To determine how leading companies in North America, Europe, and Asia develop and sustain strong talent pipelines, this research investigates talent management processes and practices in a sample of 37 multinational corporations, selected on the basis of their international scope, reputation,...

This paper seeks to extend the literature on how change occurs in organizational routines by examining the link between routines and schemata and showing the cognitive and motivational factors involved. Using an in‐depth analysis of a Japanese multinational, we develop an account of how a...

Global firms often struggle to replicate practices among their culturally and geographically dispersed subsidiaries. Part of the reason for this is that certain practices, including human resource management (HRM) practices, are complex and context specific. In this study, we develop a framework...

Considerable attention has focused on how multinational corporations (MNCs) deal with the simultaneous pressures of globalization and localization when it comes to human resource management (HRM). HR function activities in this process, however, have received less focus. The study presented here...

The coalition government has shown the potential of political brokering. At an organisational level, write Jonathan Trevor and Philip Stiles, this is a role HR should take on board if it wants to create the innovative cultures needed for long-term success

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship betweenemployees' perceptions of a particular subsystem of HRM practices (performancemanagement) and their commitment to the organisation. In addition, the studyseeks to examine the mechanisms by which these perceptions...