Internationalization of HRM:

Socio-Cultural Context
What is culture?
Culture refers to values and attitudes that
people belonging to a given society hold.
Tayeb:
defined culture as historically evolved
values, attitudes and meanings which
are learned and shared by the members
of a given community, and which influence
their material and non-material way of life.
Culture and Employee Management
Issues.
1. Attitude to power and authority and
its implications for employee
management.
2. Tolerance for ambiguity and
attitude to risk and their implications
for employee management.
3. Interpersonal trust and its
implications for employee
management.
4. Individualism and collectivism and
their implications for employee
management.
5. Preference for certain leadership
behaviors and its implications for
employee management.
National Culture and specific HRM
issues
Selection and recruitment
Training
Job expectations and motivation policies
Performance appraisal, reward and
promotion policies
Business Imperatives and other non-
cultural influences on HRM
Influence of non-cultural factors at individual
level
Education
Position for employee management style
Business Imperatives and other non-
cultural influences on HRM
Influence of non-cultural factors at
organizational level.
Market conditions
Production technology and industry
Size
Organizational culture