This book breaks new ground in human resource management through focussing on specific themes written by a range of European Experts drawing on a common survey. As such it is a major progression from previous texts that lack a coherent, cross-national database. This book represents a truly collabo
New Challenges for European Human Resource Management
β Scribed by Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Michael Morley (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 367
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Concept of Strategic European Human Resource Management....Pages 3-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Flexible Working Practices: The Challenges for Europe....Pages 37-55
Job Rotation: An Empirical Analysis on the Utilisation and Strategic Integration in European Companies....Pages 56-71
A Comparative Analysis of the Link Between Flexibility and HRM Strategy....Pages 72-96
Flexibility in Profile: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of 394 Belgian Companies....Pages 97-108
Flexibility in Norwegian and British Firms: Competitive Pressure and Institutional Embeddedness....Pages 109-123
Flexible Working Patterns: Towards Reconciliation of Family and Work....Pages 124-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Human Resource Development in Foreign Multinational Enterprises: Assessing the Impact of Parent Origin Versus Host Country Context....Pages 141-167
In Search of Management Development in Europe: From Self-fulfilling Prophecies to Organisational Competence....Pages 168-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Evaluating Change in European Industrial Relations: Research Evidence on Trends at Organisational Level....Pages 199-221
Communication, Consultation and the HRM Debate....Pages 222-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Human Resource Policies in European Organisations: An Analysis of Country and Company-specific Antecedents....Pages 247-266
Human Resource Management in Bulgaria: Hot Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy....Pages 267-279
Human Resource Management in Australia: Towards a New Metaphor....Pages 280-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Coordination of Research Networks: Market, Bureaucracy and Clan in the Cranfield Network on European Human Resource Management (Cranet-E).....Pages 303-323
Comparative Research in Human Resource Management: A Review and an Example....Pages 324-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-359
β¦ Subjects
Human Resource Management
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