Multinational Retailers and Consumers in China: Transferring Organizational Practices from the United...

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J. Gamble

Multinational Retailers and Consumers in China

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Transferring Organizational Practices from the United Kingdom and Japan

J. Gamble

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Palgrave Macmillan
15 August 2011

Globalization; Consumerism; Sociology: work & labour

Series: Consumption and Public Life

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.

By: J. Gamble
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780230545526
ISBN 10: 0230545521
Series: Consumption and Public Life
Pages: 257
Publication Date: 15 August 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

QIHAI HUANG is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University Management School, UK.

Reviews for Multinational Retailers and Consumers in China: Transferring Organizational Practices from the United Kingdom and Japan

Existing reasearch tends to focus on the manufactiuring sector more than any other, and this is especially true in the case of emerging economies. This book by Gamble makes a significant effort to fill this gap with the strengths of both unique method and new findings - Social Science Japan Journal