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An exploration of the staffing choices, recruitment, skills shortages and retention issues of Australian based multinational corporations in China

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posted on 2009-01-01, 00:00 authored by Jane Menzies
The purpose of this paper is to explore the staffing choices, recruitment, skills shortages and retention issues that Australian based multinational corporations (MNCs) in China face. A qualitative research methodology was utilised, where 20 case study organisations were investigated. The firms investigated were all Australian owned and headquartered, and utilised Foreign Direct Investment and Joint Venture modes. It was found that Australian MNCs used an ethnocentric staffing model; they had issues with recruiting willing expatriate staff, and difficulties in finding skilled, qualified local nationals. They experienced significant skills shortages problems, and also reported retention issues. A number of strategies to improve these issues were articulated throughout the paper.

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Event

International Human Resource Management Conference (10th : 2009 : Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Pagination

1 - 15

Publisher

NM State University

Location

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Place of publication

Santa Fe, N. M.

Start date

2009-06-21

End date

2009-06-24

ISBN-13

9781615842124

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2009, IHRM

Editor/Contributor(s)

W Scroggins, C Gomez, P Benson, R Oliver, M Turner

Title of proceedings

IHRM 2009 : Celebrate the tapestry diversity in the modern global organization : Proceedings of the 10th International Human Resource Management Conference

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