List of Figures

List of Tables

Notes on the Contributors

Affirmation of the Central Role of Human Resource Management in Asia

John B. Kidd

Xue Li

Frank-Jurgen Richter

PART I HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF ASIAN FIRMS

The Rise of a Venture Business Culture and the Changes in Human Resource Management in Japan

Philippe Debroux

Deployment of Knowledge Workers in Japanese Corporate R&D at the Turning Point Towards the Knowledge-Based Economy

Alexander Fliaster

On Human Resource Development and Human Resource Management in the Chaebols of South Korea in Response to a National Economic Crisis

Gary N. McLean

Transitions and Traditions in Chinese Family Businesses: Evidence from Hong Kong and Thailand

Roger Pyatt

Neal M. Ashkanasy

Rick Tamaschke

Trevor Grigg

Thai Business Culture: Hierarchy and Groups, Initiative and Motivation

Niti Dubey-Villinger

Career Planning and Development of Managers in Thailand

Vinda Chainuvati

Cherlyn S. Granrose

Training in Thailand: Trends and Cases from the Service Industries

Niti Dubey-Villinger

The Future of China's Human Resource Management in its Asia-Pacific Context: A Critical Perspective

Malcolm Warner

PART II HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN FIRMS IN CHINA

Cross-Cultural Human Resource Strategies in China and India

Brij N. Kumar

Birgit Ensslinger

Susanne Esslinger

Human Resource Development for Localization: European Multinational Corporations in China

Verner Worm

Jan Selmer

Corinna T. de Leon

Management of Human Resources in Joint Ventures in China

Brigitte Charles-Pauvers

Culture and BrainStyles®™: New Alternatives for Human Resource Strategies to Develop Chinese-Western Cooperation

Dieter Albrecht

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