New Challenges for European Resource Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Concept of Strategic European Human Resource Management

      • Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster, Michael Morley

      Pages 3-33

3. Aspects of Flexibility

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Flexible Working Practices: The Challenges for Europe

      • Ricard Serlavós, Mireia Aparicio-Valverde

      Pages 37-55

   3. Job Rotation: An Empirical Analysis on the Utilisation and Strategic Integration in European Companies

      • Andrea Friedrich, Rüdiger Kabst, Maria Rodehuth, Wolfgang Weber

      Pages 56-71

   4. A Comparative Analysis of the Link Between Flexibility and HRM Strategy

      • Lesley Mayne, Olga Tregaskis, Chris Brewster

      Pages 72-96

   5. Flexibility in Profile: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of 394 Belgian Companies

      • Dirk Buyens, Tine Vandenbossche, Ans De Vos

      Pages 97-108

   6. Flexibility in Norwegian and British Firms: Competitive Pressure and Institutional Embeddedness

      • Paul N. Gooderham, Odd Nordhaug

      Pages 109-123

   7. Flexible Working Patterns: Towards Reconciliation of Family and Work

      • Nancy Papalexandris

      Pages 124-137

4. Training and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Human Resource Development in Foreign Multinational Enterprises: Assessing the Impact of Parent Origin Versus Host Country Context

      • Olga Tregaskis

      Pages 141-167

   3. In Search of Management Development in Europe: From Self-fulfilling Prophecies to Organisational Competence

      • Henrik Holt Larsen

      Pages 168-196

5. Industrial Relations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Evaluating Change in European Industrial Relations: Research Evidence on Trends at Organisational Level

      • Michael Morley, Chris Brewster, Patrick Gunnigle, Wolfgang Mayrhofer

      Pages 199-221

   3. Communication, Consultation and the HRM Debate

      • Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster, Michael Morley, Patrick Gunnigle

      Pages 222-244

6. Human Resource Management in Central Europe and the Pacific Rim

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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   2. Human Resource Policies in European Organisations: An Analysis of Country and Company-specific Antecedents

      • Wolfgang Weber, Rüdiger Kabst, Christopher Gramley

      Pages 247-266

   3. Human Resource Management in Bulgaria: Hot Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy

      • Elizabeth Vatchkova

      Pages 267-279

   4. Human Resource Management in Australia: Towards a New Metaphor

      • Robin Kramar

      Pages 280-299

This book breaks new ground in human resource management through focusing on specific themes written by a range of European experts drawing on a common survey. As such it is a major progression from previous texts that lack a coherent, cross-national database. Representing a truly collaborative European project, it includes themes such as flexibility, training and development, industrial relations, regional aspects and the problems of organising and undertaking comparative human resource management research.

• HRM
• human resource management
• management

• Cranfield School of Management, UK

  Chris Brewster

• Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

  Wolfgang Mayrhofer

• Department of Personnel and Employment Relations, College of Business, University of Limerick, Ireland

  Michael Morley

M. APARICIO-VALVERDE Lecturer at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain P. GUNNIGLE Professor at the College of Business, University of Limerick, Ireland U. HANEL Research assistant at Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany J. KOUBEK Professor at the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic O. NORDHAUG Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen, Denmark N. PAPALEXANDRIS Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece R. SERLAVOS Professor and Associate Dean at ESADE, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain O. TREGASKIS Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management, Bedford, UK E. VACHKOVA Professor at the International University of Sofia, Bulgaria R. VOLZ Assistant Lecturer, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany

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