The International Journal of Human Resource Management · 2000 · 161 citations · 18 references
East Asian StudiesInternational Human Resource Management'Iron Rice-bowlEducationEntrepreneurshipHuman Resource ManagementIndustrial OrganizationEnterprise ReformsManagementState-owned EnterprisesComparative ManagementManagerial CapabilityInternational BusinessHuman Resource DevelopmentChinese PoliticsEconomicsStrategic ManagementChinese CultureIndustrial DevelopmentChinese State-owned EnterprisesBusinessBusiness Strategy
This study examines the degree to which enterprise reforms in the PRC have affected human resource management practices over the 1990s. A comparison is made between state-owned enterprises and joint venture firms, involving a national sample of sixty-two companies ranging from those in the North to those in the South. Our main findings show how organizational inertia has obstructed the change of the mind-sets associated with the 'iron rice-bowl' that characterized Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) before economic reform. The main conclusions of the research point to ownership, location and size of the firm as the main factors affecting the evolution of HRM in Chinese enterprises.
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Management in China during the Age of Reform
Oded Shenkar, John Child · Academy of Management Review · 1996 · 508 citations