New Challenges for European Human Resource Management
This book breaks new ground in human resource management through focusing on specific themes written by a range of European experts drawing on a common survey. As such it is a major progression from previous texts that lack a coherent, cross-national data
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New Challenges for European Human Resource Management Edited by
Chris Brewster Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Michael Morley
First published in Great Britain 2000 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-41188-7 ISBN 978-0-230-59795-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230597952 First published in the United States of America 2000 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, LLC, Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-22872-9 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New challenges for European human resource management/edited by Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, and Michael Morley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-22872-9 1. Personnel management±Europe±Case studies. I. Brewster, Chris. II. Mayrhofer, Wolfgang. III. Morley, Michael. HF5549.2.E9 N48 2000 658.30 0094±dc21
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# Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 1 # Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Michael Morley 2000; individual Chapters # individual contributors 2000 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000 978-0-333-74965-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
Contents
List of Tables
viii
List of Figures
xii
List of Abbreviations
xiv
Notes on the Contributors
xv
PART I 1
INTRODUCTION
The Concept of Strategic European Human Resource Management Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster and Michael Morley
PART II
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ASPECTS OF FLEXIBILITY
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Flexible Working Practices: The Challenges for Europe Ricard SerlavoÂs and Mireia Aparicio-Valverde
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Job Rotation: An Empirical Analysis of the Utilisation and Strategic Integration in European Companies Andrea Friedrich, RuÈdiger Kabst, Maria Rodehuth and Wolfgang Weber
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A Comparative Analysis of the Link between Flexibility and HRM Strategy Lesley Mayne, Olga Tregaskis and Chris Brewster
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Flexibility in Profile: An Empirical Analysis based on the Data of 394 Belgian Companies Dirk Buyens, Tine Vandenbossche and Ans De Vos
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