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Journal articles on the topic "Chinese business perceptions"
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Okumu, Charles Onjumi, and Anthony Fee. "Understanding the impacts of Chinese business activity in Kenya from the perspective of locals." critical perspectives on international business 15, no. 4 (October 7, 2019): 361–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-06-2019-0037.
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Purpose The authors report a field study examining the perceptions of Kenyan host-country stakeholders toward activities of Chinese businesses in their country, and the consequences of this on the legitimacy that they bestow on pertinent entities. Design/methodology/approach Interviews and observations across an eight-week period of field research revealed generally negative attitudes toward Chinese businesses, with issues pertinent to moral legitimacy prominent, notably, perceptions of corrupt practices, environmental neglect and profit expatriation. Findings The authors also find evidence that these negative attitudes spilled over to contaminate Kenyans’ perceptions of their own government, which respondents associated closely with the activities of Chinese entities. Originality/value The authors extend understanding of legitimacy theory and the implications of foreign business activity by highlighting that businesses may be mistaken to believe that their international business activities are politically neutral, and while host governments may believe that the economic benefits arising from attracting foreign business activity can buttress their legitimacy, the perceived activities of these businesses, in the absence of supporting institutional frameworks, may render this counterproductive.
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McDonald, Gael M., and Raymond A. Zepp. "Ethical perceptions of Hong Kong Chinese business managers." Journal of Business Ethics 7, no. 11 (November 1988): 835–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00383046.
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Gao, Simon S., Serge Oreal, and Jane Zhang. "Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses." International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management 3, no. 2 (April 2014): 31–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrcm.2014040103.
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This study investigated the current perceptions and practices of financial risk management at small businesses in China. The researchers took an interpretative approach, using interviews within a case study, to collect qualitative data from Chinese business owners. Despite the well-documented importance of financial risk management in light of the 2008 global financial crises, surprisingly, the data indicated that little progress has been made on implementing an effective financial risk management in many Chinese small businesses. Analysis indicated the core problems in the case study organization stemmed from a lack of expertise, along with insufficient operational resources, for applying risk management. Interestingly, the researchers also found that Chinese small business managers perceived financial risks differently from managers of large organizations in China. Specifically, small business owners preferred to utilize risk transfer and insurance cover to hedge against financial risk.
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Christiansen, Flemming. "Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks. Edited by Thomas Menkhoff and Solvay Gerke. [London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. xv+335 pp. £65.00. ISBN 0-7007-1653-X.]." China Quarterly 176 (December 2003): 1088–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741003230630.
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Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks< contributes to a growing and contested field of scholarship. The introduction presents the volume as a corrective to what it regards as misconceived, popular perceptions of Chinese entrepreneurs and business networks in Asia, and expends much energy criticizing prominent examples of these misconstrued ideas. The major claim is that the culturalist perceptions of bamboo networks and business tribes (pp. 4–7) are not sustained by “sober empirical facts” (p. 8). The aims are to “counteract” the myths about Chinese entrepreneurs with the use of “data” revealing the “actual patterns,” and to present “alternative” interpretations of concepts such as “guanxi” that are “essentialised” in “mainstream literature on Chinese business” (p. 8). To judge by the introduction and the last chapter (both written by the editors), the volume's agenda is dominated more by the will to engage in a polemic than by the urge to get on with the job of exploring how Chinese businesses in Asia function.
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Busch, Rainer, Karim Gassemi, Julie Papastamatelou, Alexander Unger, and Christian May. "Perception of formal and informal institutions by entrepreneurs in China, Morocco, and Germany – A cross-cultural pilot study." International Journal of Management and Economics 56, no. 4 (November 6, 2020): 324–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0026.
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AbstractIntroduction and AimsEntrepreneurship and the business environment, in general, are being influenced by the existence of formal and informal institutions. This study focuses on the negative versus positive perceptions of Moroccan, Chinese, and German entrepreneurs to formal and informal institutions, and the associations of these perceptions with self-efficacy and market versus network orientation of the business environment.MethodsIn a sample of n = 319 female and male entrepreneurs, we have examined similarities and differences in the perception of informal and formal institutions and their effects on self-efficacy and business strategy, while conducting t-tests and linear regressions.ResultsIn all three cultural contexts, both formal and informal institutions play a significant role because of different reasons.ConclusionThe nature of entrepreneurship is complex as both formal and informal institutional factors are differently associated with businesses. The results could enhance the understanding regarding the coexistence of formal or informal institutions within the business environments of different countries and the connections between business orientation and self-efficacy.
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Sam, Kin Meng, and Chris Chatwin. "CHINESE GAMBLERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF E-MARKETING MIX ELEMENTS FOR ONLINE CASINOS." Journal of Gambling Business and Economics 9, no. 1 (May 29, 2015): 58–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/jgbe.v9i1.908.
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Internet ubiquity has revolutionized numerous industries, making online shopping and auctions a profitable business sector that is now impacting on the casino industry. Different e-marketing approaches have been widely adopted by online casinos to facilitate betting transactions. The uniqueness of e-marketing is characterized via a series of specific and relational functions that are combined with the traditional 4Ps (Product, Price, Place and Promotion) to form the e-marketing mix elements. The renown and popularity of gambling on internet casinos is growing rapidly, with the online casino business seeing significant growth in Europe, Asia and South America. In China, there are twice as many online gamblers as there are online shoppers. In this study, the perceptions of Chinese gamblers are analyzed to find out: i) the demographic effect on their perceptions of e-marketing mix elements offered by online casinos; ii) the relationships between their perceptions of e-marketing mix elements. The results can provide a reference strategy for the investors in online casinos to develop e-marketing plans for the online businesses.
