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This Special Issue looks to shed more light by focussing on a specific host base for global multinational enterprises and specific International Human Resource Management issues in a local context. Japan as a case study offers an interesting perspective. From a practitioner's point of view, intercultural International Human Resource Management activities will become ever more prominent in a globalised market, and this Special issue will offer insights of considerable practical value.
List of contents
Aus dem Inhalt:
Strategic management staffing decisions among german subsidiaries in Japan - Agency concerns and resource endowment issues
Factors affecting the change of top executive nationality in MNCs' foreign affiliates in Japan
Conflict in foreign subsidiaries of Japanese and western multinational corporations - The impact of cultural distance and differences in home-host country combinations
Surfacing important but invisible issues in American companies in Japan - Process-oriented dialogue around cultural conflicts
Recruiting channels of foreign subsidiaries in Japan
Foreign or national? What factors influence the choice of foreign companies by female employees in Japan?
About the author
Dr. Ralf Bebenroth is Professor for International Business at Kobe University.
Dr. Werner Pascha is Professor for East Asia Economy/Japan and Korea at University Duisburg-Essen.
Summary
This Special Issue looks to shed more light by focussing on a specific host base for global
multinational enterprises and specific International Human Resource Management issues in a local context. Japan as a case study offers an interesting perspective. From a practitioner’s point of view, intercultural International Human Resource Management activities will become ever more prominent in a globalised market, and this Special issue will offer insights of considerable practical value.
Foreword
International Human Resource Management
