| Managing Expatriates of Chinese Multinationals: Toward an Institutional Work Perspective |
Received:October 15, 2017 Revised:October 15, 2017 |
Key Words: global work, institutional work, Chinese MNEs, expatriates, international HRM |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Di Fan* | Curtin University | | Yiyi Su | Tongji University | | Fang Lee Cooke | Monash University |
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| This paper proposes that institutions in host and home countries jointly determine expatriate management in Chinese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs); meanwhile, global work undertaken by expatriates in Chinese MNEs dynamically shapes home and host institutions. Drawing from the institutional work perspective, this study identifies six forms of global work – boundary work, cultural work, identity work, practice work, strategy work and value work – to investigate the mechanism that underpins the institution work and expatriate management. This paper further examines the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in strategically managing expatriates and their assignments in a dynamic context. Demystifying global work in Chinese MNEs is illustrated through two qualitative case studies: a cross-case comparison study and a single-case longitudinal study. The paper outlines general directions for future study on global work in the international business context. |
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