Expatriates in China
Subtitle: experiences, opportunities and challenges
By: Ilaria Boncori
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hooundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781137293466
Subjects: Aliens; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture
Description: "The number of Western expatriates in China has grown exponentially over the past three decades, and their ability to manage cross-cultural relations has become increasingly crucial: to date, China ranks second amongst the international destinations for expatriation, occupying the top position in terms of challenges faced by expatriates and failure of assignments.  Expatriates in China, aimed at both scholars and business professionals, draws from academic literature and explores the world of Western expatriates in the Chinese business context through the author's first-hand experience as an expatriate in conjunction with testimonials from interviewees. This study analyses numerous factors that can affect Western expatriates and their performance in China from the selection stage until after repatriation: pre-arrival linguistic and cultural training, expatriate recruitment and selection, culture shock, matters of international human resources management, expatriate identity issues, work practices, understanding 'the Chinese way' and the effective management of expatriate repatriation.  "--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: OVERVIEW; title: 1. Introduction to International Business in China; title: PART II: BEFORE CHINA; title: 2. A Good Beginning is Halfway to Success; title: 3. Pre-departure Knowledge; title: 4. Recruitment and Preparation; title: PART III: IN CHINA; title: 5. When in China do as the Chinese do; title: 6. Expatriates in the Middle Kingdom; title: 7. Expatriate Adjustment; title: 8. No place like Home; title: PART IV: AFTER CHINA; title: 9. Returning Expatriates; title: 10. Repatriation Adjustment; title: PART V: CONCLUSIONS; title: 11. Contributions, Considerations and Reflections.