Researching comparative and international human resource management: Key challenges and contributions

• Main Authors: CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert, GRANT, David, HEIJLTJES, Marielle
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Human resources management; Management science; Labor management relations; Multinational corporations; Human Resources Management; International Business; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6312
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As an increasing number of organizations seek to operate in foreign markets, it is vital that management practitioners develop a better understanding of, and sensitivity to, the impact of different national settings on the management task. In the field of cross-cultural management/organization, scholars have sought to assist practitioners in achieving this by conducting research that has generally been guided by two key questions: (1) what is general and universal in the management of organizations; and (2) what is peculiar or specific to one nation or culture?