Global trends in human resource management [electronic resource] /
Parry, E.editor.
Stavrou, E.editor.
Lazarova, M.editor.
Provides an understanding of how HRM policies and practices differ across countries and how the development of management practice may be affected by different institutional and cultural contexts. Containing contributions from a range of well-respected HRM scholars across the world, this collection is based upon data from a unique research project.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Human Resource Management across Time and Context: Comparative Research and Global Trends in HRM; Section One: The Evolving HR Function and Role; 1 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose': A Longitudinal Analysis of HRM Work and the Profile of Senior HR Managers; 2 New Captain but a Sinking Ship? The Influence of HR Director's Gender on the Status of the HR Department - A Longitudinal Study; 3 CSR and Responsible HRM in the CEE and the Nordic Countries
4 HRM Policies and Firm Performance: The Role of the Synergy of PoliciesSection Two: Regional Trends in HRM; 5 Human Resource Management in the Central and Eastern European Region; 6 Converging and Diverging Trends in HRM between the Nordic Countries and Estonia; 7 HRM in Scandinavia - Embedded in the Scandinavian Model?; 8 Divergent Norwegian and North American HRM Regimes: Implications for Norwegian MNEs; Section Three: HRM Practices and Outcomes; 9 The Development of Employee Financial Participation in Europe; 10 Information Technology Systems in the Human Resource Management Area
11 The Use of Flexible Working across National Contexts and its Relationship to Organizational PerformanceIndex
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Provides an understanding of how HRM policies and practices differ across countries and how the development of management practice may be affected by different institutional and cultural contexts. Containing contributions from a range of well-respected HRM scholars across the world, this collection is based upon data from a unique research project.
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