philosophies and approaches which derive from the Anglo-American model of ‘people management’. During the Communist period, Romania … experienced a highly centralised system of management. Broader currents of historical and political culture also served to … inculcate values of bureaucratic formalism. In transitional times it appears that the management role is being re-defined and …

Human Resource Management as an academic discipline needs to be theoretically grounded, i.e. it requires support … through theories, theory-driven empirical research and critiques. In doing so, different theoretical perspectives are … addressed suggesting a problem-orientated theory selection which leads inevitably to theoretical diversity. …

: strategic human resource management and international human resource management. Across these two areas of activity, HRM in the … resource management, the role that context plays in shaping HR policies and practices, the importance of demonstrating the …