hrm research in china
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HRM research in China: looking back and looking forward
The Authors
David Lamond,Faculty of Business and Law, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Connie Zheng,Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the field of human resource
management (HRM) in China, with insights drawn from recent times to several millennia earlier,
with a view to informing the further work that needs to be done to better understand managing
people in China.
Design/methodology/approachThe authors examined Chinese ancient texts related to people
management and drew on reviews of HRM research in China since the establishment of thePeople's Republic of China in 1949 till current times, to draw lessons for HRM in China today
and for the future.
FindingsThe 2,500 year gap that separates the literatures studied as part of this review cannot
hide the striking similarities between the conceptual views about the importance of people and
their management in the two periods. Yet, there remains a lack of empirical studies of the
Chinese style of HRM practices. The majority of recent research in the field of HRM in China isfocussed on comparison between HRM practices in various types of enterprises operating in
China and those in the west, with the apparent aim of better understanding the latter rather than
the former.
Originality/valueAs China is rapidly becoming a key global player, and its enterprises
represent an increasing share of the global market, it is crucial to understand how Chinese firmshave managed their people at home and globally to achieve performance outcomes. Are there
lessons other firms, especially those in emerging markets could learn? What are the implications
for building global management and organisational knowledge? This paper provides some
directions for future research about HRM in China, which may help gain a better understandingof the Chinese style of management and further develop management and organisation theories
in the China context.
Article Type:
Viewpoint
Keyword(s):
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China; Research and development; Human resource management; Human resource management
research.
Journal:
Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management
Volume:
1
Number:
1
Year:
2010
pp:
6-16
Copyright
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN:
2040-8005
Introduction
Over the last decade, scholars around the world have contributed to a significant increase in thebody of knowledge related to the organisational and management practices of companies
operating in China. This growth, quite properly, has been reflected in a series of taking stock
reviews of the literature (Li and Tsui, 2002;Peng et al., 2001;Quer et al., 2007;Tsui et al.,
2004). In the same way, recognising human resource management (HRM) in China as anemerging discipline,Zhu et al. (2008)presented their review of HRM research in China.
Recently, we conducted a critical review of 107 empirical studies of HRM in China (1978-2007)
(Zheng and Lamond, 2009b). We have also examined a series of ancient Chinese texts andcompared them to those of contemporary Western management thinkers, including Warren
Bennis, Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett, Douglas McGregor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Elton
Mayo and Jeffrey Pfeffer (Zheng and Lamond, 2009a).
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Our findings from these activities were both illuminating and challenging. Most striking is that,
while we found a rich tradition of interest in people management in the ancient Middle Kingdomof China, reference to this body of knowledge appears to be largely missing from contemporary
studies of HRM in China. We were moved to speculate that, while these people management
principles are yet to be fully recognised in the wider management literature, the underlying
wisdom passed on through generations over that 2,500 year period of Chinese history is likely tohave contributed to the development of distinctive ways of managing people and systems inside
China (Zheng and Lamond, 2009a, b). The fact that old yet sound management principles have
not been drawn explicitly into contemporary HRM thinking in the Chinese context is notsurprising, given the extent to which HR research in China has been focussed on drawing lessons
for HRM in the west and the extent to which the history of management thought is similarly
ignored in the west (Lamond, 2005, 2006). This provides the context then, within which we askthe question:
[] what can we as educators and practitioners alike do to reinforce and re new good practices globally, despite the
ongoing debate on universal/convergent and particular/divergent management practices when discussing HRM in
contexts?
China is already now a key global player, with its enterprises taking an increasing share of the
global market. It is important then, to understand how Chinese firms have managed their peopleat home and abroad to achieve both economic and social performance outcomes. As we have
observed earlier (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b, p. 2216), the rapid internationalisation of Chinese
firms and the limited research on their impact in the wider arena has meant corresponding limitsto the understanding and appreciation of Chinese management practices. There is an urgent need
to start documenting the patterns and identify development trends of Chinese management
practices. That is why the establishment of a specialisedJournal of Chinese Human Resource
Management(JCHRM) is particularly relevant and timely. When the interaction between theWestern and Chinese HRM practices is studied and examined both in China and in the wider
context, we shall see a truly global HRM system with Chinese characteristics recognised andincorporated (Zhu et al., 2008). ThroughJCHRM, scholars and practitioners will share ideas andexchange points of view to reinforce best practices embedded in such a global HRM system with
China recognised as an equal player in the market.
