“外派”模式下的跨国公司人力资源风险研究

在全球化发展的新趋势下,跨国公司人力资源管理面临新的挑战。分析了"外派"模式下人力资源管理的特点和内容,对相关学者关于"外派"的研究进行了总结,重新界定了"外派失败"的概念,明确指出"外派"模式下跨国公司人力资源风险产生的结果包括外派失败和人才流失。结合跨国公司人力资源管理的流程,从产生过程、管理性质和结果等方面对人力资源风险进行了分类。从跨文化管理和人力资源管理的角度分析了跨国公司人力资源风险的成因。     

The Reception and Sources of Berenice Abbott's Paris Portrait Style, 1925–1929

This study focuses on the photographs that first brought Berenice Abbott critical acclaim: her Paris portraits from the late 1920s. As a body of work, these images – along with what Abbott had to say about them and the critical attention they generated at the time – provide a rich resource for the study of three interconnected topics: the avant-garde critical climate of Europe in the late 1920s, the American expatriate experience in Paris during this same time and Abbott's nascent photographic values and aesthetic, which helped to inform not only her portraits but also her later, better-known photographs of New York City. The paper first defines the divergent critical responses to Abbott's portrait work in the late 1920s – focusing especially on the published criticism by Florent Fels and Pierre Mac Orlan that helped to secure Abbott's international reputation as a leading modern photographer. It then turns to Abbott's expatriate experience in order to examine the ideas and individuals that she identified as most important to her photographic practice. Specifically the paper explains Abbott's desire to create an alternative approach to photography from the one used by Man Ray, her awareness of the classical style associated with Pablo Picasso and her admiration for the aesthetic theories of Leo Stein.     

You can take it with you: Individual differences and expatriate effectiveness.

The authors report the collaborative efforts of 2 research teams that independently investigated the effects of stable personality traits (the Big Five) and specific behavioral competencies (cultural flexibility, task and people orientations, and ethnocentrism) on key dimensions of expatriate effectiveness: psychological adjustment, assignment withdrawal cognitions, and job performance. Analyses of multiple-source and longitudinal data from 3 studies, including a diverse sample of expatriates in Hong Kong and separate samples of Korean and Japanese expatriates posted around the world, indicate several direct effects of individual differences. Further data show reliable distinctions between the traits and competencies as well as incremental prediction by either set of predictors in the presence of the others. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The shaping of early Hong Kong: transplantation and adaptation by the British professionals, 1841–1941

Britain's colonial cities benefitted greatly from town planning practices that originated in the mother country. Hong Kong, one of many British colonial cities, grew from a small fishing village to an international metropolis. Urban development in the colony from 1841 to 1941 was continuous and systematic but ended abruptly with the Japanese invasion in World War II. The period was marked by rapid urban growth which brought with it many problems for the colonial management. This paper reviews the urban history of Hong Kong over the 100-year period from 1841 and explores the development motives of the colonial administration. The colonial government appointed British professionals for specialized roles and their services were apparent in significant milestones in the city's town planning and construction. The paper highlights the contributions of a few significant personnel: A.T. Gordon, C.G. Cleverly, Osbert Chadwick, David J. Owen and Wilfred H. Owen. By describing the works of these British colonial professionals, the authors hope to illustrate their impact on the development of Hong Kong, linking history to the present and filling gaps in the study of Hong Kong's early town planning. Both archive research and on-site study were employed in the preparation of this paper which is expected to complement other studies of colonial city planning in Asia and Africa.     

近代台山侨墟的集镇化演变研究

墟市是岭南地区城镇发展中的一种独特的城市化现象。明清逐步发展起来的墟市,带动了岭南近代城乡集镇化的发展。本文在粤中台山墟市田野调查的基础上,分析在华侨力量推动下的台山近代墟市的发展,及其集镇化演变的过程。并通过侨墟的这一独特案例的研究,探究作为岭南侨乡文化代表的台山及其近代城镇格局在近代岭南城乡形成与发展中的基层价值。     

Management practices for on-site consultants: Lessons learned from the expatriate experience.

Over the past decade, research on two specific types of nontraditional work arrangements, expatriate employees and consultants, has increased. However, despite the plethora of research exploring the key factors associated with effective expatriation, few links have been made between the similarities in job attributes and experiences of consultants and expatriates. This article reviews the similarities between consultants and expatriates, including issues related to selection, socialization, learning orientation, role definition, family adjustment, career development, and repatriation. An examination of the management practices related to each of the key dimensions of expatriate assignments is made and lessons for consultants are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The role of goal orientation during expatriation: A cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation.

Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from expatriates in China, the authors investigated the roles of general, work, and interaction adjustment, as well as work stress, as mediators between the antecedents (learning, proving, and avoiding goal orientations, and perceived organizational support) and expatriate outcome (job performance and premature return intention) relationships. Results indicated that goal orientations toward overseas assignments had differential relationships with expatriate job performance and premature return intention. In addition, it was found that these relationships were partially mediated by expatriate adjustment facets. Implications for expatriate adjustment research and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

外派适应性研究前沿探析

为推进实施南方电网公司发展战略,构建“一主两翼、国际拓展”产业发展布局,全力支撑南方电网公司建成具有全球竞争力的世界一流企业,促进公司跨国业务及外派员工的共同发展,本文结合国内外研究成果,为外派人员的适应性研究与实际操作提供参考,对产业跨国公司员工在派往东道国工作时需要面对的首要问题是与母国不同的工作生活环境, 由此产生的外派人员适应性问题成为学者关注的重点。本文聚焦于国内外外派适应性研究的最新进展,在梳理外派适应性研究文献的基础上,对外派适应性的内涵界定、测量工具、前因变量和结果变量的相关研究进行系统评述,并指出未来应着重研究的问题。