International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective

by Harris; Hilary

• ISBN13: 9780415194891
• ISBN10: 041519489X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

International HRMtakes a thematic approach, drawing on national experiences from a range of European countries to illuminate the current issues and debates in the Human Resource Management area.

Author Biography

Ingmar Bjorkman is a Professor of Management and Organization at the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. During 1998-9 he will be a visiting professor at INSEAD, France Jaime Bonache is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Paola Bradley was formerly a Research Fellow at City Univeristy Business School and is now a consultant with Hewitt Associates, London Chris Brewster is Professor of European Human Resource Management at Cranfield School of Management, UK Christopher Burke is a graduate of the Bachelor of Business Studies (Personnel Management) degree at the University of Limerick, Ireland Dr Dirk Buyens is Professor at the De Vlerick School voor Management, University of Ghent, Belgium, where he is Head of the Human Resource Department and Director of the Executive MBA programme Zulima Fernandez is Professor of Strategic Management at the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Geraldine Finn is a graduate of the National University of Ireland and the University of Limerick. She is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree by research at the University of Limerick, Ireland Professor John Hailey is Director of Research at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Dr Hilary Harris is a Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Cranfield School of Management, UK Dr Anne-Wil Harzing works at University of Bradford, Management Centre, UK Chris Hendry is Centenary Professor in Organizational Behaviour at City University Business School, London Niklas Lindholm is a doctoral candidate at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland Christine Mattl is a University Assistant at the Interdisciplinary Department for Organizational Behaviour and Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria Michael Morley is Lecturer in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations at the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations, College of Business, University of Limerick, Ireland Tuomo Peltonen is at the Department of Management, Helsinki School of Economics and Business, Finland Stephen J. Perkins is Founder--Director of the Strategic Remuneration Research Centre and a Visiting Fellow at City University Business School, London Dr Hugh Scullion is a Reader in International HRM at the School of Management and Finance, Nottingham University Paul R. Sparrow is Professor of International HRM at Sheffield University Management School Dr Vesa Suutari is Associate Professor in Management and Organization at the University of Vaasa, Finland Dr Marja Tahvanainen is Assistant Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration Ans de Vos co-ordinates the Executive MBA programme at the De Vlerick School of Management in Ghent, Belgium

Table of Contents

List of figures	viii	(1)
List of tables	ix	(2)
List of contributors	xi
1 International human resource management: the European contribution	1	(28)
HILARY HARRIS
CHRIS BREWSTER
PART I Relation between international business strategy and SIHRM	29	(36)
2 The added value of the HR department	31	(17)
DIRK BUYENS
ANS DE VOS
3 International HRM in medium-sized MNEs: evidence from Ireland	48	(17)
HUGH SCULLION
PART II Balancing differentiation with integration	65	(96)
4 MNE staffing policies for the managing director position in foreign subsidiaries: the results of an innovative research method	67	(22)
ANNE-WIL HARZING
5 Localization as an ethical response to internationalization	89	(13)
JOHN HAILEY
6 International rewards systems: to converge or not to converge?	102	(18)
PAUL R. SPARROW
7 Global or multi-local? The significance of international values in reward strategy	120	(23)
PAOLA BRADLEY
CHRIS HENDRY
STEPHEN PERKINS
8 Performance appraisal of host country employees: Western MNEs in China	143	(18)
NIKLAS LINDHOLM
MARJA TAHVANAINEN
INGMAR BJORKMAN
PART III Contemporary issues in expatriation	161	(116)
9 Strategic staffing in multinational companies: a resource-based approach	163	(20)
JAIME BONACHE
ZULIMA FERNANDEZ
10 International assignments across European borders: no problems?	183	(20)
VESA SUUTARI
CHRIS BREWSTER
11 Irish expatriates in Moscow: exploratory evidence on aspects of adjustment	203	(20)
MICHAEL MORLEY
CHRISTOPHER BURKE
GERALDINE FINN
12 An integrative framework for pre-departure preparation	223	(18)
HILARY HARRIS
CHRIS BREWSTER
13 Repatriation and career systems: Finnish public and private sector repatriates in their career lines	241	(17)
TUOMO PELTONEN
14 Women in international management: why are they not selected?	258	(19)
HILARY HARRIS
PART IV New research perspectives on IHRM	277	(17)
15 Qualitative research strategies in international HRM	279	(15)
CHRISTINE MATTL
Index	294