Multicultural human resource management in China : a case study of common future way

Common Future Way (CFW) is an international training program initiated by Iveco, a subsidiary of Fiat Industrial. By examining each module of this program – recruiting, employment terms and liabilities, training process, post training positioning, compensation and career development – this paper wi...

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Main Author: Wu, Kejia, M.S. in Engineering.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4660
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Summary:Common Future Way (CFW) is an international training program initiated by Iveco, a subsidiary of Fiat Industrial. By examining each module of this program – recruiting, employment terms and liabilities, training process, post training positioning, compensation and career development – this paper will explain how multiple factors due to the cultural differences between Eastern and Western societies affect new Chinese employees in an Italian-Chinese joint venture in a negative way. Recommendations on how to improve new employee retention under this international context will be given at the end. === text