Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia
Recent years have witnessed a phenomenal growth in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) by Chinese multinationals. In contrast to their developed country counterparts, Chinese multinationals lack experience in foreign expansion and international operation. Although there has been increasing acade...
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2014
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| author | Zhang, M. Fan, David |
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| description | Recent years have witnessed a phenomenal growth in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) by Chinese multinationals. In contrast to their developed country counterparts, Chinese multinationals lack experience in foreign expansion and international operation. Although there has been increasing academic attention placed on Chinese outward FDI, little research on expatriate skills training of Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs) has been conducted. Since the mainstream research focuses on expatriate pre-departure training rather than on learning during assignment, this study aims to bridge this gap by exploring how Chinese MNEs cope with expatriate training and skill enhancement when operating in an advanced economy such as Australia. The study utilises cross-level, in-depth interviews to analyse expatriate training in seven Chinese multinationals. Drawing on social learning theory, some patterns of Chinese expatriate skills training strategies are revealed, such as internationalisation as learning, the use of subsidiaries as a training tool, and learning as belonging. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-280502017-09-13T15:14:32Z Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia Zhang, M. Fan, David Recent years have witnessed a phenomenal growth in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) by Chinese multinationals. In contrast to their developed country counterparts, Chinese multinationals lack experience in foreign expansion and international operation. Although there has been increasing academic attention placed on Chinese outward FDI, little research on expatriate skills training of Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs) has been conducted. Since the mainstream research focuses on expatriate pre-departure training rather than on learning during assignment, this study aims to bridge this gap by exploring how Chinese MNEs cope with expatriate training and skill enhancement when operating in an advanced economy such as Australia. The study utilises cross-level, in-depth interviews to analyse expatriate training in seven Chinese multinationals. Drawing on social learning theory, some patterns of Chinese expatriate skills training strategies are revealed, such as internationalisation as learning, the use of subsidiaries as a training tool, and learning as belonging. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28050 10.1111/1744-7941.12023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. restricted |
| spellingShingle | Zhang, M. Fan, David Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia |
| title | Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia |
| title_full | Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia |
| title_short | Expatriate skills training strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Australia |
| title_sort | expatriate skills training strategies of chinese multinationals operating in australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28050 |