Multinational Retailers and Consumers in China

Transferring Organizational Practices from the United Kingdom and Japan

AvJ. Gamble

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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This book investigates the transfer of parent country organizational practices by the retailers to their Chinese subsidiaries, providing insights into employment relations in multinational retail firms and changing labour-management systems in China, as well as their impact on consumer culture.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-07-12
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Consumption and Public Life
Antal sidor:257
Upplaga:2011
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349361052

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QIHAI HUANG is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University Management School, UK.

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"Existing reasearch tends to focus on the manufactiuring sector more than any other, and this is especially true in the case of emerging economies. This book by Gamble makes a significant effort to fill this gap with the strengths of both unique method and new findings" - Social Science Japan Journal

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List of Tables List of Images Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction China's Retail Sector in Context Transferring Human Resource Practices from the United Kingdom to China; with Q.Huang Shopfloor Perceptions of Employment Practices at UK-Store in China Transferring Organizational Practices: A Diachronic Perspective from China Transferring Organizational Practices and the Dynamics of Hybridization: Japanese Retail Multinationals in China Multinational Retailers in China: Proliferating 'MCJobs' or Developing Skills? One Store, Two Employment Systems: Core, Periphery and Flexibility in China's Retail Sector; with Q.Huang The Rhetoric of the Consumer and Customer Control in China Concluding Comments