Open AccessStrategic Management of Human Resources For Global Competitive Advantage
Author(s) -
Abagail McWilliams,
David Van Fleet,
Patrick M. Wright
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of business strategies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2162-6901
pISSN - 0887-2058
DOI - 10.54155/jbs.18.1.1-24
Subject(s) - competitive advantage , multinational corporation , business , strategic human resource planning , industrial organization , human resource management , human resources , resource based view , resource (disambiguation) , comparative advantage , strategic management , focus (optics) , marketing , knowledge management , strategic planning , economics , international trade , management , computer science , computer network , physics , finance , optics
This article extends the literature on the role of human resources in globalcompetitiveness by focusing on the ability of transnational firms to create asustainable competitive advantage through the strategic management of theirwork force. We focus on the ability of managers to strategically draw frommultiple human resource labor pools, creating a competitive advantage fortransnational firms vis-a-vis domestic and multinational firms. A model, whichextends the resource-based view of the firm, is developed.