Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs

Using a sample of seventy-four Chinese small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), this paper explores the influence of ownership on human resource management (HRM) practices by SMEs. It concludes that enterprise ownership determines both strategic choice and the level of complexity in the application...

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Main Authors: Zheng, C., O'Neill, Grant, Morrison, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Curtin University of Technology. School of Economics and Finance 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24622
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description Using a sample of seventy-four Chinese small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), this paper explores the influence of ownership on human resource management (HRM) practices by SMEs. It concludes that enterprise ownership determines both strategic choice and the level of complexity in the application of HRM practices, which are more likely to be adopted by foreign-related and domestic, private-owned companies than by collective and state-owned enterprises.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-246222017-02-28T01:38:51Z Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs Zheng, C. O'Neill, Grant Morrison, M. Using a sample of seventy-four Chinese small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), this paper explores the influence of ownership on human resource management (HRM) practices by SMEs. It concludes that enterprise ownership determines both strategic choice and the level of complexity in the application of HRM practices, which are more likely to be adopted by foreign-related and domestic, private-owned companies than by collective and state-owned enterprises. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24622 Curtin University of Technology. School of Economics and Finance restricted
spellingShingle Zheng, C.
O'Neill, Grant
Morrison, M.
Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs
title Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs
title_full Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs
title_fullStr Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs
title_full_unstemmed Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs
title_short Ownership and strategic choice of HR methods by Chinese SMEs
title_sort ownership and strategic choice of hr methods by chinese smes
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24622