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Human Resource Management and the International Challenge of Change

Torrington, Derek; Holden, Nigel - In: Personnel Review 21 (1992) 2, pp. 19-30

The greatest challenge for management of human resources in the 1990s is to place their local actions in a framework of global thought and strategy. Focusing on Britain, France, the US, Japan and Germany, outlines the cultural differences in management practices around the world. Suggests a...

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Globalization: A Critical Introduction

Rix, Mark - In: Personnel Review 32 (2003) 2, pp. 252-259

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Land administration infrastructures for sustainable development

Enemark, Stig - In: Property Management 19 (2001) 5, pp. 366-383

The paper presents a global model for understanding land administration systems in support of sustainable development. The evolution of these systems is presented as a response to the dynamic relation between humankind and land. The Nordic evolution is described with a focus that any land...

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Mutual recognition of professional qualifications

Plimmer, Frances - In: Property Management 20 (2002) 2, pp. 114-136

In the light of Europe’s experience of its Directive on mutual recognition of professional qualifications and the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) intention to achieve a global marketplace for professional services by identifying “disciplines” which can be applied to all professions,...

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Human Resource Management in Spain: Are Cultural Barriers Preventing the Adoption of Global Practices?

Cabrera, Elizabeth F.; Carretero, José M. - In: Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican … 3 (2005) 2, pp. 149-160

This paper addresses the extent to which culture is affecting the adoption of global human resource management (HRM) practices by Spanish organizations. One of our main objectives was to offer a thorough review of the recent empirical evidence regarding HRM practices in Spanish organizations....

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Mexico’s Management and Organization Studies Challenges in the Twenty‐First Century: Practices, Knowledge, and Reencounters

Ibarra‐Colado, Eduardo - In: Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican … 4 (2006) 3, pp. 181-192

organization and operation of the world under globalization and neoliberalism considering the generalization of an organizational …

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Portuguese Management Between Global Rhetoric and Local Reality: The Case of Human Resource Management

Cabral‐Cardoso, Carlos - In: Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican … 4 (2006) 3, pp. 193-204

Although the gap between rhetoric and reality is not a specific human resource management (HRM) feature, the disconnection between discourse and action seems to have reached unusual stages in this case. Not much is known about HRM in Portugal, but it is clear that Portuguese academics and...

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The competitiveness of SMEs in a globalized economy

Singh, Rajesh K.; Garg, Suresh K.; Deshmukh, S.G. - In: Management Research Review 33 (2009) 1, pp. 54-65

and China following globalization. It aims to describe the status of these enterprises and examine the roles of government …

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Global performance management: a research agenda

Hellqvist, Nina - In: Management Research Review 34 (2011) 8, pp. 927-946

Purpose – Whilst performance management (PM) is one human resource practice that is of importance for the company, research in international setting is still in its infancy. This paper focuses on global PM (GPM) in multinational enterprises. The aim is to present advances in the PM research...

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Cluster‐based global firms' use of local capabilities

Andersen, Poul; Bøllingtoft, Anne - In: Management Research Review 34 (2011) 10, pp. 1087-1106

research into how globalization affects cluster‐based firms' (CBFs) use of local knowledge resources and the combination of … examine how globalization affected the studied firms' use of local cluster‐based knowledge, integration of local and global … strongly affected by increasing global division of labour. Findings – The paper suggests that globalization has affected how …

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