Towards a hybrid model? A systematic review of human resource management research on Chinese state-owned enterprises (1993–2017)

Abstract

Over the past two decades, there has been a proliferation of research on human resource management (HRM) in Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a result of the wide-reaching state-sector reform of the late 1980s. This article aims to provide a systematic review of literature on this topic and capture the nature of HRM in Chinese SOEs, both in research and practice. The article draws on 178 studies from 43 English academic journals over a period of 25?years (1993–2017). In analysing this literature and by taking stock of theoretical frameworks, research methods, themes and analysis of academic articles in this area, we have gained a number of insights. The study has found that the research methods used have shifted from qualitative and interpretive methodology toward quantitative and sophisticated modelling. A further insight is that there has been a relatively heavy reliance on institutional theory in the earlier studies reviewed, and since then a switch towards organizational behaviour perspectives. The level of analysis has moved from macro to micro level and thematic foci have become more diverse and complex. We highlight a number of avenues, theoretical and empirical, for future studies in this field.     

Institutional Monitoring: Evidence from the F‐Score

The extant literature shows that institutional investors engage in corporate governance to enhance a firm's long‐term value. Measuring firm performance using the F‐Score, we examine the persistent monitoring role of institutional investors and identify the financial aspects of a firm that institutional monitoring improves. We find strong evidence that long‐term institutions with large shareholdings consistently improve a firm's F‐Score and that such activity occurs primarily through the enhancement of the firm's operating efficiency. Other institutions reduce a firm's F‐Score. Moreover, we find evidence that, while monitoring institutions improve a firm's financial health, transient (followed by non‐transient) institutions trade on this information.     

制度环境、政治联系与民营企业债务期限结构

以2007-2009年在沪深上市的民营上市公司为研究样本,对制度环境、政治联系如何影响企业债务期限结构进行分析。研究发现:在法律环境较差、地区金融发展水平落后、政府干预较强的地区,民营企业长期债务的比重越大。在考虑企业家政治背景后发现,政治联系有助于民营企业获得更多的长期债务,特别是在制度环境较差地区,政治联系的这种效应更显著。这表明,政治联系是制度环境不完善条件下的一种替代机制。     

台湾地区科技创新的“制度陷阱”

本文从金融体系、股票市场相关规定、创新活动的劳动分工、税收激励机制、风险资本家的行为取向、政府机构设置等方面,分析了台湾地区技术创新体系在推动自主创新方面所存在的缺陷,旨在为包括中国大陆在内的第三代追赶经济体构建更为有效的技术创新体系,提供可供参考的思路。     

关于前海深港现代服务业合作区发展路径的思考

前海合作区深港合作,香港期盼的核心利益是,以前海为平台,优先进入中国大陆服务市场;深圳则可充分利用香港的优势,通过微观层面的企业合作促进产业结构升级,通过宏观层面的管理合作促进体制机制创新。政策拟定时应转变过去重点依赖税收优惠的思路,应重点从服务业市场准入、体制机制创新、人才环境等方面给予政策支持。     

完善林业行政执法内容的研究

论述目前我国在林业行政执法过程中存在执法机构设置不合理,林业行政执法主体范围不清晰,执法监督机制和责任机制不健全,以及执法人员的职业素质有待提高等问题。提出了从我国的立法实践出发引入国外的立法经验,规范林业执法机构的设置;把执法监督责任机制落实到个人,对执法人员进行业务培训及思想教育等。从实质上做到以事实为依据,以法律为准绳,使《森林法》的贯彻落实得到切实有效的保障。     

区域全面经济伙伴关系协定研究的演化历程与展望——基于CiteSpace的可视化分析

基于2012—2022年的CSSCI(中文社会科学引文索引)数据,利用CiteSpace和Bicomb软件对区域全面经济伙伴关系协定(RCEP)研究领域进行文献计量分析。结果表明：RCEP研究可分为缓慢推进、平稳过渡和加速发展3个阶段;RCEP领域核心作者和发文机构整体较为分散、局部有所集中,未建立广泛的合作关系网络;研究热点主要集中在国别和区域研究、价值链、贸易方式及影响3个方面。因此,未来研究方向应紧扣RCEP规则和政策设计等层面,积极探索RCEP框架下中国深化区域经济合作的路径安排。     

Determinants of Innovative Behaviour in the Hotel Industry: A cross-Cultural Study

The present study develops a conceptual framework that sheds light on whether institutional pressures (i.e., normative, mimetic, and coercive) and corporate support can improve innovative behavior across different societies and the moderating role of national cultural dimensions on this link. Our study validated these arguments empirically using data from the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). Data were collected and analyzed from 2,618 respondents. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of full-time non-managerial employees selected, from different departments of various four- and five-star hotels across five economically and culturally different societies (UK, UAE, Germany, China, USA). Our results indicated that both institutional pressures and corporate support have positive influence on employees’ innovative behaviour. Furthermore, Hotels in cultures with high levels of individualism and low levels of uncertainty avoidance, power distance, and masculinity will indicate higher levels of innovative behaviour in response to corporate support programs. While, hotels in nations with high levels of power distance, collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity will indicate higher levels of innovative behaviour in response to normative, mimetic, and coercive pressure. These findings provide important implications for innovative behaviour by developing and validating a multilevel model empirically in the hospitality context.     

Local integration and co‐evolution of internationalizing Chinese firms

This study investigates the integration of internationalizing Chinese firms into local host markets. We explore the market‐driven investment of a new wave of Chinese private and local state‐owned firms in Australia since 2012, which has replaced the initial large‐scale investment in resources by central state‐owned enterprises. Using an in‐depth analysis of nine Chinese firms operating in various sectors of the Australian market, we argue that market integration, adaptation, and bilateral institution‐building through co‐evolution and empowerment of local subsidiaries of Chinese multinational enterprises results in entrepreneurial autonomy and characterizes a new generation of Chinese investors. We propose that Chinese multinational subsidiaries have transferred domestic practices to the Australian market and have reconfigured domestic and host market resources to gain a competitive advantage in their original investment industry and new industries. Our study advances middle‐range theory building and provides a practical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese investors, their potential to disrupt local markets, and their responsiveness to market‐oriented institutional guidance. The results of this study suggest that the bilateral institution‐building and resource reconfiguration capabilities of Chinese enterprises can be transferred to other developed and developing markets, including Belt and Road Initiative countries.     

中国机构投资者投资分散不足的实证检验——以基金公司为例

从目前各个国家和地区的投资实践来看,大量证据显示,投资者并没有按照标准化的投资组合模型去分散投资,而是表现出明显的“投资分散不足”。文章以基金公司作为机构投资者的代表,对我国投资市场上投资的分布状况进行了研究,证实了在我国的金融市场上投资分散不足现象也是存在的。