About 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu (490 BC/1992 AD: 20-21) wrote about the importance of
incorporating sound HRM principlescommunication, competency based recruitment, training
and development and performance managementin organisational strategy.
Therefore, when laying your plans, compare the following elements, appraising them carefully:
1. which ruler possesses the moral law;2. whose commander has the most ability;3. which army obtains the advantages of heaven and Earth;4. on which side are regulations and instructions better carried out;5. which army is the stronger;6. which has the better trained officers and men; and7. in which army is there certainty for rewards and punishments being dispensed.
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By means of these seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat.
More recently,Brewster (1995, 2007)andBrewster and Hegewisch (1994)have argued for the
contextualisation of those principles within a national culture, while promoting the existence of a
European model of HRM (Figure 1). Given that China has the world's largest populationone in
four people can be identified as Chinese from mainland China (Tsui et al., 2004)it is seemsreasonable to argue for a similar contextualisation and to proffer the notion of a Chinese model
of HRM.
Central to our argument is that despite different cultural and institutional settings between China
and the rest of the world, the principles of people management remain strikingly similar in theeast and the west, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Even though a specific HRM model for
Chinese firms is yet to be formed, it could be anticipated that such model is likely to resemble
those in the current HRM literature (De Cieri et al., 2007). Differences are, however, seen to be
in the emphasis on specific contents of HRM, subject to the organisational strategy, structure andculture, rather than on the principlesper se. For example, Chinese firms may focus more on
relationship instead of resources management as they see the latter could be expanded andenlarged as a result of better human relationship management. Chinese firms are probably betterknown for their effective utilisation of cost-reduction strategies, rather than an emphasis on
selective hiring, ensuring the right people in the right position at the right time, or on
performance management, ensuring rewards and recognition tied closely with performance, oron heavy investment in training and capability building for long-term development. At the same
time, the principles of impartiality, equity, fairness/justice, organisational/employee well-being
and participation are embedded in the ancient Chinese texts we have explored.
The model proposed and summarised inFigure 2characterises HRM as human relationship
management, and has as its main themes the interrelatedness of HR strategies and practices,
organisational strategies and the wider environment; the idea that effective HRM is genuinelystrategic in a configurational sense; the idea that the employer-employee relationship is more
than just a formal contractual relationshipit is a human relationship, understood in terms of
individual and group dynamics as well as the strategic nature of the process; and the idea that thehumanity that defines the employer-employee relationship brings into play the values of equity,
fairness and concern with the dignity of people. These are discussed as part of the following
explanation of the model and its structure.
Working from the outside, the model is designed to reflect the embedded nature of organisations,
such that the political, social, economic and technological environments within which
organisations operate are seen to impinge on, and be influenced by, those organisations and theiractivities. The thin line between the organisation (the shaded area) and the wider environment,
together with the overlapping of the HR activities, also acknowledges this embeddedness.
People do not cast off the influences of their wider environment when engaging in theworkplace, nor are they able to simply leave the influence of the workplace behind when they
leave the workplace (wherever that might be in this increasingly flexible world).
The shaded area itself aims to denote several things. First, it represents the organisation as
collective (social grouping) and as collection (of individuals), such that it is necessary to draw on
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insights at the individual and social (including political) levels in order to fully appreciate the
observed dynamics. Indeed, it is this concern for the understanding of the individual and groupbehaviour that may be fundamental to successful implementation of strategy. Second, it refers to
the nature of the employer-employee relationship within the context of which these activities
occur. Since it is a human relationship, it is guided by human values equity, fairness (concern
for) employee well-being and employee participation. These are more than just HR concerns;they are characteristic of the relationship (although, like rules, more often honoured in the
breach). They are also notions that (in theory, at least) sit comfortably with the principles of the
ancient Chinese texts that were earlier argued to have influenced later people management. It is arelationship at the same time, which is properly informed by its raison d'tre, as shown by the
embedded HRM activity boxes.
