Sociologist interviews Chinese junior employees on career
plans in international companies – 32nd German Oriental Studies Conference
(Deutscher Orientalistentag) presents new Asia studies
According to a study, young Chinese managers are unsatisfied
with the career opportunities in international companies in their home country.
“The promotion expectations of highly qualified Chinese employees are
restricted by flat hierarchies and poor chances of permanent employment with
which Western companies flexibly react to the needs of the globalised market”,
the sociologist Junchen Yan from Bielefeld explains. He will present the
results of the study at the 32nd German Oriental Studies Conference (Deutscher
Orientalistentag, DOT) in Münster in September. Owing to decreased hierarchy
levels and career opportunities companies have to deal with employees who resign
suddenly. “This explains why multinational companies increasingly complain
about unmotivated employees and the loss of image which companies recently
suffered in China according to surveys.”