Divergence or convergence: a cross-national comparison of personnel selection practices

✍ Scribed by Y. Paul Huo; Heh Jason Huang; Nancy K. Napier

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 127 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4848
• DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10018

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Striking a balance between globalization and localization in human resource management (HRM) requires
a better understanding of the cross‐national differences in terms of both the status quo and the socially
desirable HRM practices. With this purpose in mind, we examined the hiring practices in ten different countries or
regions using the Best International Human Resource Management Practices Survey (BIHRMPS). Our empirical
findings revealed more divergence than convergence in current recruiting practices, but they also suggest that
organizations around the world are indeed in the process of converging on ways of recruitment even though the
current selection criteria may still be driven by each country's prevalent cultural values. © 2002 Wiley
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