Central to the idea of HRM is getting work done this serves as a reminder of the purpose of
HRM, in the context of the relationship and the wider environment. In that regard, the HR
activities identified include organisational strategy on the basis that the HR function has a role informulating that strategy, while the linkage refers to the iterative, bi-directional nature of that
relationship (and the others). In order to leave some space on the figure, not all the linkages areshown, although it is assumed that there are linkages (relationships) between all the HRMactivitiesa small licence allowing for the conceptual nature of the model. In this regard, it isalso meant to reinforce the idea that HRM activities are not a series of discrete transactionsas
relationships are established, developed and enhanced (and eventually severed, for a variety of
reasons), selection (acceptance) decisions, for example, influence training and developmentdecisions, which are informed by and inform performance management and so on. It also
acknowledges the inappropriateness of a piecemeal approach to HR activities that does not
recognise these interactions.
The model proffered here draws on a number of the aspects of the European model, but it is also
informed by other approaches as will be discussed throughout this paper. It is also a model whichundoubtedly contains oversimplifications requiring further development and we look forward to
the responses that will enable that to occur. It is to be hoped that these responses will form part
of the ongoing conversation take will place in the pages ofJCHRM. The rest of the paper will be
devoted to summarising the people management principles discussed, then and now. We alsobriefly describe what we have known about HRM research in China, and would like to
encourage readers to check our most recent paper for a comprehensive analysis of HRM studies
since 1949 (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b;Zhu et al., 2008). Finally, comments on future trends ofHRM research in the context of China are remarked in the conclusion.
Principles versus practices
The phrase yi ren wei ben (Graphic 1), or principle of putting people first is commonly known
in China, reflecting a rich tradition of interest in people management. Nevertheless, the extent towhich these interests are reflected in practices is less empirically known in the context of China
(Zheng and Lamond, 2009b). Putting aside for the time being, the insights from Sun Tzu (aka
Sunzi), our survey of ancient texts by four well-known Chinese gurus (Guanzi, Hanfeizi, Xunziand Yanzi) identified five principles relating to HRM in the context of ancient Chinese ruling of
the state and governing people (Zheng and Lamond, 2009a). These principles of:
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1. merit-based selection;2. attraction and retention;3. contribution-based rewards;4. participation; and5. sound leadership and ethics (Zheng, 2010).
Are very much in line with the concepts of fair/justice, equity, employee well-being and
participation that form part of our model and which have been discussed by modern Westernmanagement thinkers such as Warren Bennis, Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett, Douglas
McGregor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Elton Mayo and Jeffrey Pfeffer (Zheng and Lamond, 2009a).
There is every reason to believe that, just as earlier thoughts about selecting quality people as
employees, managers and leaders, emphasising reward principles, participative management and
recruitment and retention strategies, and using both hard and soft HRM approaches have
informed contemporary Western organisational practices (Lamond, 2005, 2006), so they alsoinform contemporary Chinese institutions. Further empirical studies to clarify these practices
among Chinese firms and build a Chinese theory of HRM (Barney and Zhang, 2009) arecertainly warranted.
Through comparison of the ancient texts against the writings by the mainstream Western
management thinkers, it is clear that the call for recognising and valuing individual contributionsto business organisations and the wider society is not dissimilar across 3,000 years of human
history. At the same time, however, it appears to be just as difficult to get modern managers in
industrial organisations to implement sound management theories and translate principles intopractice as it was to get kings to listen to the advice of the ancient Chinese sages (Zheng and
Lamond, 2009a). These findings especially challenge us as management researchers. Do we
conduct empirical studies just for the sake of study? Or broadly, how could we use our research
and the knowledge we produce to educate and contribute to the well-being of the larger societyin which we live and work(Tsui, 2010). As the theme of 2010 Academy of Management
meeting well puts it, do we dare to care broadly and deeply about what we study and consider
whether what we study will make a difference in the world of practice? Could we encourage ourstudents, future managers to also care broadly and deeply about how they manage and how their
decisions will make the world a better place for all? (Tsui, 2010).
In our teaching of HRM, we often address the issue of paradox or duality faced by HR managers
who must uphold ethical principles whilst assisting the firms to achieve performance objectives
(De Cieri et al., 2008). There seems an underlying assumption that if we care too much about
people, performance might be compromised. One insight into a possible resolution for thisdilemma emerges from reading the conversation between Yanzi and his student Shu Xiang
(Zheng and Lamond, 2009a). The message is that there need not be conflict between people and
principles, or people and performance but, rather, there would be problems if human relations areviolatedbetter performance is deemed to be generated when principles and practices are
matched. These have been empirically tested in many Western companies (Pfeffer, 1998), less so
among Chinese organisations. We would welcome submissions toJCHRMthat endeavour toconduct rigorous empirical studies taking into account relevant variables generated from
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surveying the ancient Chinese texts, as well as modern HRM practices, and testing how they link
with principles and performance.
