Advances in International Management, Volume 21: The Global Diffusion of Human Resource Practices: Institutional and Cultural Limits

Advances in international management......Page 1
sdarticle_001.pdf......Page 2
sdarticle_002.pdf......Page 3
List of contributors......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
References......Page 11
Competitiveness and the employment relationship in Europe: Is there a global missing link in HRMquest......Page 13
Human resource management (HRM) and global competitiveness: Is there a common denominatorquest......Page 14
What is competitivenessquest Developing an indicator for the 21st century......Page 16
Toward a competitive index based on human capital......Page 18
Moving to a micro focus: What attitudes and values are associated with competitivenessquest......Page 22
Competitiveness and the employment relationship......Page 26
Conclusions: Toward a global HRM model under the competitiveness imperative......Page 29
Bibliography......Page 31
Further Reading......Page 33
Appendix......Page 34
Multinationals and national systems of employment relations: Innovators or adaptersquest......Page 37
Introduction......Page 38
The global - local question and its critics......Page 39
Method......Page 45
Findings......Page 47
Discussion: The role of sector-specific conditions......Page 53
Conclusion......Page 58
References......Page 60
Introduction......Page 63
Theoretical framework......Page 64
Note on Research Methods......Page 67
From a State-Owned Company to a Subsidiary of a German Multinational......Page 68
Employment Relations at SEAT Until the 1993 Crisis......Page 70
Employment Relations in SEAT from 1993 Onward......Page 72
Employee representation at SEAT......Page 73
Pilot Schemes (1991-1993)......Page 74
A Unilateral Introduction of Teamwork at Martorell (1993)......Page 77
A Thorough Introduction of Teamwork from 2004 Onward......Page 78
Discussion......Page 81
Conclusions......Page 84
Notes......Page 86
References......Page 88
Introduction......Page 92
Contextual background......Page 93
Theoretical perspectives: human resources and multinational companies in South Africa......Page 97
Emergent Trends in the Labor Market......Page 103
MNC and local firm dimensions of human resource management......Page 107
Employment relations and legislative developments......Page 110
Employment equity legislation and human resource practices......Page 112
Broad-based Black economic empowerment (BEE) and human resource management......Page 117
Managing diversity and changing managerial styles......Page 119
Conclusions and implications......Page 120
References......Page 123
Human capital theory and practice in Russian enterprises......Page 127
Introduction......Page 128
Theoretical framework......Page 130
Method......Page 132
Results......Page 134
Training and Development......Page 135
Selection and Hiring......Page 136
Compensations Practices......Page 141
Diversity and Family Issues in the Workplace......Page 142
Discussion......Page 143
Study Limitations and Recommendations for Further Research......Page 145
References......Page 146
The adoption of HR strategies in a Confucian context......Page 147
Confucianism and HR practices in Taiwan......Page 149
HR systems in transformation......Page 154
HR systems and firm performance......Page 156
Survey Data......Page 157
HR Practices......Page 158
Control Variables......Page 159
Cluster Analysis......Page 160
HR System and Organizational Performance......Page 164
Discussion and conclusion......Page 166
Notes......Page 168
References......Page 169
Toward a model of gender diversity in the workplace in East Asia: Preliminary evidence from manufacturing industries in Taiwan......Page 172
Literature review......Page 174
Women in organizations in Taiwan......Page 176
Sources of Data......Page 180
The Proportion of Females......Page 181
Findings......Page 182
Discussion and implications......Page 185
Limitations......Page 188
References......Page 189
Cross-national differences in the determination of pay fairness judgments: Do cultural differences play a rolequest......Page 192
Introduction......Page 193
Determinants of perceptions of pay fairness: The research record......Page 194
Theoretical framework......Page 195
Data and research method......Page 199
Results......Page 200
Discussion and conclusions......Page 203
References......Page 207
Appendix A. Instructions for pay fairness survey instrument......Page 209
Appendix C. Items for horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism......Page 210
Individualism and collectivism in Lebanon: Correlations with socioeconomic factors and effects on management and human resources practices......Page 212
Introduction......Page 213
Literature Review......Page 215
History......Page 216
Societal Level......Page 217
Individual Level......Page 218
Lebanese Culture......Page 219
Theoretical Framework......Page 222
Measures......Page 224
Results......Page 225
Relationship Measures......Page 227
Discussion......Page 228
Conclusion and Limitations......Page 229
References......Page 230
Appendix. Selected items for vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism......Page 233
Family-friendly employment practices: Importance and effects in India, Kenya, and China......Page 235
Family-friendly human resource policies......Page 236
The impact of family-friendly policies on work attitudes......Page 240
Sample......Page 242
Measures......Page 243
Work Satisfaction and Affective Commitment......Page 244
Exploratory Factor Analysis......Page 245
Confirmatory Factor Analysis......Page 246
Scale Equivalence......Page 247
Hypothesis Testing......Page 249
Analyses of Individual Family-Friendly Policies......Page 253
Desired Family-Friendly Policies......Page 254
Individual Characteristics and Desired Family-Friendly Policies......Page 255
Discussion and implications......Page 258
References......Page 262
International human resource management in the Indian information technology sector: A comparison of Indian MNCs and affiliates of foreign MNCs in India......Page 266
Introduction......Page 267
Literature review......Page 268
Methodology......Page 274
Organizational Sample Description from the Survey......Page 278
HRM before and after the IT Boom in India......Page 279
Results of the survey......Page 284
Conclusions for Hypotheses 3-6......Page 285
Conclusions......Page 292
References......Page 293