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European Human Resource Management: Researching Developments over Time

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  • Wolfgang Mayrhofer

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)

  • Chris Brewster

    (Henley Management College)

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This paper uses insights and data gained from 15 years of involvement in a research network studying HRM developments in Europe to explore the notion of "European HRM" and the meanings of convergence and divergence in HRM Using data from the last decade of the Cranet research, the paper puts forward a more nuanced view of the notions of convergence and divergence, finding evidence of directional convergence, but little evidence of final convergence: whilst there are trends which point in similar directions, national differences remain a key factor in HRM.

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  • Wolfgang Mayrhofer & Chris Brewster, 2005. "European Human Resource Management: Researching Developments over Time," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 16(1), pages 36-62.
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    Keywords

    Human Resource Management; European Human Resource Management; Comparative Research; Convergence;
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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