Converging and Diverging Trends in HRM: The Philippine ‘Halo-Halo’ Approach

Maragtas S. V. Amante

Asia Pacific Business Review, 1997, vol. 3, issue 4, 111-132

Abstract: The article is an analysis of case studies of human resources in seven large, industry-leader and influential companies in the Philippines. The author analyzes the trends, and the motives for convergence and divergence of practices, in the workplace arising from openness to foreign investment and global/regional competition. Benchmark practices in human resource development bring about convergence, but innovations with entrenched local work practices and sensitivity to local cultural values ensure that Philippine HRM has its own characteristics. These practices could be called the Philippine meztizo or halo-halo (mixed) approach - most appropriate in the Philippine workplace, but which may not work in other foreign contexts.

Date: 1997
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