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Expatriate Manager’s Adaption and Knowledge Acquisition

Personal Development in Multi-National Companies in China

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Authors:
  1. Yan Li

    1. School of Management, Xiamen University, China, Xiamen, China

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  • Examines Western expatriates’ learning and development in their international assignments in China
  • Includes case studies that illustrate the different learning strategies successful western expatriates adopt in order to quickly adapt to Chinese business contexts
  • Demonstrates expatriates learning-style transition in China
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Yan Li
    Pages 1-6

  3. Expatriate Adjustment and Expatriate Learning

    • Yan Li
    Pages 7-72

  4. Research Design and Methodology

    • Yan Li
    Pages 73-129

  5. Data Analysis: Structure Equation Modeling (SEM)

    • Yan Li
    Pages 131-147

  6. Results: Western Expatriate Managers

    • Yan Li
    Pages 149-210

  7. Results: Chinese Managers

    • Yan Li
    Pages 211-234

  8. Discussion and Conclusion

    • Yan Li
    Pages 235-252
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About this book

This book is among the first to theoretically and empirically examine what and how Western expatriate managers learn and develop from their international assignments in China. The book draws on literature associated with expatriate studies, experiential learning theory, and knowledge acquisition to develop an expatriate learning process model. Following on from this, the study then examines expatriate learning outcomes from four perspectives: learning style transition, adaptive flexibility, global mind-sets and managerial tacit knowledge. It enhances understanding of the cultural differences between Western countries and China as well as the kinds of learning strategies successful expatriates adopt in order to quickly adapt to intercultural business contexts. This book will appeal to international business practitioners and research fellows who are interested in international human resource management.


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Management, Xiamen University, China, Xiamen, China

    Yan Li

About the author

Yan Li is an assistant professor at School of Management, Xiamen University, China. She received her PhD. from the University of Hull. Her research interests are international human resource management, management education and emerging economies. 








Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Expatriate Manager’s Adaption and Knowledge Acquisition

  • Book Subtitle: Personal Development in Multi-National Companies in China

  • Authors: Yan Li

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0053-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0052-2Published: 17 November 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0674-6Published: 17 November 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0053-9Published: 24 October 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 252

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Organization, Cultural Economics

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