Anthropological Perspective in HR Management: A Case Study of China-based Multi-national Corporation

Abstract

Chinese companies encounter many cross cultural management problems when globalize their market. With an anthropological perspective, this empirical research taps various information by getting familiar with the people within the organization studied, and explores how organizational identification (OID) affects employees’ performance in a cross culture scenario. The research conclusion shows that OID will affect employee’s work behavior and attitude in a positive way and hence improve team performance. In the final part of the study, some cross culture management issues are discussed and advices based on the study are presented.