an iPhone, told ET. “The effect of aluminium dust and other toxic materials should not be underestimated on pregnant women. Especially in India, where the proportion of women is more, it is important that FoxconnContinue reading “Interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times, in “Towering Ambitions: Foxconn’s Expanding Footprint in India,” 29 Dec 2024”
Interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times, in “Building India’s ‘iPhone City’: Lessons from Zhengzhou’s Transformation,” 17 Nov 2024
Building India’s ‘iPhone city’: Lessons from Zhengzhou’s transformation By Dia Rekhi Nov 17, 2024 The Economic Times Jenny Chan, associate professor of sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University said Chinese local governments were instrumental in luring the likes of Foxconn to build these sprawling facilities. “They not only offered land at very subsidised ratesContinue reading “Interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times, in “Building India’s ‘iPhone City’: Lessons from Zhengzhou’s Transformation,” 17 Nov 2024”
‘Really squeezed’: Chinese food delivery riders (CNN) 18 Oct 2024
Interviewed by Chris Lau, Marc Stewart and Martha Zhou for CNN, in “‘Really Squeezed’: Why Drivers in the World’s Largest Food Delivery Market are Having Meltdowns,” Oct 18, 2024. “They are working long hours, really being squeezed,” said Jenny Chan, associate sociology professor at Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. “[And] they will continue to faceContinue reading “‘Really squeezed’: Chinese food delivery riders (CNN) 18 Oct 2024”
Migrate to (not) be ‘gurus’: Unpacking workplace masculinity in China’s tech sector
Li, Xiaotian and Jenny Chan. 2024. “Migrate to (not) be ‘gurus’: Unpacking workplace masculinity in China’s tech sector.” Work, Gender and Organization 31(6): 2618–2633. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.13112 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680432/2024/31/6
China’s youth retreat centers (LA Times, 12 Sep 2024)
In China over the past few years, a stagnating economy and a cutthroat job market have given rise to an entirely new lexicon to talk about modern-day burnout. “The competition is just overwhelming,” said Jenny Chan, associate professor of sociology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, adding that economic anxiety among her students is growing. “Even with theContinue reading “China’s youth retreat centers (LA Times, 12 Sep 2024)”
