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<p>This study employs Labor Process Theory (LPT) to examine how human resource (HR) practices contribute to the reproduction of inequality within the global value chains (GVCs) of Bangladesh’s garment industry. Drawing on 76 interviews across buyers, factory owners, HR personnel, workers, NGOs, unions, and government officials, this study explores how HR systems are co-opted into managerial control through audit routines, documentation rituals, and compliance practices. Findings reveal that HR functions, rather than serving as neutral mediators, often co-occur with structures of distant governance and symbolic compliance that suppress worker agency. The analysis extends LPT by demonstrating how transnational mechanisms of control travel through HR-mediated documentation and audit regimes, transforming ethical oversight into an instrument of discipline. This paper concludes with a contextualized framework for reconfiguring HR as an equity-oriented actor in GVC governance and offers practical recommendations to strengthen ethical accountability across production networks.</p>

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Human Resources and the Reproduction of Inequality in the Global Value Chain

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年7月1日

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  • Jasim Uddin,
  • Erhan Atay,
  • Syed Monirul Hossain,
  • Saad Md. Maroof Hossain,
  • Dennis Wajda,
  • Tauhidul Islam Tanin

摘要

This study employs Labor Process Theory (LPT) to examine how human resource (HR) practices contribute to the reproduction of inequality within the global value chains (GVCs) of Bangladesh’s garment industry. Drawing on 76 interviews across buyers, factory owners, HR personnel, workers, NGOs, unions, and government officials, this study explores how HR systems are co-opted into managerial control through audit routines, documentation rituals, and compliance practices. Findings reveal that HR functions, rather than serving as neutral mediators, often co-occur with structures of distant governance and symbolic compliance that suppress worker agency. The analysis extends LPT by demonstrating how transnational mechanisms of control travel through HR-mediated documentation and audit regimes, transforming ethical oversight into an instrument of discipline. This paper concludes with a contextualized framework for reconfiguring HR as an equity-oriented actor in GVC governance and offers practical recommendations to strengthen ethical accountability across production networks.