Beyond the enterprise: Broadening the horizons of International HRM

• Published in: Human relations (New York) Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 483 - 505
• Main Authors: Delbridge, Rick, Hauptmeier, Marco, Sengupta, Sukanya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2011; Sage Publ; Sage Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Comparative analysis; Empirical research; Human resource management; Human resources; Human resources management; Internationales Personalmanagement; Management; Managerial authority; Multinational corporations; Multinational enterprises; Multinationales Unternehmen; Organizational behavior; Personnel management; Sociology; Sociology of organizations and enterprises. Bureaucracy and administration; Sociology of work and sociology of organizations; Studies; Theorie; Universalism; International HRM; critical HRM; management; comparative employment relations; multinational enterprises; Multinational company; National territory; Employee; Trade union; Employment; Enterprise; Economical Management; Model; International approach; Human Resources; Institutions; Capitalism; Evaluation; Crossnational Comparisons
• ISSN: 0018-7267; 1741-282X
• DOI: 10.1177/0018726710396388

In this article we argue that International HRM research will benefit from an extended research agenda that moves: i) beyond the enterprise, ii) beyond managerialism, and iii) beyond universalism. This will require both a wider range of theoretical resources to be brought to bear and a greater attentiveness to the interpenetrating levels of the empirical worlds that are subject to evaluation and explanation. The article reflects on the opportunities for drawing on theoretical frameworks from proximate research areas and advances a multi-level approach in order to achieve a more holistic and situated understanding of HRM in its international and comparative contexts.