production
lean 403
local 55
primary vssecondary processes 123–5
regime 414–15
routine services 25–6, 27
segmentation/standardization 401–2
‘social systems of production’ 426
professional autonomy 124, 125
professional categories 25–7
property regime 413–14, 415
protectionism 27, 45
‘psychological contract’ 319, 365quality control circles (QCC) 202, 210–11R&D seeresearch and development
rational approach, employment practices
transfer 391–2
reciprocal interdependence 133
recruitment 268–71
Japan 202
Taiwan 204, 207
see alsoselection
regiocentric approach 252
regional approach to compensation
315–16
regional trade agreements 10
related industries 22
relational abilities 268
see alsointerpersonal relationships
relationship orientation 158, 160
relative/absolute comparative cost
advantage 12–13, 15, 19
relocation and compensation 314
repatriation 344–51
‘best practice’ 339–42
case study 342–3
challenges 336–9
contract 339
global assignment types 346–50
individual career goals 345–6
organizational support 343–7
and selection/performance
management 350–1
research and development (R&D)
local 55
phase 68
resource-based theory 308–9
resources
and assets distribution 80
capital 21
retention of talent (M&A) 102–3
‘reverse culture shock’ 337
reverse merger 95–6‘Rhineland’/’Germanic’ capitalism 413,
414, 417, 418, 422, 426–7, 428
risks and opportunities 36–7
role conflict 271, 273, 275
routine production services 25–6, 27Schein Descriptive Index (SDI) 363–4
sector dimension/effect, EU industrial
relations 442–3, 472
segmentation of operations 401–2
selection 268–71
criteria 268–9
management team 100–1
open vsclosed systems 374–5
practice 269–71
and repatriation 350–1
see alsorecruitment
self-orientation dimension 269, 366–7
senior and local managers 256–9, 262
sequencing of training sessions, CCT 292–4
sequential vssynchronic time 152, 154
sex role stereotypes 363–4
shared external relations 29
shared knowledge 29–30
short- vslong-term orientation 147–8,
154, 159
short-term assignments 325–7
short-term contracts 184, 185
short-term goals, CCT 289–90, 295
short-term property regime 414, 415
small and medium enterprises (SMEs),
Taiwan 206
SMART performance goals 320
social interaction/support, women
367, 368
see alsointerpersonal relationships
‘social pacts’ 445–6, 449
social policy, EU 435–6, 466–8
‘joint texts’ 440–1, 442–3
process 438–9
‘social systems of production’ 426
socialist market economies, East Asia 208–15
socialization
and network control 56
processes 120–1
training as 267
societal analysis 119, 131–8
see alsoculturalism; institutionalism
societal choice approach 464–5
societal effect theory 23
SOEs see state-owned enterprises
soft side of the organization 44–5
South Africa 239, 241, 242, 243
South East Asia seeAsia; developing
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