List of figures ................................................ vi
List of tables ................................................ vii
Preface ........................................................ ix
Acknowledgements ............................................... xi
1 Introduction: economic transition, multinational
corporations and employment practices at workplace level
in China ..................................................... 1
2 MNCs and management space: a framework to study subsidiary
HRM ......................................................... 17
3 Doing case studies with mixed research methods .............. 51
4 Multinationals in China: an overview ........................ 75
5 Household white goods manufacturing plants: targeting an
emerging consumer market ................................... 104
6 Synthetic fibre manufacturing plants: developing
a regional production base ................................. 148
7 Management learning, strategic repositioning and power
struggles: dynamics in developing subsidiary HRM ........... 193
8 Conclusion ................................................. 236
Bibliography .................................................. 253
Index ......................................................... 280
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