Host country culture and language identification, and their workplace manifestations: A study on corporate expatriates in China and Japan

Peltokorpi, Vesa; Zhang, Ling Eleanor

doi:10.1016/j.intman.2022.100926

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“…Moreover, most international HRM research has examined HRM in non-Western countries like Brazil, India, and China using the Western HRM models. Peltokorpi and Zhang (2022) studied expatriates in China and Japan and used true-language identification in the two host countries. As a result, researchers suggest a new SHRM model for developing markets to identify and accommodate domestic HR systems (Jackson, 2001).…”

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Agile SHRM practices and employee-organisational outcomes during new normal: evidence from India and Thailand

Pathomphatthaphan,

Das,

Jena

2023

JOEPP

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PurposeThe purpose of the cross-cultural study is three-fold – (1) to examine the effect of agile strategic human resource management (ASHRM) practices for each stage of the employee life-cycle on employee outcomes, (2) to investigate employee outcomes – organisational outcome linkage and (3) to explore the link between organisational outcomes and shared values to society.Design/methodology/approachThe research used random sampling to select 674 managers (358 from India and 316 from Thailand) who work in food processing firms. A structured questionnaire was administered to the respondents separately for collecting data. The authors used PLS-SEM to verify the study hypotheses and related research models.FindingsThe multi-group analysis (MGA) results indicated a significant difference in agile SHRM practices, employee outcomes, organisational outcomes and shared values in the Indian and Thai samples. However, the difference in the impact of the organisational outcome on shared values to society was found to be insignificant, suggesting that organisational outcome had a similar impact on shared values in both countries.Practical implicationsThe agile strategic HR practices, especially talent acquisition, learning and development, reward and recognition, must be aligned to suit country-specific culture for improving job satisfaction, employee engagement and employee productivity, which would result in improved organisational outcomes such as profitability and customer satisfaction, ultimately enhancing shared values to society. This comparative analysis would also help the Indian and Thai food sectors develop new strategies or alter existing ones in light of the ASHRM model.Originality/valueThe study provides an innovative ASHRM framework from a cross-cultural perspective, which may help organisations to adopt agile talent acquisition, career development and separation strategies to thrive in the turbulent international business environment.

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Section: Theory and Hypothesesmentioning

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Agile SHRM practices and employee-organisational outcomes during new normal: evidence from India and Thailand

Pathomphatthaphan,

Das,

Jena

2023

JOEPP

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“…This can be perceived as the area where the bubbles are most likely to be permeated. Once this membrane is broken, the communication and interaction between the inside and outside of the bubble becomes easier and more frequent, but it depends on a shared language, and language studies (Peltokorpi and Zhang, 2022) show that in such situations native speakers have a significant power advantage.…”

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Popping the “bubble” metaphor: separation and integration of expatriate communities

Miao

Gaggiotti

Brewster

2022

JGM

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PurposeThis paper aims to discuss multiple uses of the concept of “bubble” as a metaphor to refer to different experiences of foreign working communities and suggests a more flexible and comprehensive approach.Design/methodology/approachBased on ethnographic fieldwork conducted at different locations, the authors propose changing the use of the bubble metaphor from an analogy of living in isolation to a way of conceptualising the changing contexts and characteristics that impact the porosity and permeability of communities.FindingsThe paper suggests that when using the metaphor as a concept, the following considerations need to be taken into account: (1) the conventional thinking that “expat-bubbles” are isolated places, (2) any simplistic notion that different internationally mobile workers will be less or more immersed in the local community and (3) the use of the bubble metaphor without a careful delineation and reference to its permeability and porosity.Originality/valueThe paper helps to visualise a different dimension of the traditional taken-for-granted representation of the bubble. The bubble emerges as a rich analogical concept not to explain binomial representations of integration-separation. Rather than a simple “open” or “closed”, bubbles became more or less porous and permeable depending on the experiences of foreign working communities.

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“…A polite apology is also a remedial response when the Japanese feel embarrassed [13] . Sometimes the interaction between two cultures is very strong, but fitting in Chinese and Japanese as a foreigner could still be difficult [14] . Language and culture can affect social values cognition and preference for movies [15] .…”

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Culture and social well-being value cognition, a comparative study of social preference from movie reviews

Sheng,

Shen,

Zheng

2023

Environ Soc Psychol

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Analyzing the Japanese movie reviews given by both Chinese and Japanese movie followers, this research provides empirical evidence to explore the cultural and social well-being diversified preference. The results show that cultural inspiration and social well-being have a significant influence on movie reviews and preferences. The more collectivist Chinese followers prefer starring and giving their comments to the movies. Whereas even Japanese reviewers give their review scores, but they are more uncertain to share their feelings to praise or blame the high and low-score movies. The findings reflect the culture and social value and provide considerable social policy decision-making significance to increase social well-being sustainability.

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Host country culture and language identification, and their workplace manifestations: A study on corporate expatriates in China and Japan

Cited by 12 publications

References 70 publications

Agile SHRM practices and employee-organisational outcomes during new normal: evidence from India and Thailand

Agile SHRM practices and employee-organisational outcomes during new normal: evidence from India and Thailand

Popping the “bubble” metaphor: separation and integration of expatriate communities

Culture and social well-being value cognition, a comparative study of social preference from movie reviews

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