Research on Overseas Employment Management of Chinese Textile Enterprises from the Perspective of Multi-Country Labor Laws

Abstract

Against the backdrop of global value chain restructuring and diminishing domestic cost advantages, Chinese textile enterprises have accelerated their overseas expansion but face severe challenges in labor law compliance. Integrating institutional theory and cross-cultural management theory, this study constructs a three-dimensional analytical framework of “regulation-norm-cognitive culture” and selects typical cases in Ethiopia, Thailand, and Germany to systematically analyze the institutional distance, union pressure, and cultural conflicts encountered in overseas labor management. The study finds that successful enterprises achieve a transition from passive compliance to proactive governance through a systematic adaptation path of "compliance front-loading, institutional transplantation, cross-cultural integration, and dynamic monitoring." This paper provides a theoretical perspective and practical pathways for the overseas compliance management of textile enterprises.