Managing talent across advanced and emerging economies: HR issues and challenges in a Sino-German strategic collaboration
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University of Chester, University of Birmingham; University of Southampton;Publication Date
2015-10-19
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The HR practices involved in global talent management continue to advance and evolve. A majority of talent management commentary is from multinational corporation (MNC) perspectives. However, the less commented small-to-medium sized enterprise (SME) also confronts challenges grounded in economic (i.e. resources, finance), organisational (i.e. size, scope and structure) and consequent behavioral rationales (i.e. mindsets and stances). This paper establishes and examines a number of propositions which consider how these factors impact on an advanced economy SME’s talent management in emerging economy collaborations. An interpretive qualitative methodology is employed using interviews conducted within two cases – SME and an MNC comparator case. The SME case is used as the driving force of the paper and its theoretical focus and findings. The MNC is used to develop issues as a comparator case. The findings show SME economic and organisational drivers producing behavioral dynamics in relation to mimesis of planned actions yet informal serendipitous responses in reality; a predilection for the proximate and familiar; design configurations of short-term expatriate visits and inpatriates; cumulating in on-going inpatriate acculturisation and re-acculturation oscillation. Consequently, the implication is that the SME needs a HR practices encompassing resignation to the situation, flexibility and resilience in order to survive and progress.Citation
Stokes, P., Liu, Y., Smith, S., Leidner, S., Moore, N., & Rowland, C. (2015). Managing talent across advanced and emerging economies: HR issues and challenges in a Sino-German strategic collaboration. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(20), 2310-2338. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1074090Publisher
Taylor and FrancisAdditional Links
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2015.1074090Type
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Human Resource Management on 19/10/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2015.1074090.ISSN
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10.1080/09585192.2015.1074090
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