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Ahmed, Sadrudin A., David S. Litvack, and Jose Rojas. "Culture, Job Values and Motivations: A Sino Chile Comparison." Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective 1, no. 2 (July 1997): 21–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09722629x97001002003.
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This article reports the results of a cross-cultural study carried out on job-related perceptions and motivations of business students in the People’s Republic of China and Chile. The major research objective was to investigate how the achievement motivation of Chinese, their value systems, the characteristics they look for in employment, and their general perceptions of attributes of business enterprises differed from those of the Chileans. The results indicated that the Chinese are more similar than dissimilar to Chileans. Although the value system of the two groups were somewhat different, these were not reflected on their perceptions of the public and private sector enterprises, job motivations and job needs.
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Chang, Hsiu-Hua, Scott J. Vitell, and Long-Chuan Lu. "Consumers’ perceptions regarding questionable consumption practices in China." Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 31, no. 3 (June 10, 2019): 592–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjml-08-2017-0168.
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Purpose Since East Asian Confucian societies are relational societies that view harmonious relationships with others as important, the issue of consumer ethics has received considerable attention in the quest to improve the effectiveness of business transactions. This is especially true of China, a large developing country with many business investment opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between consumer ethical beliefs and the personality traits of consumer relationship proneness, religiousness, attitude toward business and love of money, which are seldom explored in the literature. Design/methodology/approach The sample is collected by systematic sampling in China and a sample of 434 individuals is surveyed. This study performs confirmatory factor analysis to examine the reliability and validity and then uses the evaluation of the structural equation model exhibited a good fit between the model and the observed data to test the hypotheses via LISREL 8.7. Findings Findings show that individuals with stronger relationship proneness and high religiousness tend to more strongly consider many questionable consumer practices as unacceptable. Attitude toward business and love of money partially impact consumer unethical beliefs. Originality/value While there cultural differences between East Asian and western societies, consumer relationship proneness and the three other constructs featuring Chinese characteristics should be considered a vital personality in Chinese society. The results of this study offer findings which are not fully consistent with the findings of studies conducted in other countries and can improve friendly relationship marketing practices with Chinese consumers. More research is necessary to understand consumer ethical behavior in the varied cultures of Asia.
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Chen, Ying, and Don Capener. "Global Value Perceptions: The Case of Luxury Hotels." SAM Advanced Management Journal 86, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 32–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.52770/wcng5119.
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This exploratory study analyses value perceptions of luxury hotels in cross-cultural contexts. Value perceptions between the two biggest luxury consumer groups, Americans and Chinese, are compared in the context of the upscale hotel business. Based on an established conceptual framework, this study uses the phenomenological approach, first introduced by C. E. Moustakas in 1994, to compare data from in-depth interviews exploring the perceptions of luxury hotels. The findings suggest adjustments to existing luxury frameworks to recognize tangible and intangible characteristics upscale hotels might consider when driving brand value and reputation. Offers, amenities, and services differ in value perception in ways previous studies did not address.
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Horwitz, F., R. Hemmant, and C. Rademeyer. "Chinese business negotiations: South African firm experiences and perspectives." South African Journal of Business Management 39, no. 1 (March 31, 2008): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v39i1.551.
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South African business joint ventures in China are increasing. Successful negotiations are a key component when establishing a gateway into the Chinese market. This research is undertaken to establish South African business negotiators’ understanding of Chinese business negotiation styles and behaviours and determinants of cross-cultural negotiation. Primary data was obtained through quantitative ranking style questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with selected South African business people who have had business negotiations with Chinese firms. The research revealed that perceptions held by South African business negotiators do not differ substantially from that of Westerners with regards to aspects such as trust relationships, hierarchical decision making, long-term decision making, networks and the concept of ‘face’.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Chinese business perceptions"
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Lin, Yang. "Chinese business managers' perceptions in KM-related decision making: environmental, informational, individual, and decision-specific perspectives." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104503.
