Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
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Опубликовано на портале: 08-12-2002
P. McGraw
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources.
2002.
Vol. 40.
No. 2.
P. 205 - 227.
Multinational companies (MNCs) employ a significant proportion of the Australian
workforce and are influential in shaping local human resource management (HRM) practices.
Notwithstanding this influence, there have been few studies of Australian HRM comparing
local companies with MNCs. This study systematically compares the nature of the HRM
function in local and overseas firms using data from the 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers-Cranfield
Project on HR in Australia. The study makes these comparisons against the backdrop
of theoretical arguments for overseas companies to either adapt to the local HR environment
or adopt HR practices from other parts of their overseas networks.The main conclusions
are that while overseas companies as a group differ from locals in some important
ways, particularly in having higher levels of representation on company boards and
being more influential in overall decision on HR matters, in terms of formal HR policies
the two groups are substantially similar. The main differences between the three
main overseas groups are that UK companies report a lower level of influence and
representation than their US or European counterparts.
