When in China ... The HRM practices of Chinese and foreign-owned enterprises during a giobai crisis

Introduction In a setting such as China, with its rapid development, human resource management (HRM) practices change frequently and quickly. For example, multinational companies (MNCs) entering China introduce management practices that they have developed elsewhere (Lau and Ngo 2001, Cooke 2004), even as Chinese firms eagerly search out and introduce the most recent techniques and practices (Warner 1996, 1997, Ding et al. 2001, Zhu 2005). These two different modes of introduction produce similar results, namely, the constant arrival of new management practices in the country.