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Knowledge Management (KM) to date has been poorly recognized, explained, and applied in China, and lack of empirical evidence has become a major barrier to the development of KM research in the Chinese academic community. The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of Chinese business managers in the processes of KM-related decision making, from environmental, informational, individual, and decision-specific perspectives. A qualitative, multiple-case study strategy was used. Primary data were collected from the semi-structured interviews conducted with seventeen Chinese business managers who worked in either the manufacturing or telecommunications industry, and then the data were analyzed using thematic-analysis techniques. Participants perceived KM to be a long term process and believed that KM could not contribute to organizational survival. They thought that the most difficult challenge to successfully implement KM was to nurture a KM-friendly organizational culture. Three factors greatly affected their decision about whether to use KM strategies: perceived importance of knowledge-based assets, perceived contribution to organizational survival, and perceived organizational stability and health. They stressed that Chinese organizational leaders often agreed to support KM in word but not in action, due to KM's low business priority in their managerial agendas. In addition, participants perceived high uncertainties with respect to their internal organizational environments that arose from five major perspectives: 1) willingness to share and learn, 2) shared awareness and understanding, 3) level of management involvement, 4) status of product R&D, and 5) organizational policy and strategy. They also perceived high uncertainties regarding their external organizational environments from three perspectives: 1) customer needs, 2) competitive intensity, and 3) technological development. Participants generally preferred to use internal information sources in the processes of KM-related decision making, and perceived these sources to be relevant, comprehensive, reliable, and accessible. They found external impersonal sources to be highly accessible, but only considered business or professional associates to be relevant, comprehensive, and reliable. They believed that only a systematic, synthesized review of the information collected from multiple information sources could be considered to be complete, and insisted that source reliability was the most fundamental source characteristic. The findings systematically explain why KM has not been extensively applied and developed in the Chinese community, and thus contribute to the promotion of KM practices in China and to the overall development of KM research. The findings also present important theoretical and practical implications for strategic decision making, KM, and information science.En Chine, le manque de reconnaissance, de compréhension et d'application de la gestion des connaissances (GC) ainsi que l'absence de données empiriques jusqu'à ce jour pose un obstacle majeur au développement de la recherche en gestion des connaissances dans le milieu académique. L'objectif de cette recherche est d'examiner la perception des gestionnaires d'entreprises en ce qui a trait aux processus reliés à la prise de décisions en GC. Ces perceptions sont regroupées en aspects environnementaux, documentaires, individuels et en prise de décisions spécifiques. Une approche qualitative est employée, elle est composée de multiples études de cas. La collecte principale de données a été faite à l'aide d'entrevues semi-structurées auprès de dix-sept gestionnaires chinois œuvrant dans l'industrie minière ou des télécommunications. Ces données sont analysées à l'aide d'une approche thématique. Les participants percevaient la GC comme un processus à long terme et croyaient que la GC ne pouvait pas contribuer à la survie de l'entreprise. Selon eux, le plus grand défi pour implanter la GC est de favoriser une culture organisationnelle favorable. Leur décision d'utiliser des stratégies de GC était influencée par leurs perceptions de trois facteurs, soit 1) l'importance des actifs de la connaissance, 2) la contribution de la GC à la survie de l'entreprise et 3), la santé et la stabilité de l'entreprise. Selon eux, les chefs d'entreprise chinois soutiennent la GC mais ont de la difficulté de joindre l'action à la parole et ceci est illustré par la faible priorité de la GC au sein de leur programme de la gestion des affaires. Les participants perçoivent cinq sources majeures d'incertitude provenant de l'environnement organisationnel interne à l'entreprise, soit 1) la volonté de partager et d'apprendre, 2) la présence d'une conscience et une compréhension commune au sein de l'entreprise, 3) le niveau d'implication des gestionnaires, 4) le statut des produits issus de la recherche et du développement et 5), les stratégies et politiques organisationnelles. Ils perçoivent également trois sources majeures d'incertitudes provenant de l'environnement externe de à l'entreprise, soient 1) les besoins des clients, 2) l'intensité de la concurrence et 3), les développements technologiques. De façon générale, les participants préfèrent utiliser des sources internes d'information afin d'appuyer le processus de décisions liés à la GC et ses sources étaient perçues comme étant pertinentes, complètes, fiables et accessibles. Ils ont constaté que les sources externes impersonnelles sont facilement accessibles, mais ils considéraient que seul leur réseau de contacts professionnels offrait une information pertinente, complète et fiable. Ils croyaient que seule une analyse systématique d'informations provenant de multiples sources serait considérée complète et, ils affirmaient que la fiabilité était la caractéristique la plus importante permettant d'évaluer une source d'information. Ces résultats exposent de façon systématique les raisons qui expliquent le peu de développement et d'applications en GC dans les communautés chinoises et contribuent à la promotion des pratiques de GC en Chine et au développement global de la recherche en GC. Les résultats contiennent également d'importantes contributions théoriques et pratiques applicables à la prise de décisions stratégiques à la GC ainsi qu'aux sciences de l'information.
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Hasche, Nina. "Value co-creating processes in international business relationships : three empirical studies of cooperation between Chinese customers and Swedish suppliers." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-30074.
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This thesis focuses on value co-creating processes in international business relationships, where customers and suppliers have different frames of reference that create a distance, often expressed in terms of uncertainty between the customer and the supplier. This tension between developing cooperative business relationships in order to co-create value versus handling uncertainty, misunderstandings and conflicts based on perceived distance, makes an interesting arena for exploring how the value co creating process is formed in international business relationships. In this thesis, a customer-supplier perspective is used. The thesis rests on reasoning and concepts discussed in the field of marketing, where literature on value co-creation forms the theoretical foundation of the thesis. Three case studies of co-operation between Chinese customers and Swedish suppliers operating in the Chinese automotive industry have been carried out so as to obtain an in depth picture of the value co-creating processes in international business relationships. The main contribution of the thesis is a nuanced phraseology which should prove fruitful when discussing value co-creating processes in international business relationships. The notion of value co creation in interactive processes is further developed by discussing value through a business relationship and value in a business relationship, where value co-creation includes both individual value for customers and suppliers respectively and common value for both parties to share. The concepts of conversation, coordination, collaboration and co-generation capture the process of cocreating value between international customers and suppliers with different frames of reference. The concepts constituting the phraseology can be seen as generally applicable, but the content of the different concepts discussed varies between business actors, across cultures and over time. By discussing the temporal dimension of past, present and future in this thesis, the developed phraseology infer the notion of continuity instead of short term interaction episodes often discussed in other types of valueco-creation frameworks.
