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.

由于大流行病，尚未在老挝人民民主共和国收集数据。这就是为什么我们要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。该经济区已要求国际合作，通过外国直接投资从几个国家，包括日本，中国，马来西亚，德国，泰国，法国，荷兰等日本，和其他国家已与老挝共同投资，以充分利用当地的利益。这就是为什么多国人力资源管理方法可以在与当地老挝雇员的工作中进行比较研究。其中一个方面是东盟经济共同体（AEC）的进展比最初计划的要慢，因为其成员国面临的挑战更多。然而，国际社会对老挝人民民主共和国的兴趣越来越大，导致越来越多的跨国公司在老挝开业和经营。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和发展。这一有趣的现象可以在实地调查开始后进一步研究。另一项发现是，非洲经济共同体似乎导致当地劳动力的最低工资增加，熟练劳动力在成员国内自由流动。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，跨国公司，包括日本企业如何部署其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）