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Interaction effects of globalization and institutional forces on international HRM practice: Illuminating the convergence-divergence debate

✍ Scribed by Yongsun Paik; Irene Hau-Siu Chow; Charles M. Vance


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
212 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
1096-4762

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Abstract

In the face of globalization, scholars continue to debate about whether a convergence in human resources practices will prevail, or a trend of divergence perspective will persist. Building on institution theory, this article helps to explicate this debate by examining how globalization may interact with different dimensions of local institutional forces to lead to convergence, divergence, or crossvergence in international HRM practices for enhanced performance. We also present useful propositions for guiding future empirical research and theory development on the interaction between globalization and different forms of local institutional forces, which in turn influence the formation of successful international HRM practices. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.