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Paterson, Steven James. "Perceptions of organisational commitment within a selected Chinese organisation in South Africa: a case study approach." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013094.
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Chinese organisations are benefiting from increasing support from the Chinese government to enter into Africa. It is believed that over 2 000 Chinese organisations are operational in Africa, contributing greatly to employment within the continent. Despite the importance of Chinese organisations and their operations in Africa, very little research has been done on individual and organisational issues in Chinese organisations operating in Africa, and more specifically the local employees' organisational commitment to such organisations. The organisational commitment of South African employees within Chinese organisations in South Africa is important as it promotes the success of Chinese business, which may promote further investment into the country, as well as the use of local human resources. The primary aim of this research was therefore to conduct a literature and empirical study into the levels of and factors influencing the organisational commitment of South African employees in a selected Chinese organisation in South Africa. For the purposes of this study, a single case study approach, located within the phenomenological research paradigm, was used. A large multinational Chinese organisation with operations in South Africa agreed to participate in this study. The research made use of a descriptive case study design. To give effect to the primary aim of the study, three research objectives were identified. Firstly, to identify and describe key factors influencing local employee commitment. Secondly, to identify and describe current commitment levels amongst local employees, and lastly, to propose recommendations to improve local employee commitment and its implications for the appropriate management of human resources within the Chinese organisation. Data were collected by means of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 participating employees at four organisational branches across South Africa. Moreover, although the interview transcripts were the primary source of data, the collection process was enriched with the use of organisational and participant observations. The findings of this research revealed ten factors which are perceived to influence the commitment of South African employees within the organisation, namely: Open communication, Leadership, Supervisory support, Opportunities for training and development, Compensation, Job security, Promotional opportunities, Shared values, Recognition and Trust. Certain issues were raised by the participants during the in-depth interviews, most notably the limited opportunities for training, development and promotion, as well as issues regarding the perceived limited compensation received from the organisation. Despite these issues, the general findings relating to the levels of commitment in the organisation were positive for the organisation under study, with the majority of the participants being perceived to demonstrate high levels of affective, normative and continuance commitment.
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Yang, Huashuai, Yusi Zhang, and Zijie Zhou. "Research on Chinese Millennial Consumers’ Perception of Co-branded Fashion Collections." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50114.
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Background: In fashion market, with the emergence of new brands and changing customer preference in style, competition is fierce nowadays. Brand is an intangible asset that fashion brands build and leverage to secure market position and customer loyalty, which leads to a competitive advantage. Among different brand building models and methods, co-branding alliance strategy is increasingly adopted between fashion brands in the past 20 years. Co-branding alliance refers to a marketing strategy that leveraging different brand names on a product or service, which suggests a strategic alliance between different brands. For fashion brands, either in fast fashion or luxury fashion, cobranding alliance with other brands is a popular trend. Purpose: This research aims to investigate the factors that influence the perception of the Chinese millennial consumers to purchase co-branding fashion products. Method: Interpretivism philosophy and inductive approach are used in terms of methodology. Moreover, qualitative data are dominantly collected, and content analysis is conducted as analysis tool. A structured video interview is conducted through WeChat and open-end questions are asked to get empirical primary data. Conclusion: Chinese millennial consumers prefer the co-brand between LV and Supreme, compared with H&M and Moschino. It is noticed that currently Chinese young consumers have highly preference towards collaboration which has perfect fit of two brand images and perfect connection connecting the co-branded image with consumers’ self-image.
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Sun, Jingyi, and Lu Huang. "An explorative study on Chinese consumer’s perception and preference for the use of traditional Chinese cultural elements in marketing : - The role of nostalgia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-415486.
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Aim: This study aims to explore the Chinese consumer's perception and preference for the use of traditional Chinese cultural elements (TCCEs) in marketing from two aspects: nostalgia formation and nostalgia preference. Methods: This study adopted the method of qualitative research. The data was collected by the students from the Zhejiang University of Technology through video semi-structured interviews. The four cases of TCCEs products are bottled water, lipstick, pajama, and stationery. They were used in the semi-structured interview. Result & Conclusions: This study concluded that age, gender, and personal experience could influence the formation of nostalgia. Besides, nostalgia advertisements and products can stimulate consumers’ positive emotions, thus generating nostalgia preference. Contribution & implication: From the perspective of companies, nostalgia marketing needs to be customized according to the characteristics of target consumers, i.e., their gender, age, and personal experience. Additionally, the connection between the product and TCCEs should be considered carefully in order to improve the understanding and acceptance of TCCEs products from consumers.
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Shao, Wei. "Oriental wisdom meets occidental construct: How Chinese University students perceive sustainability?" Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-45850.
