Challenge and Integration: Adaptive Transition of HRM Systems in Japanese Enterprises in China

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to present the characteristics and transitions of HRM systems in Japanese firms operating in China. The results show that Japanese firms operating in China have totally abandoned the long-term-oriented HRM system featured by lifetime employment and seniority-based wages and promotion, and turned to pursuing a short-term-oriented HRM system based on market and employee individual performance. The transition of HRM systems in Japanese firms operated in China indicates that organizations will change their HRM systems as adaptive reaction to challenges from external environments, and environments in today's China prompted the firms to take a short-term-oriented HRM system.