Browsing by Author "Yao C"

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    Exploring motivations in Chinese corporate expatriation through the lens of Confucianism
    (1/07/2016) Yao C; Arrowsmith J; Thorn K
    There is increasing interest in the human resource management strategies and practices of Chinese multinationals, including the important area of overseas assignments. This article focuses on the neglected area of employee perspectives, in particular workers’ motivations for accepting an international assignment (IA). It is based on qualitative interviews with 31 individuals recruited through a snowball technique. In contrast to the established (western) literature which understands IA motives from an individual rational-instrumental perspective, this study stresses the importance of Confucian values on motivations and in particular how these relate to perceived collective obligations to the family, the organisation and society. It is argued that the results add a different perspective for the academic study of IAs and have implications for the successful management of IAs more generally.
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    Extremal mappings of finite distortion and the Radon–Riesz property
    (EMS Press, 2022-12-23) Martin G; Yao C
    We consider Sobolev mappings f ∈ W 1;q(Ω; C), 1 < q < ∞, between planar domains Ω ⊂ ℂ. We analyse the Radon–Riesz property for polyconvex functionals of the form (Formula presented) and show that under certain criteria, which hold in important cases, weak convergence in Wloc1;q.(Ω) of (for instance) a minimising sequence can be improved to strong convergence. This finds important applications in the minimisation problems for mappings of finite distortion and the Lp and Exp-Teichmüller theories.
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    The impact of corporate expatriation on the perceived career success of Chinese international assignees
    (Human Resources Institute of New Zealand, 16/12/2016) Thorn KJ; Yao C; Ellis D
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    Topological Regularity for Solutions to the Generalised Hopf Equation
    (Springer Nature, 2023-08-02) Martin G; Yao C
    The generalised Hopf equation is the first order nonlinear equation defined on a planar domain Ω ⊂ C , with data Φ a holomorphic function and η≥ 1 a positive weight on Ω , hwhw¯¯η(w)=Φ. The Hopf equation is the special case η(w) = η~ (h(w)) and reflects that h is harmonic with respect to the conformal metric η~(z)|dz| , usually η is the hyperbolic metric. This article obtains conditions on the data to ensure that a solution is open and discrete. We also prove a strong uniqueness result.