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Trends and emerging practices in human resource management ‐ The Canadian scene

Belout, Adnane; Dolan, Shimon L.; Saba, Tania - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 3, pp. 207-215

Focuses on new trends that have been identified for Canadian human resources (HR): the emergence of new roles for HR; new forms of partnerships, particularly in the labor‐management relations; globalizations in daily HR operations; work life issues; programs to tackle the shifting...

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Trends and emerging values in human resource management ‐ The Spanish scene

Valle, Ramón; Martín, Fernando; Romero, Pedro M. - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 3, pp. 244-251

Spanish firms have undertaken significant internal changes, including those related to human resources management, in order to adapt to new circumstances of market competitiveness. Length of the contractual relationship is one of the most important of these changes (contracts for an unlimited...

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Human resource management in Finland

Vanhala, Sinikka - In: Employee Relations 17 (1995) 7, pp. 31-56

Describes the state‐of‐the‐art of human resource management in Finland in the mid‐1990s as the Finnish economy recovers from its deepest and longest post‐war recession. Typical to the Finnish system has been the mix of social, political and employers′ interests in the collective...

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Human resource management in Japan ‐ Adjustment or transformation?

Selmer, Jan - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 3, pp. 235-243

During an extended period of economic recession for most of the 1990s, broad and striking changes have been made to the Japanese employment system. How fundamental or reversible they are is harder to evaluate. If the economic recovery prevails, a considerable stabilization of Japanese human...

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The Patterns of Human Resource Management

Wang, Zhong‐Ming; Satow, Takao - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 9 (1994) 4, pp. 12-21

HRM and decision‐making patterns can affect the overall effectiveness of joint ventures. Discusses the results of case studies of Chinese‐Japanese and wholly Japanese ventures in China. Proposes that the Japanese managerial strategies may be more suited to building the ew management norms in...

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Toyota UK Ltd

Winfield, Ian - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 1, pp. 41-53

Examines how Toyota′s worldwide HRM practice has been developed to sustain the Toyota Production System. Explains how, in setting up the European assembly plant in the UK, Toyota has been faced with both strong forces for international consistency in HRM practices and strong local cultural...

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Strategic integration of human resource management practices

Ekhsan Abang Othman, Abang - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 16 (2009) 2, pp. 197-214

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the strategic integration of HRM practices with business/corporate strategy in the context of its applications and processes in two Japanese multinational companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The research used...

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Human Resources and Total Quality Management

Beaumont, P.B.; Hunter, L.C.; Phayre, R.M. - In: Training for Quality 2 (1994) 1, pp. 7-13

The growing interest in total quality management programmes is well‐known, although there is some concern that such programmes have, in practice, paid only limited attention to human resource management issues. Uses the findings of a primary case study and two secondary case studies to examine...

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International business development – what are the considerations?

Watters, Robert G. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 10 (1995) 3, pp. 61-73

Proposes a checklist of the considerations to be taken into account in a UK financial services company going transnational (crossing borders) which includes: identifying markets, market structures and opportunities, customer segmentation, competitive advantage, distribution channels, financial...

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Control of insurance fraud in Nigeria: an exploratory study (case study)

Olalekan Yusuf, Tajudeen; Rasheed Babalola, Abdur - In: Journal of Financial Crime 16 (2009) 4, pp. 418-435

Purpose – Insurance fraud as a global economic problem threatens the financial strength of insurers and threatens the … survival of the insurance institution. The purpose of this paper is to explore the magnitude of the problem including the ….e. insurance contract design and auditing and the perception of fraud by customers in the insurance market. A survey is conducted …

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