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International human resource management policies and practices of South Korean MNEs: a review of the literature

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  • Haiying Kang
  • Jie Shen

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This paper systematically reviews the literature on international human resource management (IHRM) policies and practices of South Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs). It reveals that South Korean MNEs adopt an ethnocentric staffing approach, but are increasingly using more host-country nationals (HCNs). Korean MNEs pay great attention to language training for expatriates, and there is an emphasis on international experience when selecting expatriates. South Korean MNEs tend to adopt home-oriented selection procedures and criteria, performance appraisal and reward-and-compensation schemes for HCNs. A range of training and development programmes are provided to HCNs in order to develop more local managers. However, studies concerning IHRM of South Korean MNEs are scarce and only a few expatriate-related IHRM issues have been empirically examined. As a result, how South Korean MNEs manage IHRM and what is the rationale of their IHRM policies and practices remain largely unknown. This review paper calls for more empirical research and discusses the implications for future research.

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  • Haiying Kang & Jie Shen, 2014. "International human resource management policies and practices of South Korean MNEs: a review of the literature," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 42-58, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:20:y:2014:i:1:p:42-58
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.711670
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    1. Guglielmo Meardi & András Tóth, 2006. "Who is Hybridizing What? Insights on MNCs’ Employment Practices in Central Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Anthony Ferner & Javier Quintanilla & Carlos Sánchez-Runde (ed.), Multinationals, Institutions and the Construction of Transnational Practices, chapter 7, pages 155-183, Palgrave Macmillan.
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    1. Jong Min Lee, 2022. "MNCs as dispersed structures of power: Performance and management implications of power distribution in the subsidiary portfolio," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(1), pages 126-155, February.

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