Managing cross-cultural differences: Testing human resource models in Latin America

Jaime Bonache, Jordi Trullen and Juan I. Sanchez

Journal of Business Research, 2012, vol. 65, issue 12, 1773-1781

Abstract: This study examines whether firms should adapt their Human Resource Management (HRM) practices to cross-cultural differences. The authors introduce three different positions, namely, the culturalist, the universalist, and an integrated position that reconciles the former two named the culturally-animated universalist position. The study compares the effectiveness of these three positions in a sample of 138 firms located in Latin-America. Results suggest that, contrary to common wisdom in the International HRM literature, firms following a universalist approach outdo those using a culturalist one. However, the effect of universal HR practices on HR performance is also contingent on the country's performance orientation. The authors advocate the culturally-animated universalist position.

Keywords: Human Resource Management (HRM); Latin America; Cross-cultural differences; Local adaptation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.037

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