 Human Resource Development in Foreign Multinational Enterprises: Assessing the Impact of Parent Origin Versus Host Country ContextOlga Tregaskis Chapter 8 in New Challenges for European Human Resource Management, 2000, pp 141-167 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract An organisation’s human resource development (HRD) system is a key mechanism for enabling the achievement of business goals through what has been argued to be one of the few remaining sources of competitive advantage (Pedler et al., 1988) — namely, people. It is also closely linked to national contextual factors. As such, the political and educational system play an important role in determining the types and levels of skills available in the labour market as well as in shaping national values and approaches to training and development issues. National context can therefore be considered a key predictor of organisational HRD practice. However, globalisation has introduced many changes, one of which has been the increasing presence of foreign multinationals (or MNEs) in host countries. Under such conditions, there is a need to compare the role of the host-national context to that of the parent in shaping MNE management practice. Keywords: Labour Market; Human Resource Management; Parent Company; National Context; Human Resource Development (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59795-2_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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