The relevance of fit in management styles between managers of sino-german international joint ventures : an empirical examination of the fit between partners' management styles in Sino-German IJVs

摘要

As German organisations expand their businesses into China, the potential risksudassociated with a lack of fit in management styles among International Joint Ventureud(IJV) partner-firms have become increasingly obvious to academic researchers,udhuman resource professionals and partner-firm managers themselves.udThe general consensus among researchers and practitioners is that culturaluddifferences in management styles are a major deterrent to the success of IJVs. Limitedudresearch has been undertaken to specifically examine and identify how partner-firmudmanagers can overcome this barrier in Sino-German IJVs.