Comparing models of staff development in a German and Russian professional service firm: A conventionalist approach

  • Julia Brandl (Ko-Autor*in)
  • Katharina Pernkopf (Ko-Autor*in)

Aktivität: VortragWissenschaftlicher Vortrag (Science-to-Science)

Beschreibung

This paper seeks to advance research on how ideals of human resource management (HRM) differ cross-nationally by examining the typical plurality of HRM models within organizations. Drawing on French convention theory, we argue that HRM incorporates a compromise between market, industrial and domestic models of managing and that the ways in which they are invoked within organizations differs across settings. Examining stories of experiences with staff development in two professional service firms in Germany and Russia, we investigate the importance and the alignment of HRM models as well as their appreciation across organizational members. Findings reveal that the German firm is characterized by the predominance of the industrial model, a high degree of compromises and similar priorities of managers and employees. In contrast, the Russian firm shows lack of a dominant model, a low degree of compromises and different priorities between managers and employees. Our case comparison points to integrative and competing ideals of staff development within organizations that we associate, with some caution, with societal differences in Germany and in Russia. We conclude that by comparing the typical plurality of HRM models, we gain a deeper understanding of the tensions associated with HRM within organizations and the different sources of agreements across settings.
Zeitraum13 Nov. 200914 Nov. 2009
Ereignistitel6th Dutch HRM Network Conference
VeranstaltungstypKeine Angaben
BekanntheitsgradInternational