An examination of data on human resources and methods for measuring them that contrasts human resource management in the West and China

Abstract

This article will utilize the growth of HRM in China as a research study to better understand the dynamic nature of convergence, divergence, and contextualization in HRM. It asserts that Chinese techniques of managing people have diverged from or converged with Western or majority concepts and practices in a variety of institutional contexts and historical eras. Alongside this intellectual plot, human resource management in contemporary China is analyzed to show how Eastern European and Western forms of personnel administration and scientific management have influenced local management practices. To ascertain the effect of HRM on corporate performance, this study studies Chinese-Western joint ventures and completely owned subsidiaries across the People's Republic of China. It has been shown that employing an "elevated" HRM system and integrating HRM with business strategy have a positive effect on a company's bottom line.