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Sustainability is a global issue, whilst the extant sustainability research is largely inclined towards the global north. China as one of most prominent emerging countries, itsimportance in sustainability research has been emphasized by many scholars. As one small step towards fulfilling the quest, this research explores how Chinese universitystudents perceive sustainability as a concept and sustainability related issues. The qualitative research method is being adopted in this research, to complement the few quantitative research done in China. In order to enable comparison and further analysis between respondents, also to simplify the societal structure complex, students’ perceptionon individual, organizational, national and international level are explored. Being inspiredby an ongoing project in Finland, one extra topic regarding the bottom-up approach insustainability initiatives is further included in the research. Research findings indicates: 1) student’s perception on sustainability as a concept is biased towards environmental aspect, with moderate awareness on economic and social sustainability; 2) The awareness regarding sustainability in higher education is found to be low among students, while they all perceive the sustainability performances of universities as good; 3) Students are largely skeptical about corporation’s sustainability performances,while they all hold high expectations for corporation’s role in improving sustainability performances of the society at large; 4) An universal optimistic stance is being observed among students, perceiving the sustainability performances of China as a country is good. Likewise, a univocal endorsement for China to help undeveloped countries to improve their sustainability performances, is being identified; 5) The awareness of achievements that have been made worldwide is low among students, with the most known one as the Paris Agreement, while very few only briefly heard of the SDGs. 6) Majority students perceivethe bottom-up approach should be considered in China, to work as complement of the traditional dominating top-down approach.The institutional logic perspective is chosen as the theoretical framework to understand why students perceive sustainability and related issues the way they do. It has been presented to account for both homogeneity and heterogeneity observed in research findings, with the formal caused by domination of the state logic, and the latter caused by the competition between the market logic, the community logic and the dominating statelogic. These findings advanced our understanding in this field, and could be deemed as contributions of this research.
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Andersson, Simon, and Gustaf Persson. "The Country-of-Origin Effect in the Personal Care Market : A study on Swedish consumers’ perception of Chinese products." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29315.
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Title: The Country-of-Origin Effect in the Personal Care Market Level: Final assignment for Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration Author: Simon Andersson and Gustaf Persson Supervisor: Jonas Kågström Date: 2019 – January Aim: The study aims to analyse Swedish consumers’ perceptions on the Country-of-Origin effects regarding Chinese products. Method: The study is based on a quantitative method. The data collection was done with a questionnaire with a deductive approach. The empirical data was collected through a web survey which was published on social media e.g. Facebook and LinkedIn. The data was then processed in the statistical program IBM SPSS Statistics (SPSS) to form models, figures and values. A descriptive-, correlation-, factor- and cluster-analysis was then formed. Result & Conclusion: The results showed how different variables correlate, different factors which the variables were grouped in and five different clusters of respondents. The conclusion is that there is a so-called COO-effect for Swedish consumers subconsciously. Furthermore, Swedish consumers are aware of the origin, but rank other quality and price as higher cues. Contribution of the thesis: This study aims, with help of previous research and a conducted survey, examine how Swedish consumer perceptions of Chinese personal care products regarding the COO-effect. Furthermore, it provides information on how Swedish consumers ranks certain cues. The study is unique since it provides insight on a market that has not yet been analysed with regard to the COO effect (Sweden) and with a certain product group where there is no current research available in relation to COOeffects. Furthermore, the study contributes to general COO-research, with certain implications deriving from previous research. There are both theoretical and practical contributions of importance, illustrating Swedish consumer perceptions of Chinese products. Suggestions for future research: This essay is limited to the Swedish market and focused on a particular product group. There are several other products groups that are yet to be researched in regard to COO-effects/consumer perception. Further research could compare two different product groups with high involvement to analyse the difference between certain product types. A comparison between two (or more) different countries would provide a vertical view of COO-effects, analysing the differences between different consumer perceptions and what cultural variables that may be vital for purchasing decisions. Keywords: Country-of-origin (COO), Country-of-origin effects, Product evaluation, Cultural differences, Made in China, Consumer behaviour, Purchase decision, TrustTitel: The Country-of-Origin Effect in the Personal Care Market Nivå: Examensarbete på Grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Simon Andersson och Gustaf Persson Handledare: Jonas Kågström Datum: 2019 – Januari Syfte: Studien syftar att analysera svenska konsumenters uppfattning om effekterna av ursprungsland för kinesiska produkter. Metod: Studien baseras på en kvantitativ metod. Datainsamlingen skedde med en enkätundersökning som utgår från ett deduktivt synsätt. Empiriska data har samlats in via en webbenkät som publicerades på sociala medier som exempelvis Facebook och LinkedIn. Data behandlades i statistikprogrammet IBM SPSS Statistics (SPSS) för att få ut resultat; modeller, figurer och värden. Sedan utformades en deskriptiv analys, korrelationsanalys, faktoranalys och en klusteranalys. Resultat & slutsats: Resultatet uppvisade hur olika variabler korrelerar, olika faktorer som grupperar variabler samt fem olika kluster med respondenter. Vi kan dra slutsatsen att det finns en så kallad ”country-of-origin” (COO) -effekt som svenska konsumenter inte är medvetna om. Svenska konsumenter är medvetna om produktens ursprung, men rankar variablerna kvalitet och pris högre. Examensarbetets bidrag: Denna studie syftar till, att med hjälp av tidigare forskning och en genomförd undersökning, analysera svenska konsumenters uppfattning av kinesiska hälsoprodukter när det gäller COO-effekten. Dessutom ger den information om hur svenska konsumenter rankar olika variabler vid köp. Studien är unik eftersom den ger insikt om en marknad som ännu inte analyserats med avseende på COO-effekten och med en viss produktgrupp som det inte finns någon forskning om samband av COO-effekter. Studien kommer dessutom att bidra till generell COO-forskning, med vissa avvikelser som härrör från tidigare forskning. Det finns både teoretiska och praktiska bidrag av betydelse, som ger en inblick i svenska konsumenters uppfattning av kinesiska produkter. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Den här uppsatsen avgränsar sig till den svenska marknaden och riktade in sig på en särskild produktgrupp. Det finns flera andra produktgrupper som ännu inte undersöks med avseende på COO-effekter och dess inverkan på konsumenters uppfattning. Framtida forskning kan jämföra två olika produktgrupper för att analysera de skillnader som finns/inte finns. En jämförelse mellan två (eller flera) olika länder skulle ge en vertikal bild av COO-effekter och en sådan analys skulle öka förståelse för att förstå vilka kulturella skillnader som är avgörande i konsumentbeteende. Nyckelord: Country-of-origin (COO), Country-of-origin effects, Product evaluation, Cultural differences, Made in China, Consumer behaviour, Purchase decision, Trust
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Lu, Yang, and Yue Yuan. "To Buy or Not to Buy? : A Study on the Price Discount on Luxury Goods, Chinese Consumers’ Luxury Perception, and Purchasing Behavior." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-357955.
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As the Chinese luxury market has become one of the biggest in the world, this thesis seeks to investigate the relationship between the luxury perception of Chinese consumers and their willingness to buy under the price reduction. Drawing from Wiedmann’s concepts of luxury values, we propose a framework to measure the luxury value perception of Chinese consumers through the functional, individual, and social dimensions. We conduct a quantitative research and collect 315 valid questionnaires from Chinese luxury consumers. In questionnaires, we ask them to rate the perception of luxury goods and their willingness to buy when the price is reduced by 20% and 40% respectively. We perform multiple linear regression with SPSS. The results show the value perception in the individual dimension has positive impact on the willingness to buy, and the more price is reduced, the more impact it will have, whereas, the value perception in the functional dimension is not significantly related to the willingness to buy under both price reductions. The value perception in the social dimension is positively related to the willingness to buy when the price is reduced by 20%, but there is no significant relationship when the price is further reduced by 40%.
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Luo, Dan, and Hao Yang. "Who cares about Country of Origin product image? : a study of Chinese consumers' perception of Swedish furniture & home-decoration products." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388559.
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Background: The sociodemographic characteristics of consumers, as important determinants of consumer behavior, has not received much attention in research on Country of Origin (COO) effect. In practical, the rapid progress of urbanization in China has brought great demand in the furniture and home-decoration market. Sweden has variety of world-famous furniture and home-decoration brands and most of these have established business in China. There has rarely been research on Chinese consumers’ perceptions of Swedish furniture and home-decoration brands. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Chinese consumers’ sociodemographic characteristics on COO product image in terms of Swedish furniture and home-decoration products and how this affects and influences purchase intentions. Methods: Quantitative research is used in this study through a survey based on an online questionnaire. We test our research model with seven hypotheses based on the survey consisting of 269 valid questionnaires from Chinese consumers. Findings: This empirical study investigates Chinese consumers’ perceptions of Country of Origin image in their evaluation of Swedish furniture and home-decoration products and examines how these are affected by consumers’ sociodemographic characteristics. Taking into account the distinct situation of the Chinese market, we disentangle sociodemographic aspects: age, gender, education and individual income, especially in terms of overseas experience and the scale of city in which the consumer lives. We posit that Chinese consumers’ perceptions of Swedish furniture and home-decoration products vary across distinct facets of sociodemographics. Our finding is that age, education, overseas experience and scale of city do have a significant effect on COO product image, but that age and individual income do not significant influence COO product image.
