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Place-based and Place-bound Realities: A Chinese Firm's Embeddedness in Tanzania
- Source :
- Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Understanding Chinese-African Interactions in Africa
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2014.
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Abstract
- "The paper presents a single case study of how one Chinese firm operates in Dar es Salaam and how the firm's embeddedness and unique managerial style in the local context affect local benefits for Tanzanian employees. The results demonstrate the need to fill a gap in the knowledge about Chinese economic activities in Africa, particularly in relation to the cultural constructs present in manager-employee interactions. The findings paint a picture of a firm that intends to localize its business strategies and engage a local labour force, but similarly reveals the inherent cultural, behavioural and social norms of Chinese management, which may create organizational challenges and power differentials in the workplace." (author's abstract)
- Subjects :
- descriptive study
Sociology and Political Science
Personalpolitik
deskriptive Studie
kulturelle Faktoren
kulturelle Differenz
Tanzania
Sociology & anthropology
Afrika
qualitative empirical
Entwicklungsland
Economics
Stabilität
Marketing
cultural difference
biology
empirisch
Tansania
Arbeitsbeziehungen
ddc:301
Wirtschaftssoziologie
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
strategy
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
management
Geschäftsführung
Embeddedness
interaction
enterprise
Sociology of Economics
Context (language use)
Single-subject design
Internationale Beziehungen
Unternehmen
Affect (psychology)
Style (sociolinguistics)
Beschäftigungsbedingungen
Power (social and political)
empirisch-qualitativ
Strategie
labor relations
Afrika südlich der Sahara
Globalisierung
anglophones Afrika
China
Ostafrika
personnel policy
Africa South of the Sahara
Chinese
developing country
employment conditions
Interaktion
stability
biology.organism_classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
East Africa
cultural factors
Soziologie, Anthropologie
English-speaking Africa
Africa
Political Science and International Relations
International relations
Economic system
empirical
globalization
ddc:327
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18684874 and 18681026
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b11a8c83850f8e608edbe721b8e87ef9