Managing Human Resources in China

This book explores the emergence of new employment practices within foreign-invested Chinese Multinational Corporations from an employee perspective.

1. Introduction: economic transition, multinational corporations (MNCs) and employment practices at workplace level in China; 2. MNCs and management space: a framework to study subsidiary HRM; 3. Doing case studies with mixed research methods; 4. Multinationals in China: an overview; 5. Household white goods manufacturing plants: targeting an emerging consumer market; 6. Synthetic fibre manufacturing plants: developing a regional production base; 7. Management learning, strategic repositioning and power struggles: dynamics in developing subsidiary HRM; 8. Conclusion.