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The effective deployment and management of human resources is a key contributor to the sustainabl... more The effective deployment and management of human resources is a key contributor to the sustainable success of the modern day global organisation. One of the most important decisions the global HR manager has to make is to what extent should headquarters HR policy be applied elsewhere. The challenge involves thorough investigations into the deeprouted values of the home national culture, and the culture of the subsidiary location. This paper investigates the inherent challenges of applying Anglo-American HR management concepts and policies in the Chinese subsidiary organisation. The research reveals that the main cross-cultural factors for consideration by HR managers are related to the concepts of power-distance, individualism vs. collectivism, longvs. short-termtime orientation and highvs. low context communication. The effects on organisations of Confucianism, guan-xi, social harmony and face are also discussed. The research provides a discussion which includes recommendations and...
This research investigates the types, frequency and effectiveness of various methods of correctiv... more This research investigates the types, frequency and effectiveness of various methods of corrective feedback used by English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in their communicative language classes. A review of prior research in the area of corrective feedback, along with a focus on the various types or methods of corrective feedback that educators consistently use, reveals that the recast method is of particular interest. The recast is a common, yet controversial, method of error correction that has been used extensively by EFL teachers for many years. However, the recast has recently lost favor among language acquisition researchers and language teaching experts. In order to investigate this, the corrective feedback techniques of four native speaking English teachers working in Thailand were recorded to discover if the recast is used with more or less frequency than other types of corrective feedback by EFL teachers, and in addition, whether or not it proved to be more or less effective than other forms of learner error correction. The results revealed that the recast was neither the most frequently used nor the most effective method of EFL learner correction. The results also showed that a combination of repetition, clarification requests, and elicitation could well yield better learner uptake results than either the recast used exclusively or combinations of feedback that include the recast. The paper concludes with recommendations for further research.
The effective deployment and management of human resources is a key contributor to the sustainabl... more The effective deployment and management of human resources is a key contributor to the sustainable success of the modern day global organisation. One of the most important decisions the global HR manager has to make is to what extent should headquarters HR policy be applied elsewhere. The challenge involves thorough investigations into the deeprouted values of the home national culture, and the culture of the subsidiary location. This paper investigates the inherent challenges of applying Anglo-American HR management concepts and policies in the Chinese subsidiary organisation. The research reveals that the main cross-cultural factors for consideration by HR managers are related to the concepts of power-distance, individualism vs. collectivism, longvs. short-termtime orientation and highvs. low context communication. The effects on organisations of Confucianism, guan-xi, social harmony and face are also discussed. The research provides a discussion which includes recommendations and...
This research investigates the types, frequency and effectiveness of various methods of correctiv... more This research investigates the types, frequency and effectiveness of various methods of corrective feedback used by English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in their communicative language classes. A review of prior research in the area of corrective feedback, along with a focus on the various types or methods of corrective feedback that educators consistently use, reveals that the recast method is of particular interest. The recast is a common, yet controversial, method of error correction that has been used extensively by EFL teachers for many years. However, the recast has recently lost favor among language acquisition researchers and language teaching experts. In order to investigate this, the corrective feedback techniques of four native speaking English teachers working in Thailand were recorded to discover if the recast is used with more or less frequency than other types of corrective feedback by EFL teachers, and in addition, whether or not it proved to be more or less effective than other forms of learner error correction. The results revealed that the recast was neither the most frequently used nor the most effective method of EFL learner correction. The results also showed that a combination of repetition, clarification requests, and elicitation could well yield better learner uptake results than either the recast used exclusively or combinations of feedback that include the recast. The paper concludes with recommendations for further research.