ISBN:
9781139844796
,
9781107013551
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 287 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Zheng, Yu Managing human resources in China
DDC:
658.300951
Keywords:
Multinationales Unternehmen
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Personalmanagement
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China
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International business enterprises Personnel management
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China
;
Personnel management China
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Electronic books
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International business enterprises -- China -- Personnel management
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Personnel management -- China
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International business enterprises ; China ; Personnel management
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Personnel management ; China
;
Electronic books
;
Personnel management
;
China
;
International business enterprises
;
China
;
Personnel management
;
Electronic books
;
China
;
Personalpolitik
;
Multinationales Unternehmen
Abstract:
Introduction: economic transition, multinational corporations (MNCs) and employment practices at workplace level in China -- MNCs and management space: a framework to study subsidiary HRM -- Doing case studies with mixed research methods -- Multinationals in China: an overview -- Household white goods manufacturing plants: targeting an emerging consumer market -- Synthetic fibre manufacturing plants: developing a regional production base -- Management learning, strategic repositioning and power struggles: dynamics in developing subsidiary HRM -- Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Managing Human Resources in China; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Employment practices of MNCs in China; 1.2 Analysing MNCs' subsidiary management in China: an actor-centred approach; 1.3 Studying subsidiary management using ethnographic methods; 1.4 Outline of the book; 2 MNCs and management space; 2.1 Subsidiary HRM top-down: the headquarters-centred approach in studying IHRM; 2.1.1 Convergence, divergence and cross-vergence pressures on subsidiary management; 2.1.2 "Best practice", but whose?
Description / Table of Contents:
2.1.3 Best fit or functional equivalence?Goals and concerns of internationalization; Goals and concerns of internationalization; The contingency approach; The contingency approach; Stage of internationalization; Headquarters' international orientation; Stage of internationalization; Headquarters' international orientation; Stage of internationalization; Headquarters' international orientation; Stage of internationalization; Headquarters' international orientation; Country-of-origin effects/ownership; Country-of-origin effects/ownership; Country-of-origin effects/ownership
Description / Table of Contents:
Country-of-origin effects/ownershipHost-country effects/locality; Host-country effects/locality; Host-country effects/locality; Host-country effects/locality; The logic of global integration and local responsiveness; The logic of global integration and local responsiveness; The logic of global integration and local responsiveness; The logic of global integration and local responsiveness; Industry sector and production strategies; Industry sector and production strategies; Industry sector and production strategies; Industry sector and production strategies
Description / Table of Contents:
Integrative frameworks of studying international human resource managementIntegrative frameworks of studying international human resource management; Integrative frameworks of studying international human resource management; Integrative frameworks of studying international human resource management; Strategic choice and functional equivalence; Strategic choice and functional equivalence; 2.2 Reflection on the IHRM frameworks: the headquarters-centred approach and its limitations; 2.3 Developing an actor-centred approach to studying subsidiary HRM
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3.1 Managers' choice: power struggles, strategy enactment and management learning2.3.2 Subsidiary managers as informed and constrained actors; 2.4 Key learning points; 3 Doing case studies with mixed research methods; 3.1 Quantitative vs. qualitative approaches; 3.1.1 Multiple case study with a mixture of qualitative research methods: exploring a contextual and longitudinal process of su; 3.1.2 Sampling strategy: using quantitative data for case selection; 3.2 The research design: constructing validity; 3.3 The research design: constructing reliability; 3.4 Data collection
Description / Table of Contents:
3.5 Key learning points
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
