HRM in Europe: Evidence of Convergence? (Paperback)

This is an excellent book that provides the reader, academic and professional alike, with a wealth of highly credible information about human resource management in a wide-variety of European countries. All of the contributors are country experts and well recognized in the field of human resource management. As such they offer the reader many interesting insights about their specific countries. The editors in turn then lend their considerable years of expertise analyzing them in order to offer their own insights into the central thesis of the book: Is there evidence of convergence in HRM in Europe or not?

Professor Randall S. Schuler
Professor of International Human Resource Management
Rutgers University
USA


The 41 scholars from the 36 countries involved in producing this excellent book have drawn on local knowledge, academic expertise and data from CRANET-E, the world's largest longitudinal and comparative HRM survey. The result is a rich, up-to-date and systematically organized text on European HRM that is at once eminently readable and of great value to students and practitioners. The team (editors and authors) is to be congratulated on its significant contribution to our understanding and appreciation of the nature of HRM in Europe, as well the forces for and against its convergence. An essential book for anyone interested international and comparative HRM.

Associate Professor Michael Zanko, Head, Employment Relations, School of Management, Marketing and Employment Relations, University of Wollongong
Australia

"This book is an enormously useful resource for the researcher and practitioner,as well as for students of European HR. It is difficult to imagine that there is an HR manager -or indeed, an interested european general reader- who will not find something of value here"

(Jaime Bonache, Profesor Titular of HR at
Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, Spain).

'There has been a surge of interest in international HRM as the impact of globalisation is being felt on the way people are managed. This book is a very welcome and much needed addition to the body research and literature on IHRM. It addresses key issues for HRM in Europe and it's focus on a thorough evidence based approach means it goes beyond simplistic analysis. Its in depth country comparisons leads to concrete insights into current practice and provides a thorough context for IHRM in Europe for students and practitioners alike.'

Bob Morton, Head of HRD, Ciba Specialty Chemicals

The increasing number of cross-border alliances and mergers both within Europe and between Europe and other parts of the world have made it imperative for students of management to have a thorough understanding of the European context for human resource management (HRM). 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.

The text employs comprehensive comparable representative data collected longitudinally during the last decade and it also draws directly on the expertise of leading HRM scholars. Entirely fresh analyses of HRM in Europe, based on new and hitherto unpublished data are presented and this analysis is critically important for students, researchers and also for practitioners.

The book is divided into three parts: concepts and theoretical issues , trends in relation to these issues and comparisons between individual countries, and summaries and conclusions on the issue of convergence and divergence.

* Offers a thorough evidence based approach drawing directly on the expertise of leading HRM scholars
* Introduces entirely fresh analyses based on new and hitherto unpublished data
* Provides a clear framework and structure for students, researchers and practitioners