The antecedents and consequences of successful localization

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1359-1373

  Law, Kenneth S ^a   Song, Lynda Jiwen ^b   Wong, Chi Sum ^a   Chen, Donghua ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Renmin Business School   (China)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Localization success; Performance; Resource dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349309712     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.31     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Barney, J. B. 1986. Strategic factor markets: Expectations, luck and business strategy. Management Science, 32(10): 1231-1241.
2. Barney, J. B. 1991. Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of Management, 17(1): 99-120.
3. Barney, J. B., & Arikan, A. M. 2001. The resource-based view: Origins and implications. In M. A. Hitt, R. E. Freeman, & J. R. Harrison (Eds), Handbook of strategic management: 124-188. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
4. Brislin, R. 1970. Back-translation for cross-cultural research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 1(3): 185-216.
5. Cheng, E. (Ed.) 2003. China hand: The complete guide to doing business in China. Hong Kong: The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited.
6. Fryxell, G., Butler, J., & Choi, A. 2004. Successful localization programs in China: An important element in strategy implementation. Journal of World Business, 39(3): 268-283.
7. Geringer, J. M., & Hebert, L. 1991. Measuring performance of international joint ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 22(2): 249-263.
8. Geringer, J. M., Frayne, C. A., & Milliman, J. F. 2002. In search of "best practices" in international human resource management: Research design and methodology. Human Resource Management, 41(1): 5-30.
9. Gong, Y. 2003. Subsidiary staffing in multinational enterprises: Agency, resources and performance. Academy of Management Journal, 46(6): 728-739.
10. Gong, Y., Shenkar, O., Luo, Y., & Nyaw, M. K. 2001. Role conflict and ambiguity of CEOs in international joint ventures: A transaction cost perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(4): 764-773.
11. Gooderham, P., Nordhaug, O., & Ringdal, K. 2006. National embeddedness and calculative human resource management in US Subsidiaries in Europe and Australia. Human Relations, 59(11): 1491-1513.
12. Gregersen, H. B. 1991. Dual commitments during repatriation: The case of American expatriates. Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of Management: 100-104.
13. Gregersen, H. B., & Black, J. S. 1996. Multiple commitments upon repatriation: The Japanese experience. Journal of Management, 22(2): 209-230.
14. Hailey, J. 1996. Breaking through the glass ceiling. People Management, 2(14): 32-34.
15. Hinkin, T. R. 1995. A review of scale development practices in the study of organizations. Journal of Management, 21(5): 967-988.
16. Hinkin, T. R. 1998. A brief tutorial on the development of measures for use in survey questionnaires. Organizational Research Methods, 1(1): 104-121.
17. Jones, S. 1997. Localization threat forces expats into rearguard action. China Staff, October: 6-9.
18. Kobrin, S. J. 1988. Expatriate reduction and strategic control in American multinational corporations. Human Resource Management, 27(1): 63-75.
19. Law, K. S., Tse, D. K., & Zhou, N. 2003. Does human resource management matter in a transitional economy? The example of the PRC. Journal of International Business Studies, 34(3): 255-265.
20. Law, K. S., Wong, C. S., & Wang, K. 2004. An empirical test of the model on managing the localization of human resource in the People's Republic of China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 15(4-5): 638-648.
21. Little, T. D., Cunningham, W. A., Shahar, G., & Widaman, K. F. 2002. To parcel or not to parcel: Exploring the question, weighing the merits. Structural Equation Modeling, 9(2): 151-173.
22. Mathieu, J. E., & Farr, J. L. 1991. Further evidence for the discriminant validity of measures of organizational commitment, job involvement, and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 76(1): 127-133.
23. Mathieu, J. E., Hofmann, D. A., & Farr, J. L. 1993. Job perception-job satisfaction relations: An empirical comparison of three competing theories. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 56(3): 370-387.
24. Medcof, J. W. 2001. Resource-based strategy and managerial power in networks of internationally dispersed technology units. Strategic Management Journal, 22(11): 999-1012.
25. Myers, R. 1990. Classical and modern regression with applications. Boston, MA: Duxbury Press.
26. Pfeffer, J., & Salancik, G. R. 1978. The external control of organizations: A resource dependence perspective. New York: Harper & Row.
27. Potter, C. C. 1989. Effective localization of the workforce: Transferring technology in developing countries. Journal of European Industrial Training, 13(6): 25-30.
28. Scullion, H. 1991. Why companies prefer to use expatriates. Personnel Management, 23(11): 32-35.
29. Selmer, J. 2004a. Expatriates' hesitation and the localization of Western business operations in China. International Journal of International Human Resource Management, 15(6): 1094-1108.
30. Selmer, J. 2004b. Motivating Western business expatriates in China to localize. Journal of Asian Business, 20(1): 49-69.
31. Stevens, J. 1992. Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
32. Tan, J. J., & Litschert, R. J. 1994. Environment-strategy relationship and its performance implications: An empirical study of the Chinese electronics industry. Strategic Management Journal, 15(1): 1-20.
33. Ulrich, D., & Barney, J. B. 1984. Perspectives in organizations: Resource dependence, efficiency, and population. Academy of Management Review, 9(3): 471-481.
34. Wall, J. A. 1990. Managers in the People's Republic of China. Academy of Management Executive, 4(2): 19-32.
35. Wong, C. S., & Law, K. S. 1999. Managing localization of human resources in the PRC: A practical model. Journal of World Business, 34(1): 26-40.