The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda
© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Expatriate management is a popular topic in international human resource management (IHRM) because expatriates play a critical role in a firm’s international business operations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the existing studies that...
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| author | Zhong, Yifan Zhu, C.J. Zhang, M.M. |
| author_facet | Zhong, Yifan Zhu, C.J. Zhang, M.M. |
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Purpose – Expatriate management is a popular topic in international human resource management (IHRM) because expatriates play a critical role in a firm’s international business operations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the existing studies that often examine the expatriate management of developed country multinational enterprises (MNEs), aiming to help them identify, employ, prepare and retain expatriates and address challenges these MNEs may face, while how MNEs from emerging countries manage their expatriates is understudied.
Design/methodology/approach – The knowledge of expatriate management from emerging market MNEs (EMNEs) may help us understand whether there is anything new for IHRM theory and practice. This conceptual paper aims to address this research gap by selecting China, a leading emerging economy, and reviewing the existing literature in both English and Chinese to examine the status quo of the expatriate management in Chinese MNEs to highlight challenges facing these MNEs in managing their expatriates when conducting outward foreign direct investment (FDI).
Findings – This paper aims to make theoretical contributions by generating research propositions to address an under-researched area, i.e., how EMNEs manage their expatriates and the role of their expatriates in the outward FDI.
Originality/value – No other person’s work has been used in the main text of the paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma in this or any other tertiary institution. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-825572021-07-15T05:59:31Z The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda Zhong, Yifan Zhu, C.J. Zhang, M.M. © 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Expatriate management is a popular topic in international human resource management (IHRM) because expatriates play a critical role in a firm’s international business operations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the existing studies that often examine the expatriate management of developed country multinational enterprises (MNEs), aiming to help them identify, employ, prepare and retain expatriates and address challenges these MNEs may face, while how MNEs from emerging countries manage their expatriates is understudied. Design/methodology/approach – The knowledge of expatriate management from emerging market MNEs (EMNEs) may help us understand whether there is anything new for IHRM theory and practice. This conceptual paper aims to address this research gap by selecting China, a leading emerging economy, and reviewing the existing literature in both English and Chinese to examine the status quo of the expatriate management in Chinese MNEs to highlight challenges facing these MNEs in managing their expatriates when conducting outward foreign direct investment (FDI). Findings – This paper aims to make theoretical contributions by generating research propositions to address an under-researched area, i.e., how EMNEs manage their expatriates and the role of their expatriates in the outward FDI. Originality/value – No other person’s work has been used in the main text of the paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma in this or any other tertiary institution. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82557 10.1108/JGM-12-2014-0053 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Zhong, Yifan Zhu, C.J. Zhang, M.M. The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda |
| title | The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda |
| title_full | The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda |
| title_fullStr | The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda |
| title_full_unstemmed | The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda |
| title_short | The management of Chinese MNEs’ expatriates: The current status and future research agenda |
| title_sort | management of chinese mnes’ expatriates: the current status and future research agenda |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82557 |