A Study on Training Programs of Host-country Managers in Subsidiaries of Taiwanese MNCs

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際貿易學系 === 86 === The research tries to achieve the following goals:1.To study the relationship between the organizational characteristics and the training programs for host-country managers.2.To understand the influence of...

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Main Authors: Lai, Wu-Chyi, 賴武琪
Other Authors: Hai-Ming Chen
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 1998
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47765226084286212864
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Summary:碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際貿易學系 === 86 === The research tries to achieve the following goals:1.To study the relationship between the organizational characteristics and the training programs for host-country managers.2.To understand the influence of the regional culture on the training programs for host-country managers.3.What is the intensity of correlation between the training programs and the training effects?4.Are there any differences in training programs that Taiwanese firms implement in different regions?1408 cases of outward investments were assigned randomly from the register of Outward Investment by area & by industry and the registers of Taiwanese firms in Shanghai, Kiangsu, Fukien, Kwangtung. By mailing survey, obtaining 97 valid ones from 125 questionnaires received.The results are summarized as follows:1.The influences of the stages of internationalization, the strategic predisposition, industry, and the policy of training expenses on training programs are significantly different. But the years of establishment, the scales on training programs are not.2.The influences of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, masculinity, language, education, economy and politics on training programs are significantly different except for religious belief.3.The influences of the frequency of on-the-job training (O.J.T.) and off-the-job training (Off J.T.) on the index of training effects are significantly different. And the contents of training programs on the index of training effects are significantly different, too.4.Host-country managers' power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism and masculinity are significantly different between People's Republic of China (PRC) and USA. The influences of language and economy on the contents of training programs are significantly different between PRC and USA. There are also significantly different in changing attitude to work and in the liquidity of employee between PRC and USA.