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The management of people across cultures: Valuing people differently
Author(s) -
Jackson Terence
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.10054
Subject(s) - ethnocentrism , globalization , value (mathematics) , human resource management , exploratory research , human resources , humanism , sociology , work (physics) , public relations , political science , business , management , social science , economics , law , anthropology , mechanical engineering , machine learning , computer science , engineering
Ethnocentric and parochial human resource systems have been called into question as obstacles toglobalization. This is addressed here by examining the way value is attached to people in organizations acrosscultures. Western managers and HR practitioners who work with affiliates in non‐Western emergingcountries should particularly be aware of differences in “locus of human value.” Policies andpractices developed in the West along instrumental lines see people primarily as a means to an end. This may bedirectly opposed to a humanistic view of human value that sees people as having a value in themselves. Toprovide support for these assumptions, an exploratory study across seven nations was carried out. Its findingsindicate potentially important implications for global HRM policies and practices. © 2002 WileyPeriodicals, Inc.