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Author Wood, Geoffrey.

Title Human Resource Management and the Institutional Perspective
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages)
Series Global HRM
Global HRM
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; 1 Institutions and Firm Level HRM Practice; 2 Researching Comparative Institutional Contexts; 3 Understanding Contextual Differences in Employee Resourcing; 4 Variations in Financial Participation in Comparative Context; 5 Is There Convergence Towards Individual Voice in Europe?; 6 Corporate Governance Systems and Investments in Human Capital; 7 Context and Working Time: Diversity in Practice; 8 Diversity Between and Within Varieties of Capitalism
9 Institutions, Labour Management Practices and Firm Performance in Europe10 What Role do MNCs Play in Different Market Economies?; 11 How Much does Country Matter? A Cross-national Comparison of HRM Outsourcing Decisions; Index
Summary One of the most influential debates across business and management studies has centered on the relative impact of institutions on the fortunes of firms and nations. However, analyses have primarily focused on institutional effects on societal features, rather than actual firm practices. This volume brings together recent trends in comparative institutional analysis with a rich body of data on firm-level human resource management practice, consolidating and extending more than a decade of research on the topic. Human Resource Management and the Institutional Perspective explores
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Subject Personnel management.
Organizational sociology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Organizational sociology
Personnel management
Form Electronic book
Author Brewster, Chris.
Brookes, Michael.
ISBN 9781317749448
1317749448