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Manufacturing to Asia : who will win the emerging battle for talent between Dragons and Tigers?

Zheng, Connie, Soosay, Claudine and Hyland, Paul 2008, Manufacturing to Asia : who will win the emerging battle for talent between Dragons and Tigers?, Journal of manufacturing technology management, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 52-72.

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Title Manufacturing to Asia : who will win the emerging battle for talent between Dragons and Tigers?
Author(s) Zheng, Connie
Soosay, Claudine
Hyland, Paul
Journal name Journal of manufacturing technology management
Volume number 19
Issue number 1
Start page 52
End page 72
Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Place of publication Bradford, England
Publication date 2008
ISSN 1741-038X
1758-7786
Keyword(s) Asia
manufacturing industries
multinational companies
recruitment
skills
Summary Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the issues relating to recruiting highly skilled managerial and professional staff experienced by multinational companies (MNCs) manufacturing in six Asian countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from 529 MNCs were used to examine critical human resource planning and recruitment concerns of companies operating in high growth “Dragon” and newly developed “Tiger” economies. The study examined the differences in recruitment practices between manufacturing and service companies and the issues relating to how manufacturers maintain an adequate skills basis.

Findings – There appears a considerable extent of battle for talent among Dragon and Tiger economies with the latter required to be more aggressive as they attempt to sustain growth. Manufacturing companies are experiencing a higher demand for more job-related managerial and technical capabilities whilst competing with service companies that are also in need for more talent. To succeed, manufacturing MNCs will need to adopt a strategic approach for recruitment and retention, and internal capability training to maintain their skilled employees in order to sustain competitive advantage.

Originality/value – The results shown in the paper provide manufacturing MNCs with insights into managerial and professional recruitment trend in Asia.
Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. The final published version is available from the journal homepage www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1641813&show=abstract&
Language eng
Field of Research 150305 Human Resources Management
Socio Economic Objective 910402 Management
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032768

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