Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of recruitment and retention practices in the criminal family firm and to provide theoretical explanation for the coercive nature of such practices.

Design/methodology/approach

The case study methodology uses 18 semi-structured interviews, court transcripts and press reports to investigate a landmark case of modern slavery in the UK.

Findings

The findings tentatively suggest that the trusting relationships typical of the legitimate family firm employers are replicated in a criminal business.

Research limitations/implications

The theoretical implications of the paper are that Bourdieu's concepts of symbolic violence and misrecognition can be used to explain the process of worker exploitation in the family firm. Such psychological tools of domination maintain power in a situation of forced labour and blur the boundaries between employer/offender and worker/victim. From the perspective of understanding forced labour, Bourdieu's concept of misrecognition provides a theoretical framework for understanding the “stickiness” of exploitative workplace practices.

Practical implications

The article suggests a non-economic explanation of why individuals choose to remain in poorly paid and exploitative labour, which will be of use to regulatory and enforcement bodies, seeking to understand the psychological and structural drivers of forced labour.

Originality/value

Despite press interest in modern slavery in family firms, such cases have been rarely analysed in family firm literature. The paper contributes to the limited explorations of criminality in family firm businesses.

中文翻译：

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犯罪家族企业中的现代奴役：招聘和留用实践中的误认和象征性暴力

目的

本文旨在探讨犯罪家族企业招聘和留用行为的性质，并为此类行为的强制性质提供理论解释。

设计/方法/方法

案例研究方法使用 18 次半结构化访谈、法庭记录和新闻报道来调查英国现代奴隶制的具有里程碑意义的案例。

发现

研究结果初步表明，合法家族企业雇主典型的信任关系在犯罪业务中得到了复制。

研究限制/影响

该论文的理论意义在于，布迪厄的象征性暴力和误认概念可以用来解释家族企业中工人剥削的过程。这种支配的心理工具在强迫劳动的情况下保持权力，并模糊了雇主/罪犯和工人/受害者之间的界限。从理解强迫劳动的角度来看，布迪厄的误认概念为理解剥削性工作场所实践的“粘性”提供了理论框架。

实际影响

文章提出了一个非经济解释，解释为什么个人选择继续从事低薪和剥削性劳动，这将有助于监管和执法机构了解强迫劳动的心理和结构驱动因素。

原创性/价值

尽管媒体对家族企业中的现代奴隶制感兴趣，但家族企业文献中很少分析此类案例。该论文有助于对家族企业中的犯罪行为进行有限的探索。