Information technology is altering the context within which HRM operates, providing both challenges and opportunities. At the core of the change is network centricity or netcentricity, which is the power of digital networks to distribute information instantly and on a global scale. The new...

This volume contains country studies of the historical development of human resource management (HRM) in seventeen different nations. The nations span all regions of the world and each chapter is written by a national expert. Primary attention is given to HRM developments in industry, but...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an interactionist framework for examining how the cultural dimension of collectivism interacts with workplace attributes to influence organizational commitment. Design/methodology/approach – These issues are studied by using a longitudinal...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine sex effects in evaluations of transformational and transactional leaders. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 459 part‐time (evening) MBA students, most of whom worked full‐time, read a vignette of either a male or female leader who...