Expatriate Manager's Adaption and Knowledge Acquisition
Personal Development in Multi-National Companies in China
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2015
VIII, 252 pages
978-981-10-0053-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book is among the first to theoretically and empirically examine what and how Western expatriate managers learn and develop from their international assignments in China. The book draws on literature associated with expatriate studies, experiential learning theory, and knowledge acquisition to develop an expatriate learning process model. Following on from this, the study then examines expatriate learning outcomes from four perspectives: learning style transition, adaptive flexibility, global mind-sets and managerial tacit knowledge. It enhances understanding of the cultural differences between Western countries and China as well as the kinds of learning strategies successful expatriates adopt in order to quickly adapt to intercultural business contexts. This book will appeal to international business practitioners and research fellows who are interested in international human resource management.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
Springer Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
VIII, 252 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color.
File size
3,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-981-10-0053-9 (9789811000539)
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-0053-9
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Yan Li
Expatriate Manager's Adaption and Knowledge Acquisition
Personal Development in Multi-National Companies in China
Book
11/2015
Springer
€106.99
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Person
Yan Li is an assistant professor at School of Management, Xiamen University, China. She received her PhD. from the University of Hull. Her research interests are international human resource management, management education and emerging economies.
Content
Introduction.- Research conceptual framework.- Research Design and Methodology.- Data Analysis: Structure Equation Modeling (SEM).- Results: Western expatriate managers.- Results: Chinese managers.- Discussion and Conclusion.
