Competition and Change in Human Resource Management by Japanese & Multinational Firms in the Lao Special Economic Zones

日本人人力资源管理的竞争与变革

• 批准号: 20K13563
• 负责人: 萬 智恵
• 金额: $ 0.83万
• 依托单位: Aoyama Gakuin University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K13563/
• 关键词: HRM strategies; MNCs in Lao PDR; MNCs in Laos; Lao economic zone; Japanese firms; HR strategies; Local rules and customs

The data collection in Lao PDR has not yet been undertaken because of the pandemic. That is why collecting secondary data and reviewing relevant literatures had been conducted instead.The special economic zone of Lao PDR has been the target of this research project. The economic zone has asked international cooperation through FDI from several number of countries including Japan, China, Malaysia, Germany, Thailand, France, Holland etc. Japan, and other countries have invested jointly with Laos to fully utilise local benefits. That is why multi-national HRM methods can be comparatively examined in working with local Lao employees. One of the aspects has been found that the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has progressed slower than being initially planned due to more challenging its member countries have faced with. Nevertheless, there has been more international interest in Lao PDR, leading to increasing number of multi-national companies (MNCs) opening and operating there. In particular, Lao-China economic zones in Lao PDR seem to actively function and be growing. This interesting phenomenon can be further examined once the fieldwork starts.As another findings, the AEC seems to cause an increase in the minimum wage of local labour and free movement of skilled labour within the member countries. It implies that MNCs are under more competitive local labour market and therefore required to retain local labour. Given these new difficulties, how have MNCs including Japanese firms deployed their new HRM strategies need to be investigated in the coming years.

由于大流行，老挝人民民主共和国的数据收集尚未进行。这就是为什么我们转而收集二手数据并查阅相关文献。老挝人民民主共和国经济特区是本研究项目的目标。经济区已向日本、中国、马来西亚、德国、泰国、法国、荷兰等多个国家寻求外商直接投资国际合作。日本等国家与老挝联合投资，充分发挥当地优势。这就是为什么可以在与老挝当地员工的合作中对跨国人力资源管理方法进行比较研究。一方面，由于成员国面临更多挑战，东盟经济共同体（AEC）的进展速度比最初计划的要慢。尽管如此，国际社会对老挝人民民主共和国的兴趣越来越浓厚，导致越来越多的跨国公司 (MNC) 在那里开设和经营。特别是老挝人民民主共和国的老中经济区似乎正在积极运作并不断发展。一旦实地工作开始，就可以进一步研究这一有趣的现象。另一个发现是，东盟经济共同体似乎导致了当地劳动力最低工资的提高以及成员国内熟练劳动力的自由流动。这意味着跨国公司处于更具竞争力的当地劳动力市场，因此需要保留当地劳动力。鉴于这些新的困难，包括日本企业在内的跨国公司如何部署新的人力资源管理战略，需要在未来几年进行调查。

项目成果

University of Technology MARA/University of Malaya(マレーシア)

MARA科技大学/马来亚大学（马来西亚）

University of Technology MARA/University of Malaysia(マレーシア)

玛拉科技大学/马来西亚大学（马来西亚）