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National Factors Determining Indian and British HRM Practices: An Empirical Study

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This paper initially highlights the strong need for more cross-national HRM studies and presents four national factors of national culture, institutions, dynamic business environment and business sector (along with their main aspects) which are expected to influence HRM in different national settings. It then reports the results from two large scale parallel surveys regarding the impact of these four national factors on Indian and British HRM in a comparative context.

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  1. Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, UK

    Pawan S. Budhwar (Lecturer in HRM)

  2. Sheffield University Management School, Sheffield, UK

    Paul R. Sparrow (Professor in International HRM)

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Budhwar, P.S., Sparrow, P.R. (1998). National Factors Determining Indian and British HRM Practices: An Empirical Study. In: Weber, W., Festing, M., Dowling, P.J. (eds) Management and International Review. mir Special Issue. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90989-3_7

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