Human resources in Sino-foreign joint ventures: selected case studies in Shanghai, compared with Beijing

Managing human resources across cultures: a comparative analysis of practices in industrial enterprises in China and The Netherlands

“…It may well be the case that in those joint ventures the foreign pariner only invested money in the former wholly Chinese enterprise instead of starting up an entirely new company with foreign management and production methods. Unfortunately, there are no data to corroborate this assertion, but joint ventures without foreign management are not uncommon in China (Goodall and Wamer, 1997). However, on the basis of our data we cannot prove that joint ventures differ from stateowned enterprises.…”

Explaining the human resource management preferences of employees: a study of Chinese workers

“…However, there is also some evidence that many traditional practices, such as lifetime or long term employment, group-based bonuses, comprehensive welfare package and seniority-based pay have been retained (Easterby-Smith et al, 1995;Goodall and Warner, 1997;Hassard et al, 2004;Walsh and Zhu, 2007). There is a tendency to minimize the pay gap between employees of the same grade, especially in SOEs.…”

The transfer of organizational practices: a diachronic perspective from China

“…In China, it has often been observed that 'traditional' HRM policies and practices differ substantially from those used in Western countries (Ding, Fields and Akhtar 1997;Goodall and Warner 1997), and that transferring Western practices to China is likely to be problematic (Björkman and Fan 2002;Zhu 2005). In the transitional economy of Poland, too, French food retailers found it difficult to transfer their managerial practices (Hurt and Hurt 2005).…”

“…In the Chinese context, several studies indicate factors that constrain change over time (Francis 1996;Goodall and Warner 1997;Warner 1999). Francis (1996) reports that aspects of the danwei (work unit) system's institutional legacy, such as provision of employees housing and medical care, are reproduced in non-state high-tech firms.…”