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The Cultural Context of Human Resource Management in East Asia

Australian National University

Evelina F. Ngan

Australian National University

Over recent decades there has been phenomenal growth in foreign direct investment in the countries of East Asia. This investment has come from coun tries both within the region and outside the region. The implications for HRM have been twofold: first, corporations have often found themselves managing workforces in countries with very different political and economic systems and cultures; and, second, at least in the early stages of their investment, those firms have had the task of placing expatriate managers in countries that were outside those persons' experience. In both matters there have been difficulties. This paper endeavours to provide an understanding of the origin of some of those difficulties by examining the cultural context within which HRM is undertaken in East Asia. It takes a broad-brush approach in looking for dif ferences and similarities both between East Asia and other geographic regions and between countries within the region.

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