High performance work practices in Albania

Peter Nientied () and Dritan Shutina ()
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Peter Nientied: Polis University, Tirana, Albania
Dritan Shutina: Co-PLAN, Tirana, Albania

Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017, vol. 20, issue 2, 12-20

Abstract: In this article, HRM practices - articulated as HRM for high performance work practices – are studied in Albanian companies. From a pre-study, the indication was that HRM is still in an early stage of development. A questionnaire based survey and interviews were conducted to substantiate this premise. The empirical results show that indeed HRM is not well developed. The data also reveal only minor differences between foreign owned companies and Albanian companies and between small and larger companies. The results of the study should be understood in the context of the Albanian small economy, slowly picking up. It is concluded that developing HRM high performance work practices has considerable potential for Albanian companies, and that employers’ associations and universities should play a role as HRM champions. HRM also deserves much more academic attention.

Keywords: human resource management; high performance work practices; Albania; Western Balkan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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