International human resource management - Chapter 8 potx

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Chapter 8

HRM in the host country context

Use with International Human Resource Management ISBN 1-84480013-X

Published by Thomson Learning © Peter Dowling and Denice Welch 8/2

Chapter objectives

• Factors that influence standardization or adaptation of work practices and the role of HR, including host￾country culture and workplace environment, mode of operation, firm size, maturity and international

experience and subsidiary mandate.

(cont.)

Discussion of international HRM issues generally tends to be

biased in the direction of expatriate management, particularly

that of parent-country nationals, partly owing to their strategic

importance. In this chapter, we attempt to redress the balance

by examining HRM issues in subsidiary operations. We cover

the following aspects: