French multinational companies' HRM in China: strategic orientation and integration approaches

Cuiling Jiang and Dorra Yahiaoui

Asia Pacific Business Review, 2019, vol. 25, issue 1, 3-18

Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify strategic orientation and integration approaches of French companies in implementing the headquarters-based human resource management (HRM) practices in their Chinese subsidiaries. Through a study of 16 French multinationals’ HRM, our findings reveal that a majority of sample companies tend to standardize the HRM practices in their Chinese subsidiaries to a great extent. This strategic orientation is supported by a combination of specific integration approaches at the subsidiary level. The results add knowledge to international management theory and allow us to develop implications in managing employees in China.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1507283

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