Managing Human Resources in China
The View from Inside Multinationals
Published on 10. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-107-42494-4 (ISBN)
Description
China is undergoing a dramatic transition from the old to the new as the country integrates into global product and labour markets. Managing Human Resources in China examines the emergence of new and hybrid forms of employment practices within Chinese Multinational Corporations (MNCs) from the perspective of local stakeholders. These include managers, workers and government officials, who take part in strategic planning and policy implementation whilst coping with the pressure of an ever-changing environment. Working in and observing four foreign-invested manufacturing plants located in one of China's new industrial clusters, Yu Zheng offers a fresh perspective on the management of MNCs. The voices of employees have not been heard before, yet they are the critical actors in China's transformation through foreign direct investment. This book explores the pains and gains, achievements and setbacks of managing the Chinese workforce, which is ever pragmatic, increasingly assertive and constantly evolving.
Reviews / Votes
'Yu Zheng has done a great job of providing us with a great deal of new information about managing human resources in China. She did an exhaustive investigation into human resource management policies and practices of several multinational companies operating successfully in China. Because many of these companies are Japanese, this helps make the book a special contribution to the field ... should be well-received.' Randall S. Schuler, Distinguished Professor, Strategic International Human Resource Management, Rutgers UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
11 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-42494-4 (9781107424944)
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Person
Yu Zheng is a Lecturer in Asian Business and International Human Resource Management at the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research interests are in international human resource management, cross-country transfer of management practices and comparative employment relations. She is currently a member of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association.
Content
1. Introduction: economic transition, multinational corporations (MNCs) and employment practices at workplace level in China; 2. MNCs and management space: a framework to study subsidiary HRM; 3. Doing case studies with mixed research methods; 4. Multinationals in China: an overview; 5. Household white goods manufacturing plants: targeting an emerging consumer market; 6. Synthetic fibre manufacturing plants: developing a regional production base; 7. Management learning, strategic repositioning and power struggles: dynamics in developing subsidiary HRM; 8. Conclusion.