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Recruitment and retention in foreign firms in India: A resource‐based view
Author(s) -
Holtbrügge Dirk,
Friedmann Carina B.,
Puck Jonas F.
Publication year - 2010
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.20353
Subject(s) - attrition , business , employee retention , resource (disambiguation) , sample (material) , human resource management , resource based view , retention rate , resource dependence theory , face (sociological concept) , human resources , marketing , industrial organization , knowledge management , management , economics , sociology , computer science , competitive advantage , medicine , computer network , social science , chemistry , dentistry , chromatography
Foreign firms in India currently face two major challenges in human resource management (HRM): personnel recruitment and retention. For this study, we adapted the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm and tested which recruitment and retention practices positively impact the number of qualified applicants and the attrition rate in a sample of 80 North‐Western European firms. Our findings suggest that a close relationship exists between using recruitment and retention practices shaped according to the RBV and these two efficiency criteria. We discuss the implications of our findings for both theory and practice as well as how our findings might transfer to other contexts. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.