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  title info:
    title: Managing Expatriates in China
    sub title: A Language and Identity Perspective
  name:
    name part: Zhang, Ling Eleanor.
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  name:
    name part: Harzing, Anne-Wil.
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      role term: author.
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  name:
    name part: Fan, Shea Xuejiao.
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      role term: author.
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  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxk
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 225 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 'Zhang, Harzing and Fan - experts with a genuinely global background and extensive experience - tackle this important topic with an impressive array of research and practical insight. This is a groundbreaking book, essential for anyone studying expatriation in Asia, and China more specifically, and for those considering living there.' -Dr. Yvonne McNulty, Singapore University of Social Sciences, and Founder of Expat Research (expatresearch.com) 'Having researched these issues myself in China and having lived and worked for almost two decades as an expatriate academic in Chinese dominated societies, I can attest to the high relevance and authenticity of the core problem areas dealt with in this volume. And, the concluding recommendations for MNCs, expatriates and local employees are indispensable reading.' -Professor Jan Selmer, Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research Providing fresh perspectives on managing expatriates in the changing host country of China, this book investigates expatriate management from a language and identity angle. The authors' multilingual and multicultural backgrounds allow them to offer a solid view on the best practices towards managing diverse groups of expatriates, including Western, Indian, and ethnic Chinese employees. With carefully considered analysis which incorporates micro and macro perspectives, together with indigenous Chinese and Western viewpoints, this book explores topics that include the importance of the host country language, expatriate adjustment, ethnic identity confirmation, acceptance and identity. The book presents a longitudinal yet contemporary snapshot of the language, culture, and identity realities that multinational corporation subsidiary employees are facing in China in the present decade (2006-2016). It will thus be an invaluable resource for International Management scholars, those involved in HRM and other practitioners, as well as business school lect…
  table of contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Setting the Scene: Expatriates, Language and Culture in China -- 3. Host Country Language: Why It Matters, and Why Expatriates Need to Learn It -- 4. The Impact of Host Country Language Skills on Expatriate Adjustment and the Expatriate-Local Relationship -- 5. Gaining Acceptance from Local Colleagues: Evidence from Indian Expatriates in China -- 6. The Double-Edged Sword of Ethnic Similarity -- 7. Conclusion: Expatriate Language and Identity Challenges, and Recommendations for Expatriate Management. .
  note: by Ling Eleanor Zhang, Anne-Wil Harzing, Shea Xuejiao Fan.
  subject:
    topic: International business enterprises
  subject:
    topic: Manpower policy
  subject:
    topic: Diversity in the workplace
  subject:
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Culture
  subject:
    topic: International Business
  subject:
    topic: Human Resource Development
  subject:
    topic: Diversity Management/Women in Business
  subject:
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Sociology of Culture
  classification: HD62.4-62.45
  classification: 658.049
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management
  identifier: 9781137489098
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48909-8
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    record creation date: 171128
    record change date: 20191220130803.0
    record identifier: 978-1-137-48909-8