Would you trust your foreign manager? an empirical investigation
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Firms which operate a policy of employing workers of the same nationality benefit from a higher degree of respect and trust at management level, according to research. Multinational companies benefit from establishing a clear policy of employing people of similar but not necessarily the same national background. This policy is considered to create the best environment for managers and workers to benefit from maximum trust.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 1999
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National culture and its impact on the choice of managing director in international production: the case of foreign firms in Greece
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This paper examines the affect of national culture on the decision to select the top managing directors of foreign affiliates in Greece. Empirical findings indicate that the greater the national culture distance of the foreign firm's home country the greater the probability of its employing a local managing director.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2003
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Trust and HRM in the new millennium
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An examination of workplace trust is presented. Discusses human resource management (HRM) and trust, trust and workplace change, manager-employee relationships and trust, team dynamics and the characteristics affiliated with trust and affectual, situational and dispositional factors.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2003
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