本文探討台商在越南的管理實務,如何與他們對于越南的論述結合在一起?其管理下的越南工人,在何種社會空間中,與優勢者進行抗爭?本研究發現,透過「沒有歷史的他者」「低劣的他者」「女性化的他者」,台商可以合理化其「雄性的管理方式」,以威權的方式來進行勞動控制。但是這樣的「帝國情景」卻不是全貌,在監督者視角不及的空間,或者支配者所合法賦予的工具,都可以成為越南工人進行抵抗的空間、手段、策略,我們將這些抵抗的手段分為四類:竊竊私語、游擊式刁術、霸權門爭與火線抗爭。本文認為,在一個殖民的空間中,支配與抵抗的活動同時在進行,台商的工廠管理所碰到的問題,必須從更廣泛的政治社會過程來理解。
This paper explores how Taiwanese businesspeople produce discourse on Vietnam, the effect of such discourse on their business practices, and the strategies that the Vietnamese workers employ to resist the domination. By the way of naturalizing, inferiorizing, and feminizing Vietnam, Taiwanese businesspeople can rationalize their adoption of masculine management practices. However, in space that the dominants cannot monitor, Vietnamese workers develop different strategies, including gossiping, guerrilla dismantling rules, fire line confrontation and hegemonic struggle, to resist panoramic control.