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Interaction effects of globalization and institutional forces on international HRM practice: Illuminating the convergence‐divergence debate
Author(s) -
Paik Yongsun,
Chow Irene HauSiu,
Vance Charles M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.20440
Subject(s) - globalization , divergence (linguistics) , convergence (economics) , perspective (graphical) , face (sociological concept) , institution , political science , economic system , economic geography , sociology , political economy , positive economics , economics , social science , economic growth , law , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , computer science
In the face of globalization, scholars continue to debate about whether a convergence in human resources practices will prevail, or a trend of divergence perspective will persist. Building on institution theory, this article helps to explicate this debate by examining how globalization may interact with different dimensions of local institutional forces to lead to convergence, divergence, or crossvergence in international HRM practices for enhanced performance. We also present useful propositions for guiding future empirical research and theory development on the interaction between globalization and different forms of local institutional forces, which in turn influence the formation of successful international HRM practices. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.