Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the Western roots of the gap between practice and theory in HRM to underline the relevance of a flexible HR support. This support deserves to be nurtured by an insightful consideration of traditional Chinese thought, especially “vital...

Language and culture are inseparable. They feed and influence each other. Therefore depending on its historical evolution, a given word can be filled with several different meanings. Furthermore, being a way to communicate our perception, language is submitted to the 4 functions of...