Sustainable human resource management in China: a study of a German multinational corporation

Marjaana Rehu, Edward J. Lusk and Birgitta Wolff

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2006, vol. 2, issue 1/2, 57-72

Abstract: We propose three building blocks of sustainability regarding human resource management: 1. attracting employees; 2. managing their needs; 3. encouraging the workforce to put forth effort by creating motivating incentives. These fundamental aspects of sustainability are examined in the context of a German multinational corporation that has established an operating facility in the People's Republic of China. Based upon a questionnaire, we find that information on: 1. the importance of work-related goals; 2. individual preferences for particular management styles; 3. performance-reward rankings may be usefully employed to organise these building blocks of sustainability considering the different institutional frameworks.

Keywords: institutional framework; China; Germany; work-related goals; performance rewards; management style; multinational corporations; HRM; human resources management; sustainability; sustainable development; organisational policy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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