Multinational retailers and consumers in China : transferring organizational practices from the United Kingdom and Japan

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Multinational retailers and consumers in China : transferring organizational practices from the United Kingdom and Japan

Jos Gamble

(Consumption and public life)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-248) and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • 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

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