Change and continuity: recent developments in HRM in the Philippines

Christopher Skene

Asia Pacific Business Review, 2003, vol. 9, issue 4, 106-128

Abstract: There is a tendency in many country studies to investigate a single sector and to imply that the sector is representative of the whole. In the realm of human resource management practices, the case of the Philippines suggests this is not a helpful approach. This essay suggests that, within the Philippines, there are differences between sectors of the economy. The purpose of this paper is three-fold: to build upon Maragtas Amante's 1997 study on HRM practices in the Philippines, to demonstrate differences in HRM practices in the import substitution industrialization (ISI) and export-oriented industrialization (EOI) sectors and to highlight the changes (if any) that have taken place over the past few years. This study suggests that, over the past few decades there has been a great deal of divergence between the ISI and EOI sectors. However, recently there has been evidence that the ISI sector has been adopting HRM practices that have been more characteristic of those in the EOI sector. The reason for this change is that the regulatory protection the ISI sector once enjoyed is no longer available. In addition, the Asian Financial Crisis has contributed to the change by breaking down union resistence that had previously prevented change in the ISI sector.

Date: 2003
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