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Managing people in China: perceptions of expatriate managers

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  • Sergeant, Andrew
  • Frenkel, Stephen

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Foreign direct investment has boomed in China and East Asia more generally over the past decade. This has been accompanied by an influx of expatriate managers with responsibility for managing joint ventures and subsidiaries. The paper reviews the relevant literature and draws on interviews with expatriate managers with extensive experience in China, and some other East Asian countries, to identify key human resource management issues and ways in which these were handled. The paper discusses the importance of individual learning and the application of knowledge of cultural differences to managing foreign invested enterprises. We argue that organizations could significantly enhance future expatriate managerial effectiveness by systematically building, updating and disseminating knowledge based on the experience of expatriate managers.

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  • Sergeant, Andrew & Frenkel, Stephen, 1998. "Managing people in China: perceptions of expatriate managers," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 17-34.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:worbus:v:33:y:1998:i:1:p:17-34
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    1. Jing Yang & Frank Tipton & Jiatao Li, 2011. "A review of foreign business management in China," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 28(3), pages 627-659, September.
    2. Selmer, Jan, 2002. "The Chinese connection? Adjustment of Western vs. overseas Chinese expatriate managers in China," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 41-50, January.
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    5. Gamble, Jos, 2006. "Introducing Western-style HRM practices to China: Shopfloor perceptions in a British multinational," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 328-343, December.
    6. Tsang, Eric W. K., 1999. "The knowledge transfer and learning aspects of international HRM: an empirical study of Singapore MNCs," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 8(5-6), pages 591-609, October.
    7. Kostova, Tatiana & Marano, Valentina & Tallman, Stephen, 2016. "Headquarters–subsidiary relationships in MNCs: Fifty years of evolving research," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 176-184.
    8. Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki & Reilly, Catherine & Shen, Jian-Guang, . "The Long March to Asia. Investing in Asia After the Crisis," ETLA B, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, number 155.

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