Arbeitspapier | Working paper

All in transition: human resource management and labour relations in the Chinese industrial sector

This discussion paper is a literature study reviewing the development of human resource management in China, with a particular focus (where possible) on the automobile industry. It presents the Chinese context for HRM discussing the normative debate about the adaptation of Western management methods and the heritage of Chinese philosophy and values, and it describes the economic, cultural, and transition-specific factors which influence HRM in China. In more detail, the paper deals with work organization analyzing to which extent companies transfer Western work organization systems to China and describing Chinese concepts of teamwork and leadership. As to personal development, it deals with Chinese approaches to recruitment and career systems also describing the debate about skill formation in the Chinese industry. Wage and incentive systems in China are analyzed, and the system of employee interest representation in China and the role of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions are presented. (author's abstract)

Extent
Seite(n): 41
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Gesellschaft und wirtschaftliche Dynamik, Forschungsgruppe Globalisierung, Arbeit und Produktion (SP III 2012-302)

Subject
Wirtschaft
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen
Management
Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
China
Personalmanagement
Wertorientierung
Philosophie
kulturelles Verhalten
Bildung
Lohn
Leistungsanreiz
Arbeitsorganisation
Teamarbeit
Führung
Interessenvertretung

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Yu, Nan
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
(where)
Deutschland, Berlin
(when)
2012

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Yu, Nan
  • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Time of origin

  • 2012

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