Abstract
This chapter complements the previous chapter that described the roles foreign employees play in realizing a Chinese company’s international aspirations by supplementing an experiential dimension to the elements already introduced. In this context, ‘experience’ refers to the working conditions and unique challenges foreign employees face once they have joined a Chinese company, but is defined broadly enough to encompass the very first encounter that a foreign employee, or potential employee, may have with a Chinese company and the initial impressions formed from that encounter.
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