Currently, we are missing data about people management issues between the Spring and
Autumn periods of ancient China and the establishment of People's Republic of China 1949.
However, there might be related studies in other disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology,history or economics prior to 1949 apart from the discipline area of management on which we
can draw to help fill this gap, in the same way as similar approaches have informed managementtheory in the west over the last century. Studying people management from another angle could
be quite rewarding, e.g. from the historical perspectivewe can move forward by looking at
what has been done in the past. Our own effort to review empirical HRM studies for the past 30years (1978-2007) are summarised below (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b).
Known versus unknown
Our critical review of 107 empirical studies of HRM in China, published in 25 leading
international journals across a 30-year period, was prefaced by a review of the existing literaturerelated to people management issues in other disciplinary areas, e.g. political science, since 1949.
There was very limited research in the field before 1978. Only two studies (Schurmann, 1960;
Andors, 1977) took account of the complex organisation and management of the Chinese
Communist Party and associated enterprises during the era of Mao Zedong (1949-1976). Onlyafter the open-door policy implemented in 1978 did management research interest in China
flourish. We have seen a series of studies contributing to the discussion on Chinese new labour
policies, overall HRs and industrial relations (IR) systems, and specific HRM functions such asselection and appointment of the party leadership team, compensation, management education
and training and staffing practices (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b).
As knowledge about management practices in China developed, particularly after 2000, thedevelopment of specific HR systems and general IR frameworks underpinning Chinese HRM
practices and performance outcomes were more widely examined (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b).
As a result, several themes of research on HRM in China have emerged:
examining the employment relations/IR framework as well as the general HRM contextin China;
evaluating the specific HR functions, covering compensation and rewards; recruitmentand selection; training and development; performance evaluation; employee participationand HR planning;
assessing the impact of high performance HR practices; comparing HR practices across different ownership and size as well as between those
firms in the west and inside China; and
speculating the potential of new developments and future work forms in China.By and large, however, researchers appear to have been more concerned about the differentapproaches to corporate governance, the potential of building distinctive HRM models and the
comparative influence of trade unions and IR systems in China and other countries than with an
understanding of specific combinations of Chinese HRM practices. In addition, public-sector pay
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systems and social security safety net as well as the influence of World Trade Organisation
access on HRM were also examined (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b).
The result has been that, despite the rapid growth of the literature in the field of HRM in China
(and the not insubstantial size of the population in China), HRM studies in China continue to be
represented as a sub-set of international HRM research rather than being recognised as part ofmainstream business and management research. Most of the empirical studies are comparative in
nature and strongly emphasise theory development based on Western (largely US) models, ratherthan being informed by the indigenous (Chinese) context. This is especially worthy of note,
given that the majority of studies we examined were carried out on firms operating within China,
suggesting that the notion of international may well be very much a perspective of theresearchers (largely from outside China) rather than being consistent with the relevant theory.
For example, based on existing theoretical models (Schuler et al., 1993, 2002;Brewster et al.,
2005;Schuler and Tarique, 2007), the purpose of international human resource management(IHRM) is to enable multi-national enterprises (MNEs) to succeed in the global market by
developing and deploying corporate HRs in an effective and efficient manner; balancing thecompeting demands of implementing global coordination strategy; and responding to localspecific needs; and promoting knowledge transfer and organisational learning across dispersed
units among parent and subsidiaries. This view contains at least three assumptions about MNEs
they are private entities; are largely headquartered in developed countries; and, when facingincreasingly intensive global market competition, worldwide flow of capital, knowledge,
information and other resources, and interconnected global production networks, they will adopt
a strategy of managing HRs effectively as their key determinant in gaining global competitive
advantage and achieving success in international business (De Cieri et al., 2007).
