Emergent directions for human resource management research in Latin America

Authors: Elvira, Marta M.; Davila, Anabella

Source: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 16, Number 12, Number 12/December 2005 , pp. 2265-2282(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Research in this special issue converges around important HRM challenges that will shape the direction of academic research in the future. We argue that the nature of these challenges, such as balancing global and local HRM approaches, focusing on people while aiming at performance and, in general, managing in a hybrid cultural and economic system, requires reframing strategic HR in terms of social contract theories. Such theories consider multiple stakeholders and focus research on the employment relationship as unit of analysis, which fits well with the pre-eminence of person-centred management over merely profit-centred goals. We propose theoretically anchored research to guide strategic HRM practices, taking into account Latin America's culture-specific humanistic approach and its labour market institutions.

Keywords: Strategic HRM in Latin America; hybrid management systems; social contracts

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585190500358703

Affiliations: 1: Lexington College, 310 S. Peoria Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA, +312 226 6753, +312 226 6405

Publication date: 2005-12-01

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