Employee Relations: Volume 19 Issue 4

Globalization and a new human resource policy in Korea: Transformation to a performance‐ based HRM

Seongsu Kim, Dennis R. Briscoe

Korean firms are in the process of transforming their human resource management (HRM) systems to compete effectively in the global market. Whereas the traditional HRM system…

Equity, equality and need as determinants of pay allocations: A comparative study of Chinese and US managers

Jane K. Giacobbe‐Miller, Daniel J. Miller, Weijun Zhang

Involves a role‐play in which Chinese and US managers allocate a hypothetical bonus to a work group. Indicates that Chinese managers employed three distributive rules (i.e…

The whaanau/support interview: A New Zealand contribution to cultural diversity

Deborah Jones

The whaanau/support selection interview is a distinctively New Zealand example of bringing cultural diversity into organizations by changing human resource management (HRM…

The management of individualism in an Australian mining company

Nils Timo

Over the last decade, there has been a growing debate about the relationship between industrial relations, human resource management and business strategies. For management, this…

Islamic revival in Asia and human resource management

Monir Tayeb

Discusses some of the implications of Islamic values for management of the workforce in organizations in Muslim countries in the light of the rise of Islamist movements in many of…

Taiwanese labour management in China

David C. Schak

Interviews of 40 Taiwanese factory managers in China reveal problems with local workers, unanticipated because of the assumed shared language and culture. Problems include poor…

Achieving zero defects: The case of Star Union Engineering, Singapore

Phyllisis M. Ngin, Chee Leong Chong

Examines TQM implementation in Star Union, a small manufacturing firm, and offers insights into how its “dynamic equilibrium” system drives the development of its employees and…