Assembly Line Work Case Study

Scholars like Berkelaar(2012)thinks that punishment can prevent employees from loaf on the job. It is a great way to monitor the behavior of employees. In addition, Foxconn's goal is to realize the profit maximization, which means that overworking and behaving like a robot are a good method to increase the efficiency and output.

Nevertheless，whether a company can obtain long-term development should be pay more attention. Placed Foxconn into today's greater economic and social environment, China has experienced an important economic and social change, it will also affect people's expectations and meaning of work. For previous generations of employees of Foxconn, almost all jobs have been viewed as equal and noble. Therefore, assembly line work for them in Foxconn is a job of which makes them proud because they can realize the family sense of responsibility and they can support their family members. However, Chinese economic and cultural environment has changed. According to Buzzanell(2010), he claims that today's younger generation accounts for 85 percent of migrant workers, which means that a new culture in companies may generate because of the influence of rapid industrial growth, western consumerism and
Foxconn's internal tough-guy, macho culture made the migrant workers overwork. And internal militarized model of management and monitoring system make employees have no freedom. In addition, indignity is normal for employees. Therefore, the gap between the ideal and the reality will hinder the realization of self-value of employees, all of those will affect the employees' dignity, because they want to seek a fantastic job which will give them a sense of honor. Hence, dignity plays an important role in organization culture, which can improve the sense of responsibility for working for Foxconn. Therefore，dignity and self-value plays an significant role in doing a better