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- Title:
Chinese HR Managers and Career Candidates Research - Author:
Human Resources — Dr. Cherlyn Granrose
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- length(minutes):22.7
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- Publish Date:2007-11-26
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Summary: Looking for survey data from Chinese managers? How about MBA students who compose the current Chinese career class candidate talent pool?
In part 1 of this 2 part overview discussion, Dr. Cherlyn Granrose, Director of Graduate Studies at the Campbell school of business (Berry College), gives listeners an analysis of her research on Chinese managers and MBA student attitudes and career beliefs. This topic informs current HR managers in the China market on how to best address and approach potential Chinese hires.
Dr. Granrose begins by addressing the main career beliefs of practicing managers.Practicing managers--what controlled your career? What do women think of what or who control their careers? What about men? Between men and women what is similar and what is different in terms of what they hold in common? Furthermore, what areas are pretty much the same when compared with westerners and, more importantly, what areas are distinctly different? Dr. Granrose answers all of these questions with the hard survey data to back it up.
Cherlyn next discusses MBA student beliefs which compose the current beliefs of today's experienced and top talent. As a hinge point here, she explains the 1978 hinge point generations, when the one Child policy was put into effect which has a broad impact on attitudes of those who were raised in single-child families vs. 2 or more. And though Chinese women today are coming to be more and more assertive in their careers, she gives a context for how things have changed within the last 10 years among between the assertiveness levels of both men and women in today's talent pool.
Other issues addressed include:
• Regional differences in attitudes including 2nd and 3rd tier regions/cities such as Xinjiang, Wuhan and Fujian • Traditional vs. more modern management styles and where these separate corporate cultural tendencies operate
