Talent management in German multinational firms in China: the role of headquarters-subsidiary relations

Natalie Koeppe, Akram Al Ariss, Fang Lee Cooke and Lynn Chahine ()
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Natalie Koeppe: TSM - Toulouse School of Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse
Akram Al Ariss: TBS - Toulouse Business School
Fang Lee Cooke: Monash Business School, Monash University
Lynn Chahine: TSM - Toulouse School of Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse

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Abstract: Despite the bourgeoning interest in talent management (TM) in the last two decades, limited research has been carried out to understand the diffusion of TM strategies and practices from home-country headquarters to their subsidiaries in host countries. Furthermore, extant firm-level research on TM tends to neglect the role of the macro-level context, particularly in emerging economies where talent shortage is acute and their institutional distance is large, with headquarters in developed countries. This study fills these knowledge gaps by exploring the TM of German multinational corporations (MNCs) and their subsidiaries in China. Drawing on qualitative data collected from 42 semi-structured interviews with senior managers, human resource professionals, and operations managers from six German MNCs and their subsidiaries in China, the study uncovers headquarters-subsidiary relations. We identify a portfolio of what we refer to as ‘institutional shapers' and develop a model for future research. This study contributes to extant knowledge by contextualizing multi-level TM shapers from an institutional cultural perspective, supported by cross-country empirical data based on informant triangulation.

Keywords: Talent management; MNCs; Institutional context; Headquarter-subsidiary relationships; Germany; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-01-19
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Published in International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2023, 35 (2), pp.284-308. ⟨10.1080/09585192.2023.2237867⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2023.2237867

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