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The implications of globalization on managing human resources

✍ Scribed by Joan B. Rivera

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
43 KB
Volume
40
Category
Article
ISSN
1096-4762

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✦ Synopsis

With the advent of the new millennium there is no escaping the fact that each and every one of us is impacted in some way by the global economy, from the average-citizen consumer, to employees around the world, to the presidents and CEOs of corporations. The 1990s have witnessed an employment trend whereby more and more organizations are crossing national boundaries to satisfy their demand for needed skills ( Johnston 1991), because a nation's economic space transcends its geographic borders (Adler 1995). The passage of NAFTA in 1993 only brings that realization closer to our borders. Two books published in 1998 related to human resources management (HRM) underscore the influence of increasing international trade on employment relations. Etherington and Hawley's book Hiring Professionals under NAFTA, prescribes how human resource executives should legally go about employing Mexican and Canadian professionals. Bamber and Lansbury's edited book, International 669

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