Traditional Chinese Thinking on HRM Practices - Heritage and Transformation in China

Suggests important ramifications for both Western and Eastern Human Resources Practices and is the first research of its kind to empirically investigate the effect of Chinese core values, which originated from Chinese traditional thinking, on HRM practices in China.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Western HRM and HRM in China 3. Philosophical Underpinnings of HRM Theory 4. Re-examining Traditional Chinese Thinking 5. Chinese traditional values-implication for HRM in China 6. Research findings and analyses 209 7. Conclusion

About the author

Li Yuan is a lecturer of Philosophy of Management in the School of Philosophy at the Renmin University of China, China. She received her PhD in Management from the University of Aberdeen, UK, in 2011. She received both her Masters and Bachelors in Philosophy from Beijing Normal University, China. Her research interests include Human Resource Management (HRM), comparison of East-West thinking, the impact of contrasting East-West thinking on HRM practices, philosophy of management, and leadership ethics.

Summary

Suggests important ramifications for both Western and Eastern Human Resources Practices and is the first research of its kind to empirically investigate the effect of Chinese core values, which originated from Chinese traditional thinking, on HRM practices in China.

Product details

• Authors: L Yuan, L. Yuan
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349454402
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45440-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 370 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 264 p.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management; Palgrave Studies in Chinese Ma; Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Management, B, Human Resource Management, Economics, International business, International Economics, Management & management techniques, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel Management, Management science, Asia—Economic conditions, Asian Economics, International business enterprises, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, China;HRM;human resources;Import