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Drew, Antony John. "Chinese perceptions of guanxi in Mainland and overseas Chinese business communities." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/919747.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Scholars generally agree that in the context of Chinese business culture, the socio-economic and socio-political institution of guanxi (personal connections/relationships), is an important factor. However to date, few have analysed guanxi within a theoretical context and there is a paucity of empirical academic research into the nature and practice of guanxi; why guanxi perceptions vary across nations, cultures and sub-cultures; and whether the use and potency of guanxi are waning, as Mainland overseas Chinese polities are modernising. Institutional economics is a discipline that facilitates the examination of socio-economic and socio-political social institutions and how an institution such as guanxi might change over time. However, whilst it contains an immense body of literature, it lacks a comprehensive analytical framework for analysing the evolution of institutions over time and more specifically; a framework that can be applied within and across cultures. This research has a dual focus. First, it develops a more comprehensive theoretical framework, grounded in genetic, ecological and psychological variables for analysing economic and institutional change within and across cultures. Secondly, it applies the framework to an analysis of guanxi in a number of Mainland Chinese regions and overseas Chinese communities. The purpose is twofold. First, to evaluate the suitability of the framework for exploring how a culturally specific, informal institution such as guanxi, may change as Chinese business people are exposed to more formal Western institutions. Secondly, to explore if and how the practice of guanxi is perceived to be changing by Chinese business people in both Mainland and overseas Chinese communities and subsequently inform academics, policy makers and business people of the findings. The researcher adopted an interpretive social science methodology and conducted nine in-depth focus group interviews in eight Chinese Mainland and overseas cities with a cross-section of English speaking Chinese business people, from a variety of industry and occupational groups. The researcher complemented the focus group interviews with an online survey, modelled on the focus group interview protocol, in order to increase the depth, breadth and rigour of the data. The transcripts from the focus groups and online survey were analysed using NVivo8 and Microsoft Excel to identify patterns and themes in the responses. Through adopting a mixed-methods approach to the analysis of the data, this research makes the following contributions to the literature on guanxi, institutional economics and the literature on research methods: an empirically derived definition as to exactly what constitutes guanxi; clarification as to the roots of guanxi, based on historical and empirical research; empirical evidence that explains varying guanxi perceptions across and between cultures, regions and nations; an empirical evaluation as to whether or not the use and potency of guanxi are waning, as both China and overseas Chinese communities are modernising; empirical evidence as to the suitability of the theoretical framework developed for this study for analysing institutions and institutional change.
Books on the topic "Chinese business perceptions"
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Lattemann, Christoph, Katiuscia Vaccarini, Francesca Spigarelli, and Ernesto Tavoletti. Cultural Distance in International Ventures: Exploring Perceptions of European and Chinese Managers. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Lattemann, Christoph, Katiuscia Vaccarini, Francesca Spigarelli, and Ernesto Tavoletti. Cultural Distance in International Ventures: Exploring Perceptions of European and Chinese Managers. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
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Louw, Lynette, Katherine Burger, and Mattheus Johannes Louw. "Case 13: Employee Perceptions of a Chinese Heavy-Machinery-Importing Organisation Operating in Uganda." In Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions, 205–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25185-7_16.
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Eringa, Klaes, and Yu Huei-Ling. "Chinese Students’ Perceptions of the Intercultural Competence of Their Tutors in PBL." In Real Learning Opportunities at Business School and Beyond, 17–37. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2973-7_2.
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Brunner, James A., and Anthony C. Koh. "Negotiations in the People's Republic of China: An Empirical Survey of American and Chinese Negotiators' Perceptions and Practices." In The Global Business, 343–65. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315863917-23.
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Zhou, Taomo. "Pribumi Perceptions of the “Chinese Problem”." In Migration in the Time of Revolution, 97–114. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501739934.003.0006.
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This chapter assesses how the Indonesian government conducted surveillance of Chinese communities. It demonstrates that, with the advance of the Cold War in Asia, the Indonesian authorities interpreted the ethnic Chinese's oftentimes spontaneous political activism as a systematic infiltration led by Beijing. Some anti-Communist pribumi elites saw Beijing as a strong external power intervening in Indonesian politics and ignored its waning ability to rein in the factional infighting in the Chinese community. Moreover, despite a huge variation in ideological inclinations and economic status among the ethnic Chinese, the pribumi elites tended to treat them as a monolithic group that was simultaneously Communist and capitalist. In 1959, under the pretext of reducing economic stratification, the Indonesian government suspended noncitizen Chinese retailers' business activities in rural areas and legitimized the takeover of foreign enterprises by indigenous merchants.
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Hird, Derek, and Geng Song. "Introduction." In The Cosmopolitan Dream, 1–24. Hong Kong University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5790/hongkong/9789888455850.003.0001.
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This chapter outlines transnational masculinities as a field of Study, and scholarship on transnationally inflected representations of Chinese masculinity and transnationally mobile Chinese men. It identifies three key key characteristics in the scholarly literature on Chinese masculinities in the context of globalization. First, the concept of cosmopolitanism is being increasingly used to explore the localization of globally circulating ideas and images in Chinese masculinities. Second, China’s integration with global financial and trading systems, which has been particularly pronounced since the 1990s, has forced the historically dominant intellectual or scholar-official (shi士) class to reconcile itself with the business activities traditionally carried out by the merchant (shang商) class. Third, the transnational circulation of models of emotionally expressive and caring fatherhood is significantly influencing Chinese discourses and practices of fathering. Through a detailed analysis of the other chapters in the volume, this chapter argues that it is possible to identify five broad patterns in the transformations of Chinese transnational masculinities: the embrace of localized cosmopolitan masculinities that are part-founded on historical notions and practices of Chinese masculinity; the enmeshment of intellectuals in business markets; emotionally engaged styles of fathering and intimate partnership; romantic involvement with non-Chinese women; and widespread anxiety and sensitivity about perceptions of Chinese masculinity. This chapter concludes that Chinese men are not unique in having to face such issues in transnational contexts; but, as the other chapters in this volume demonstrate, they negotiate them in unique—yet explainable—ways.
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Stylianou, Antonis C., Stephanie S. Robbins, and Pamela Jackson. "E-Commerce Development in China." In Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies, 89–104. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch004.
