Abstract
This paper deals with Human Resource Management (HRM) in German
multinationals in India before 1947. It identifies the most important HR challenges and how they changed over time, responding to recent calls for a stronger historical contextualization of HRM research. Drawing on theoretical concepts of institutionalism, the paper shows that HRM was
heavily influenced by different stakeholders in the host country, India, but also by home country politics and the local perception of multinationals’ origin country. Not institutional distance or foreignness but concrete, and sometimes misleading, ideas about Germany shaped HR practices as well as their evaluation by local stakeholders.
multinationals in India before 1947. It identifies the most important HR challenges and how they changed over time, responding to recent calls for a stronger historical contextualization of HRM research. Drawing on theoretical concepts of institutionalism, the paper shows that HRM was
heavily influenced by different stakeholders in the host country, India, but also by home country politics and the local perception of multinationals’ origin country. Not institutional distance or foreignness but concrete, and sometimes misleading, ideas about Germany shaped HR practices as well as their evaluation by local stakeholders.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2014 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | Informal and Everyday Markets: Histories of Business and Entrepeneurship in India since the 19th century - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Duration: 18 Jun 2014 → 20 Jun 2014 https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/490540.html |
Conference
| Conference | Informal and Everyday Markets |
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| Location | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Göttingen |
| Period | 18/06/2014 → 20/06/2014 |
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