A survey of Chinese human resource management research in China

Abstract

In this study, we examine research in the field of human resource management (HRM) published in six leading Chinese management journals from 2001 to 2007.First, we show publication patterns of Chinese HRM research by topic and reference discipline. Second, we assess the status of research quality using four raters to independently rate the articles based on type, orientation, design and statistical analyses. Through a systematic approach of analyzing this selection of articles, our study offers an opportunity for international scholars to appreciate the unique contributions of the Chinese language literature to the general HRM research. We conclude with a discussion of opportunities and directions for future research in this area to produce high quality indigenous research and build global knowledge community as well.

Keywords:

• China
• content analysis
• human resource management
• method
• research
• review

Acknowledgements

This study is part of the research for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 70702029) and Pujiang program. The authors wish to thank the foundation for the financial support. Many thanks also for very helpful comments from the reviewers of this study.

Notes

1. A list of these 186 articles is omitted here owing to page limit, but is available from the corresponding author upon request.