Chinese Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Trade between China and Africa is increasing year on year, while the West

increasingly debates the nature and implications of China’s presence. Yet

little research exists at the organizational and community levels. While

western press reporting is overwhelmingly negative, African governments

mostly welcome the Chinese presence. But what happens at the

management level? How are Chinese organizations run? What are they

bringing to communities? What is their impact on the local job market?

How do they manage staff? How are they working with local firms?

This book seeks to provide a theoretical framework for understanding

Chinese organizations and management in Africa and to explore how

their interventions are playing out at the organizational and community

levels in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on rigorous empirical research

exploring emerging themes in specific African countries, this book develops

implications for management knowledge, education and training

provision, and policy formulation. Importantly it seeks to inform future

scholarship on China’s management impact in the world generally, on

Africa’s future development, and on international and cross-cultural

management scholarship.

Primarily aimed at scholars of international management, with an

interest in China and/or in China in Africa, this important book will also

be of great interest to those working in the area of development studies,

international politics, and international relations.