Integrating global mobility and global talent management: Exploring the challenges and strategic opportunities

Although global mobility represents an important element of many multinational enterprise's (MNEs) global talent management systems, the two areas of practice have largely been decoupled in research and practice. The current paper aims to build a dialog around the integration of these two important areas of practice and illustrate how the integration of global mobility and global talent management can contribute to the success of the MNE. Human capital and social capital theories are introduced as theoretical frames for the integration of the two areas and global talent pools and routines for managing global staffing flows are introduced as key organizational routines that can maximize the contribution of global mobility to the MNE. The paper also considers challenges and opportunities for the integration of mobility and talent and outlines some directions for future study.     

Revising the myth of gay consumer innovativeness

Non-academic literature often refers to gay people as innovators, but academic evidence is lacking. To test whether gays and heterosexuals differ in innate and realized innovativeness, and whether the relationships between the variables in an innovativeness model differ for both groups, 833 Flemish respondents from a homosexual-tolerant region (i.e., Flanders) filled out a questionnaire that was posted on forums and newsgroups targeted at either a general or a homosexual population. MANOVA results reveal an important interaction effect between gender and sexual orientation. The gay men in the study are slightly more innovative than the heterosexual men, but the opposite holds true for the gay and heterosexual women. The relations between the constructs in the innovativeness model do not differ for the different groups.     

神话仍在继续

今年4月2日,由搜狐拆分出来的畅游时代逆势登陆纳斯选克,令人重新认识中国游戏概念,至此,中国已经有十家与网络游戏直接相关的海外上市公司,并且我们相信不远的将来还会出现第十五家、第二十家……总之,前景是令人欣慰的。     

Lifetime employment in Japan: Exploding the myth

Before endowing lifetime employment with magical powers and importing it to solve America's problems, we should take a good look at what it is and the culture in which it has evolved.     

收视率：神话与谎话

学过英文的朋友都知道．英文的形容词有比较级（＋er）和最高级（＋est）的词尾变化,而不规则形容词的变化．那就只能靠死记活背,例如“好-更好-最好”就是”good—better-best”、“环-更坏-最坏”就是“bad-worse-worst”。依照这个不规则的原则,美国学术界对于统计学有个精辟提法：“lies．damned lies,and statistics!”翻译成中文,意思就是“谎话、该死的谎话、最后才是统计学!”这个对于统计学的“恭维”,其实就是表扬统计数字才算“最高级的谎话”。     

The myth of unified EC product standards

Although unified standards are likely to allow easier access to the multiple markets in the EC, compliance with the standards may not be so easy. Even more complex standards have evolved as a negative consequence of the intensive bargaining between the Member States in the course of developing unified standards.     

The myth and reality of supervisory development

Effective supervisory development programs are possible when the view of “the problem” is broad enough to take into account all the elements of the system that affect the supervisor.     

The myth of the dragon: Operations management in today's China

Manufacturing is absolutely booming in China, which has become a prime target for direct foreign investment. However, manufacturing in China does not always operate the way that Westerners expect it to. In this article, we examine China's manufacturing operations in light of the influence of the country's recent economic and social history, the diversity of its regions, and its national culture. We conclude that while Chinese manufacturing has issues to face and obstacles to overcome, things will only continue to improve, making China even more of a major player in the global manufacturing scene.     

Exploring the Calorie-Nutrition Interface

ABSTRACT

Using a sample of cola drinkers who are also cereal eaters, this paper focuses on the interplay of calorie consciousness and nutritional consciousness among consumers. The results of the study reveal that more calorie conscious consumers are also significantly more nutritionally conscious. Further analysis reveals that this finding is significant only among the occasional cereal eaters. The implications of these findings to the practicing marketer are discussed.     

Exploring the New Beijing

Eating Ghost Street This street is home to more than 150 storefronts,over 100 of which offer a va- riety of different foods.In all of Beijing this may be the only street that has such a large number of restaurants.As for how it got the name"Ghost Street",two stories have become the most popular.Some people think the name originated from the     

Small business and job creation: Dissecting the myth and reassessing the facts

This paper investigates how job creation and destruction behavior varies by employer size in the U.S. manufacturing sector during the period 1972 to 1988. The paper also evaluates the empirical basis for conventional claims about the job-creating prowess of small businesses. The chief findings and conclusions fall into five categories:

日系车：口碑传奇能否铸就下一个神话

根据奇酷最新研究成果《日系汽车网络社区口碑研究报告》数据显示，日系车关注度比例份额在整个汽车行业份额中达到34％，占三分之一强，这表明日系汽车已经在网络社区中获得了相当的关注优势。     

案例教学法探讨

案例教学法是一种与传统教学方式完全不同的教学法.就职业教育而言,采用这种教学法,将企业在管理过程中产生的实例应用于教学,目的就在于更有效地调动学生学习的积极性和主动性,培养学生分析问题和解决问题的能力.鉴于案例教学法在我国尚处在初级阶段,本文仅介绍有关它的一般知识,供读者参考.     

艺术设计生存态探究

当今艺术设计存在于各行各业当中,艺术设计在以经济利益为主的市场经济中,如何兼顾艺术与经济？如何为品牌的发展助力？这些问题成为艺术设计者一直在追寻的问题。本文通过探讨当前艺术设计的生存态,意在探究艺术设计在市场经济中的功效。     

Exploring the Mysteries of the East

Franklyn D. Holzman, The Economies of Soviet Bloc Trade and Finance (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1987) 226 pp., $36.50.