Management of the joint venture firms in China and the design of psychological countermeasures

Recently, the international joint ventures are being developted quickly in China, and evolution of management systems and organizational structure are facilitated in Chinese enterprise. The studies about problems that the joint ventureenterprises have became an important field to be explored in industrial and organizational psychology. This study investigated 40 international joint ventures, and found three major characteristic problems: transformation problems, management style and decision making style. There are many other problems of cross-cultural and social psychological importance as well as the problem of compatibility of organizational structure in values, motivation, leadership style and management strategies of joint venture corporations. In conclusion, we suggested three psychological methods for promoting joint venture development, and three indices for evaluating the effect (perfomanc) of joint ventrue activities.