edited by Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Michael Morley.
Boston :
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
2004.
viii, [2], 486 pages :
illustrations, charts, maps ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-476) and index.
1. Human resource management:a universal concept? -- 2. The UK and Ireland: traditions and transitions in HRM -- 3. The Netherlands and Germany: flexibility or rigidity? -- 4. Austria and Switzerland: small countries with large differences -- 5. France and Belgium: language, culture and differences in human resource practices -- 6. Spain and Portugal: different paths to the same destiny -- 7. Italy, Greece and Cyprus: HRM in the south-eastern Mediterranean corner of the EU -- 8. Denmank and Norway: siblings or cousins? -- 9. Sweden and Finland: small countries with large companies -- 10. Bulgaria and Czech Republic: countries in transition -- 11. Estonia and Slovenia: building modern HRM using a dualist approach -- 12. Turkey and Israel: HRM as a reflection of society -- 13. Convergence, stasis, or divergence? -- Appendices 1-2 -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Employing comprehensive comparable representative data, this book enables managers and students to become 'fluent' in the many various environments, approaches and practices that exist across Europe for managing human resources.