Human resource management in Africa: current research and future directions–evidence from South Africa and across the continent

G Wood, C Bischoff - The International Journal of Human Resource …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review article supplements and extends earlier reviews on the state and practice of
HRM and employment in Africa, encompassing earlier landmark empirical studies. Work …

Human resources management in multinational companies in Africa: a systematic literature review

F Horwitz - The International Journal of Human Resource …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study provides a systematic review of literature on the analytical perspectives and
empirical research on human resource policy and practice in multinational companies …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] The Digital Continent: placing Africa in planetary networks of work

MA Anwar, M Graham - 2022 - library.oapen.org
Only ten years ago, there were more internet users in countries like France or Germany than
in all of Africa put together. But much has changed in a decade. The year 2018 marks the …

Chinese multinational firms in Asia and Africa: Relationships with institutional actors and patterns of HRM practices

FL Cooke - Human Resource Management, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in the internationalization of Chinese firms has soared in recent years. However,
studies that compare Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs) in different industries and …

Multinational firms from emerging economies in Africa: Implications for research and practice in human resource management

FL Cooke, G Wood, F Horwitz - The International Journal of Human …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Although Africa's return to growth in the 2000s, coterminous with significantly increasing
foreign direct investment, has led to renewed interest in Human Resource Management …

Comparing HRM policies and practices across geographical borders

C Brewster - Handbook of research in international human …, 2006 - elgaronline.com
Comparative Human Resource Management can be distinguished from international human
resource management (Boxall, 1995; Harris, Brewster & Sparrow, 2003). International …

International HRM in South African multinational companies

F Horwitz - Journal of International Management, 2017 - Elsevier
With the paucity of published research on human resource management (HRM) policy and
practice in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the rationale …

Review essay: Collective bargaining for the 21st century

S Hayter, T Fashoyin… - Journal of Industrial …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Collective bargaining has served as a cornerstone institution for democracy, a mechanism
for increasing workers' incomes, improving working conditions and reducing inequality, a …

[PDF][PDF] Theorising human resource management in Africa: Beyond cultural relativism

I Adeleye - African Journal of Business Management, 2011 - academicjournals.org
This paper provides a critical review of the emerging literature on African management,
which is dominated by cultural relativism. In particular, the weaknesses and limitations of the …

Institutional legacies and HRM: similarities and differences in HRM practices in Portugal and Mozambique

P Dibben, C Brewster, M Brookes… - … Journal of Human …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This is a study of institutional change and continuity, comparing the trajectories followed by
Mozambique and its formal colonial power Portugal in HRM, based on two surveys of firm …