Managed by the other: cultural anxieties in two Anglo-Americanized Swedish firms
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Worker's adaptability to cultural differences, after acquisition and merger is examined. Cultural anxieties of worker of Swedish firms, Volvo Cars and AstraZeneca, taken over by an American and a British company, are analyzed.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2006
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Teamworking structure and worker perceptions: a cross-national study
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Teamworking structures and team member perceptions of a British and German subsidiary of a multinational pharmaceutical company are compared and analyzed. The results of the study are presented.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2005
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'Best practice' human resource management: perfect opportunity or dangerous illusion?
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Issues concerning the concept that the use of human resource management (HRM) practices can be successfully migrated through a variety of industries are discussed.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2000
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