HRM in Europe Evidence of Convergence?

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 Entirely fresh analyses of HRM in Europe, based on new and hitherto unpublished data are presented and this analysis is critically important for students, researchers and also for practitioners.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* Introduces entirely fresh analyses based on new and hitherto unpublished data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

HRM: a universal concept? Paul Gooderham, Michael Morley, Chris Brewster and Wolfgang Mayrhofer.The UK and Ireland: Traditions and Transitions in HRM. Sarah Atterbury, Chris Brewster, Christine Communal, Christine Cross, Partrick Gunnigle and Michael Morley.The Netherlands and Germany: Flexibility and Rigidity.Bart Dietz, Job Hoogendoorn, Rudigr Kabst and Anja Schmetter.HRM in Austria and Switzerland: Small countries - large differences.Christiane Erten, Guido Strunk, Jean-Claude Gonzalez and Martin Hilb. France and Belgium: Language, culture and differences in human resource practices.Dirk Buyens, Françoise Dany,Koen Dewettinck and Bérénice Quinodon.Spain and Portugal: Different paths to the same destiny Rita Campos e Cunha, Carlos Obeso and Miguel Pina e Cunha. Italy, Greece and Cyprus: HRM in the South-Eastern Mediterranean corner of the EUNancy Papalexandris and Eleni Stavrou-Costea.Norway and Denmark: Siblings or Cousins? Anna Patricia Rogaczewska, Henrik Holt Larsen, Odd Nordhaug, Erik Doving and Martin Gjelsvik.Sweden and Finland: Small Countries with Large Companies: Tina Lindeberg, Bo Manson and Sinikka Vanhala.Bulgaria and the Czech Republic: countries in transition.Josef Koubek and Elizabeth Vatchkova.Estonia and Slovenia: Building Modern HRM using a dualist approach.Ruth Alas and Ivan Svetlik.Turkey and Israel: HRM as a reflection of societyAmnon Caspi, Batia Ben-Hador, Jacob Weisberg, Cavide Uyargil, Gonen Dundar and V. Lale Tuzuner. Conclusions: Convergence, stasis, or divergence?Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Michael Morley and Chris Brewster.

Chris Brewster is Professor in International Human Resource Management at South Bank University. He has worked in the trade union movement, the civil service, as an Industrial Relations journalist and in personnel management. He has published widely in the area of international human resource management and he acts as a consultant to many international companies.

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 on the field of human resource management.