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It is widely recognized that e-commerce represents a critical resource for most business organizations. With over 1.3 billion people and double-digit economic growth, China could potentially emerge as the largest Internet and telecommunications market in the world if certain economic, environmental, and organizational barriers are effectively addressed. This chapter develops a descriptive profile of Chinese business managers with respect to their awareness of the technological infrastructure as well as their perceptions and attitudes regarding e-commerce. Management’s viewpoint on a variety of environmental, organizational, and personal factors provides insight into the future of e-commerce in China within the framework of organizational commitment to e-commerce driven innovation. Findings indicate that firms interested in engaging in e-commerce in China will find a knowledgeable and supportive business climate; however, e-commerce initiatives may be hindered by constraints imposed by the current infrastructure as well as the political environment.
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Koubaa, Yamen. "Business Education across Cultures and Languages." In Service Science Research, Strategy and Innovation, 428–63. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0077-5.ch025.
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This chapter first presents the effect of culture and language on the efficiency of business education across cultures and languages. It begins with the effect that culture and language may have on the amount and the quality of knowledge transferred from business educators to business learners when the educator and the learner are affiliated to different cultural backgrounds or when the language of education is different from the native language of the educator, of the learner, or of the two. Then, it defines several concepts related to business education across English and several other languages. Secondly, an investigation among business educators across cultures and languages is conducted. Findings reveal that culture and language have a significant impact on the perception of business concepts and on the ways business educators deliver their knowledge. The research involves seven languages namely Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, and their respective cultures.
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Lin, Chunpei, Yali Pan, Yenchun Jim Wu, and Li-Ming Wang. "The Effects of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students in China." In Dynamic Perspectives on Globalization and Sustainable Business in Asia, 328–46. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7095-0.ch020.
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Entrepreneurship education for college students increasingly attracts extensive attention of both government and universities in China. However, few studies focus on the effectiveness of this external “input” learning for Chinese college students, and whether entrepreneurship education can be expected to increase college students' intention of starting a business. Based on cognitive perspective, the authors collected 327 valid questionnaires from college students in China to explore the impact mechanism of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention. Results shows that entrepreneurship education has a positive effect on risk perception capability and entrepreneurial intention. Risk perception capability positively affects entrepreneurial intention and plays an intermediary role in the relationship of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. Then the authors put forward suggestions and strategies for the implementation and popularization of entrepreneurship education for domestic universities in China.
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Marjerison, Rob Kim, and Yiqi Athena Hu. "Exploring the Impact of Peer Influence on Online Shopping." In Quality Management for Competitive Advantage in Global Markets, 196–210. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5036-6.ch011.
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Commercialization of social media is no longer optional for businesses, especially online businesses. An effective online presence is crucial for creating awareness of new products or services and triggering activity. The objective of this chapter is to investigate peers' influence on Chinese millennial consumers' purchase behavior. To be specific, this study examines the relationship between peers' purchase histories and consumers' purchase decisions among Chinese millennials. Specifically, this study explores whether and to what extent peers' purchase histories affect consumers' purchase perception, such as perceived usefulness, perceived risk, and purchase intention. Analysis of online surveys shows how peer influence affects Chinese millennial's purchase intention and decision in online shopping. Furthermore, perceived usefulness positively also affects purchase intention, while perceived risk has a negative influence. This chapter provides suggestions for online retailers to attach importance to peer influence when advertising their products.
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Chen, Mingyi, Jiawei Feng, Rob Kim Marjerison, and Rongjuan Chen. "Social Enterprise Awareness, Perception, and Purchase Influence in South East China." In Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order, 214–41. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7689-2.ch011.
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This study aims to explore awareness and interest in social enterprises in China and in doing so provide a benchmark for comparison with future research on the topic. There is a shortage of evidence in the previous literature with which to compare the present situation, but the regulatory emphasis and resources presently dedicated by the Chinese government to social enterprises makes research in this area relevant and makes it likely that the development of social enterprises would have an upward trend in awareness and interest. Primary data was collected from over 600 online surveys which measured awareness, purchase intention, and purchase motivation before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this chapter may contribute to future research on the trends of social enterprise awareness and interest in China and may also be of interest to those with an interest in social entrepreneurship.
Conference papers on the topic "Chinese business perceptions"
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Kiss, Eszter, Michelle Barker, and Parlo Singh. "International undergraduate business students' perceptions of employability." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9354.
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Graduate employability is a highly contested topic by education providers, employers and governments. The responsibility of universities to enhance students’ employability through work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities is also debated. This study explored international students’ understanding of employability skills and their self-perceptions of their employability at an Australian university. It also investiaged students’ perception of the universities’ role in enhancing employability. A qualitative approach informed by Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent, Brown & Hackett, 1994), used multiple focus groups comprising 18 international undergraduate students from Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Papua New Guinea, South Korea in their final semester at an urban Australian university. The key findings are: (1) Participants were unable to differentiate between employability skills, personality traits and job-specific skills; (2) The importance of social skills and networking were recognised by Chinese respondents, in particular; (3) The perceived level of work-readiness was higher among respondents who had previous work experience; (4) The inclusion of more practical WIL components in the degree program calls for curriculum review; (5) Creating opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and skills in professional contexts is highly desirable. The findings highlight curriculum considerations needed in the development of high-quality WIL experiences that will enable students to apply the knowledge and skills learnt in the classroom, thus enhancing their self-efficacy about their employability.