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An exploration of the HRM values of Chinese managers working in Western multinational enterprises in China: implications for HR practice
- Source :
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 25:1529-1546
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- This paper qualitatively explores the nature of human resource management (HRM) values of local Chinese managers working in Western-based multinational enterprises in China and also considers how these values are associated with preferences for HR practices. The study involves the use of repertory grid interviews with 36 local Chinese managers. The study shows that interviewees reflected a high level of assimilation and internalization of many Western HRM values. Interviewees also retained many traditional Chinese values, thus highlighting the role of institutional and cultural forces on HRM. However, among these local managers, there was clear decline in some traditional Chinese values, such as ‘harmony’ and ‘virtue’. A further interesting finding was the co-existence of paradoxical values of collectivism and individualism among the managers. Analyses of repertory grid data and interview comments also highlight that preferences for HR practices is associated with these underlying HRM values.
- Subjects :
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Harmony (color)
business.industry
Strategy and Management
Best practice
Collectivism
Accounting
Individualism
Multinational corporation
Management of Technology and Innovation
Human resource management
Industrial relations
Repertory grid
Sociology
Business and International Management
Marketing
China
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14664399 and 09585192
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5ebad68cd45d9c20dd07d52500d9c035