Evolution of organizational governance and human resource management in China's township and village enterprises

Abstract

This study reviews the evolution of organizational governance and human resource management practices in China's non-state sector, with a focus on China's township and village enterprises (TVEs). The empirical investigation on twenty TVEs located in Southern China provided the evidence that, as enterprises move towards a more formal corporate governance structure with clearer property rights relations, their human resource management practices tend to become more marketized, in order to meet the challenge of increased competition in the highly dynamic, transitional Chinese economy.

Keywords:

• China
• corporate governance
• economic reform
• human resource management
• industrial relations
• labour–management relations
• PRC
• property rights reform
• reward systems
• township and village enterprises

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Daniel Z. Ding, Department of Marketing, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PRC (e-mail: [email protected]). Gloria Ge, School of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]). Malcolm Warner, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK (e-mail: [email protected]).