These assumptions do not stand scrutiny when examining Chinese MNEs many are state-
owned enterprises (SOEs) operating largely under the control of state.Buckley et al. (2007)argue that it is difficult for scholars to analyse the management and performance of Chinese
SOEs engaged in outward foreign direct investment utilising the existing models, because they
do not give sufficient weight to the impact and importance of the geopolitical context onenterprise performance and management behaviour. In the same vein,Child and Rodrigues
(2005)suggest extending the theoretical development of international business and management
research in order to explain the new phenomenon of China's involvement in the global economy,tagged with different strings. Further,De Cieri et al. (2007, p. 286)questioned the assumptions
in existing IHRM theories derived largely from studying MNEs from developed countries, and
interrogated the risk of deliberately reproducing practical ethnocentrism at the theoretical
level. There appears to be an urgent need to search for new approaches and new theorising ofIHRM in order to adequately explain international management and performance of these
distinctive Chinese firms.
Additionally, a focus on either comparative study or on theory development could trap us at two
polar ends. On one hand, many comparative studies have placed too much emphasised on the
relevance of HRM practices in the west, especially in the USA, putting China simply as anillumination point for the uniqueness of American HRM. On the other end, if one aims to
genuinely develop an indigenous model of HRM in context, China must be placed at the centre
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for studying HRM. In the absence of doing so, most studies we examined tend to fail the so
what test of relevance. This leads us to a quite incomplete picture of what constitutes the realHRM in China (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b).
Once again, several pitfalls from existing HRM research in China were identifiedZheng and
Lamond (2009b). The many comparative studies mean we now know more about the uniqueHRM practices of the Western (especially US) companies than about HRM in China. Second, we
have also seen that many empirical studies seek to test the generalisability of Western models ofHRM theory to Chinese firms and employees without considering the issue of incompatibility or
inaccuracy of testing because of likely misunderstanding by Chinese participants of the research
paradigm familiar to the west. Third, research on HRM practices among Chinese firms tends tobe largely descriptive, generally lacking in analytical rigour, with an absence of HRM theory
building that could be generalised in the wider China region. Finally, while recent focus on
examining HRM practices of inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) firms has helped enhance
our understanding of the diversity in the patterns of FDI companies operating in China and theirmanagement practices, the ethnocentric approach used has ignored the unexplored challenge of
identifying potentially similar diverse patterns in outbound FDI of Chinese firms, leaving furthergaps in building China HRM models that can elaborate both domestic and international businessenvironments (Zheng and Lamond, 2009b).
It appears that there is a long way to go until we can draw a comprehensive picture of HRMpractices in China. More in-depth research is required to examine and complete the picture of the
HRM philosophies, policies and practices among Chinese organisations in China, and, indeed
Chinese organisations increasingly operating outside China. This demands researchers outside
and inside China, working together, to build a wealth of knowledge about actual HRM practicesin Chinese organisations, and how they might shed light on more effective HRM practices
around the globe. In the conclusion, we point to some pathways that may contribute to advancing
global management and organisation knowledge via HRM research in China.
Looking back and looking forward
Winston Churchill once said, The further backward you look, the further forward you can see(Greenspan, 2007). From our recent research, and from the further review in this paper, we have
developed a better understanding of what HRM philosophies and practices have been adopted
among Chinese organisations, in both ancient and recent times. We have done a job of lookingback and provided, at least in part, an answer to the question of what do we know about HRM
research in China?. It is time to look forward by asking the complementary question, what else
do we need to know? Based on our review, we have identified seven important streams forfuture research in the area of Chinese HRM. These are:
1. characteristics and roles of HR practitioners and professionals;2. decision-making processes in developing HR policies and practices;3. work-life balancefamily friendly practices;4. influence of the new labour law on HR practices;5. HRM in globalised Chinese firms;6. HR information systems in Chinese firms; and
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7. HRM practices in the small and medium-sized enterprises sector (Zheng and Lamond,2009b).
With the results of research in these areas, with China as the focal point of the research rather
than a point of comparison, we have the basis for enhancing and refining the preliminary model
presented in this paper. We can then build a solid theoretical framework to understand andexplain the links between principles, practices and performance among Chinese organisations at
home and globally, taking into account China's unique cultural and institutional setting. Wewelcome the establishment of theJCHRMand this opportunity to make a contribution to what
we are confident will a long, vibrant and conversation about Chinese HRM.
Figure 1A model for investigating HR strategies: the European environment
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Figure 2A model for investigating HRM strategies in the Chinese context
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