Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2009, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 179-198.

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Setback Experience, Human Capital, Enterprise System, and Urban Workers’ Perception of Social Injustice: An Investigation of Ten Enterprises

 LUO Zhong-Yong, WEI Jian-Wen   

  • Online:2009-03-20 Published:2009-03-20

Abstract:

The investigation of the cognition and judgment (i.e., social injustice perception) of 921 workers in 10 enterprises that differed in ownership forms found that urban workers had an overall strong impression of social injustice, including  economic injustice, physiological injustice, and social injustice, in a descending order in terms of potency. Setback experience, human capital and enterprise system all had some effects on workers’ social injustice perception. To be more specific, setback experience accounted for, to some extent, workers’ perception of economic injustice, social injustice, and physiological injustice; enterprise system for economic and social injustices; and human capital for social and physiological injustices.

Key words: enterprise system, human capital, setback experience, social injustice perception, urban worker