Development Of HRM Across Nations

Unity and Diversity

Edited by Bruce E. Kaufman

2014
520 pp
Hard 978 0 85793 298 3
Description

‘This is an excellent book. Bruce Kaufman, in his ever thoughtful way, has not just analyzed the history of the development of HRM, but assembled 17 chapters in which world-class local experts report on that history in their own country. The book is full of fascinating information, stories and analysis and will be a touchstone text for everyone wanting to break out of the usual narrow ethnocentric view that often afflicts studies of HRM.’
– Chris Brewster, University of Reading, UK

This volume contains country studies of the historical development of human resource management (HRM) in seventeen different nations. The nations span all regions of the world and each chapter is written by a national expert. Primary attention is given to HRM developments in industry, but university research and teaching are also covered. Human resource management is defined broadly to include industrial relations and each chapter places the historical development of HRM in a broad political, social, and economic context.

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 Contents

The development of human resource management across nations: history and its lessons for international and comparative HRM

Bruce E. Kaufman

A century of human resource management in Argentina

Carlos Aldao-Zapiola

Human resource management in Australia: historical development and contemporary tensions

Christopher Wright

The historical evolution of human resource management in Brazil

Zilá Guimarães Horta

The evolution of human resource management in China: traditions, reforms and developments

Xiangquan Zeng, Liwen Chen and Zhongxing Su

The history of human resource management in France

Jacques Rojot

The history of human resource management in Germany

Ruth Rosenberger

The evolution of human resource management in the UK

Howard Gospel

Human resource management in India

J.S. Sodhi

The historical development of human resource management in Israel

Itzhak Harpaz

The evolution of human resource management in Italy: a historical-institutional perspective

Giovanni Costa and Arnaldo Camuffo

The evolution of human resource management in Japan: continuity, change and enduring challenges

Jong-Won Woo

The development of human resource management in South Korea

Young-Myon Lee

Human resource management in Russia over a century of storm and turmoil: a tale of unrealized dreams

Igor Gurkov, Evgeny Morgunov, Alexander Settles and Olga Zelenova

Human resource management in the Republic of South Africa

Marius Meyer

Employment regimes and personnel work in Sweden

Lena Gonäs and Patrik Larsson

Human resource management in Turkey

Lale Tüzüner

The origins, evolution, and current status of human resource management in the United States

Bruce E. Kaufman