Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement

Grieco, Margaret; Bhopal, Mhinder

Abstract

This article aims to explore the use of new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement. New information communication technologies are undoubtedly globalising, but these same technologies can also be used by labour to retrieve and re-achieve a more equitable balance between labour and capital. The low transaction costs of the new information communication technology, and the universal reach of these same technologies, provide the labour movement with a critical new tool for organising and bargaining. Malaysia provides us with a useful example of this new context.

Citation

Grieco, M., & Bhopal, M. (2005). Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 1(2/3), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/17422040510595627

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2005-06
• Deposit Date: Jan 29, 2008
• Print ISSN: 1742-2043
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2/3
• Pages: 109-122
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17422040510595627
• Keywords: Communication technologies; Labour movement; Malaysia; Transaction costs; Global union practices
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2234
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17422040510595627