C/HR/127. Master's Dissertation. Comparative Analysis of HRM Practices of Local and Foreign Invested Firms in China

The research has been focused at understanding the role of human resource management in the transitional economy of China. A comparative analysis of HRM practices has been provided between local and foreign-invested firms. The report holds chapters like introduction, literature review, methodology, analysis and findings, and conclusion. Literature review provides an in depth critical analysis of different schools of thought in the field. The research falls in the domain of interpretivism and therefore case studies, semi structured interviews and secondary data have been used to provide a qualitative analysis. The chosen case studies for the purpose of this research are Haier Group and Nokia. It has been concluded by the research that there is a trend towards convergence of HRM practices and the gap between the foreign invested and local firm's HRM is diminishing.