Contemporary databases and new directions in HRM in MNCs / Guest editors Michael J. Morley and David G. Collings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morley, Michael.

Collings, David G.

Series:

International journal of manpower ; v. 25, no. 6.

International Journal of Manpower. No. 6 ; Vol. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Management information systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper focuses on the debates about globalisation - its nature and impact - and the significance of multinational companies in the global economy. Introduces the special issue of the International Journal of Manpower, based on selected papers presented at the 7th Conference on International Human Resource Management hosted by the University of Limerick in June 2003, which focused on the issue of HRM and its transferability in such corporations. The MNCis viewed as the vehicle by which dominant HR policies and practices are transported across national boundaries and the papers shed light on

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Contemporary debates and new directions in HRM in MNCs: introduction; The cross-national transfer of HRM practices in MNCs: An integrative research model; Host country specific factors and the transfer of human resource management practices in multinational companies; Influences on HRM practices in MNCs: a qualitative study in the Australian context; International performance appraisals; Work orientation as an element of national culture and its impact on HRM policy-practice design choices; About the authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51451-5

9786610514519

1-84544-190-7

OCLC:

70744744