The recruitment, selection and job satisfaction of expatriate managers in Japanese and German multinational corporations

Kumar B, Steinmann H (2019)


Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Edited Volumes: The Internationalization of Japanese Business: European and Japanese Perspectives

City/Town: New York

Pages Range: 177-197

DOI: 10.4324/9780429311963-16

Abstract

A meaningful analysis and informative discussion of the topic must recognise the importance of culture in management. A comparative study of recruitment and selection practices in Japanese and German multinational corporations will have to be based on the effects of culture on these two aspects of expatriate management. Regarding their personal and organisational characteristics, the Japanese and German respondents were similar in most respects, with little difference in some features. To name a few important characteristics: in both cases the larger percentage of respondents belonged to firms in the industrial sector, for example, electrical and mechanical. Recruitment in the questionnaires was defined and interpreted as the activity carried out initially in order to take up or fill a job abroad. The stronger tendency and the greater extent to which their recruitment was planned is compatible with the greater importance of individual needs in the German culture.

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APA:

Kumar, B., & Steinmann, H. (2019). The recruitment, selection and job satisfaction of expatriate managers in Japanese and German multinational corporations. In Malcolm Trevor (Eds.), The Internationalization of Japanese Business: European and Japanese Perspectives. (pp. 177-197). New York: Taylor and Francis.

MLA:

Kumar, Brij, and Horst Steinmann. "The recruitment, selection and job satisfaction of expatriate managers in Japanese and German multinational corporations." The Internationalization of Japanese Business: European and Japanese Perspectives. Ed. Malcolm Trevor, New York: Taylor and Francis, 2019. 177-197.

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