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Kia Motors, a South Korean automaker with 12 straight years of U.S. sales gains, selected a manufacturing site in West Point, Georgia, but it created more automotive jobs for Alabama as well. The Kia facility, its first in the U.S., is scheduled to begin production in 2010 and produce 300,000 vehicles a year and employ 2,500 people. As many as six suppliers will set up operations in the surrounding area resulting in an additional 6,000 jobs. Hyundai Mobis, a major automotive supplier for Kia Motors Corp., also located a facility in Georgia, creating 600 jobs. The Kia plant is the largest project in the history of the State of Georgia and is already having a positive impact on the economy; more than 43,000 individuals applied for 2,500 jobs in the Kia plant (kmmgusa.com, 2009).This mix of foreign and domestic employees and diverse human resource practices presents both opportunities and challenges. As indicated by Hofstede (1991), management practices and values differ from country to country due to each nation’s unique culture and traditions. Therefore, Hofstede’s (1991, 2001) framework is used as a basis for examining the cultural differences between South Korea and the United States on the following dimensions: power distance, individualism/collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, achievement and nurturing, and long-term vs. short term orientation. Additionally, Hargittay and Kleiner (2005) posit that the cultural norms in Korea have been heavily influenced by Confucianism, while in the United States, people have been influenced by the Protestant work ethic.After exploring the national cultural differences between the two countries, this paper analyzes and compares aspects of organizational behavior and human resource management in South Korea with those same practices in the United States. Specifically, leadership styles, organizational structure, organizational communication, recruitment and hiring practices, job security, and performance appraisal will be examined.
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