Multilevel relational influences on HRM practices: a cross-country comparative reflective review of HRM practices in Asia

TY - JOUR

T1 - Multilevel relational influences on HRM practices

T2 - a cross-country comparative reflective review of HRM practices in Asia

AU - Malik, Ashish

AU - Pereira, Vijay

AU - Budhwar, Pawan

AU - Froese, Fabian Jintae

AU - Minbaeva, Dana

AU - Sun, James

AU - Nguyen, Anh Tuan

AU - Xue, Shanzi

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).

PY - 2022/11

Y1 - 2022/11

N2 - In this paper, we respond to the calls for context-specific scholarship and research on human resource management (HRM) in Asia. We provide an overview of and key insights into HRM in five Asian countries, representing five key regions: China (East Asia), India (South Asia), Kazakhstan (Central Asia), United Arab Emirates (West Asia), and Vietnam (Southeast Asia). Based on our comprehensive, pan-Asian review, we develop a reflective, comparative, and relational understanding of HRM practices. In doing so, we group the myriad contextual influences on the shaping of HRM practices at three broad levels: macro-, meso-, and microlevel influences. Specifically, we propose that influences from regionalization of economies, national business systems, industry, multinational enterprises, and individual-level predispositions collectively shape and variously influence the nature and extent of HRM practices. By considering the findings of prior research on convergence and divergence, we offer a nuanced perspective wherein each country and region in Asia possesses a distinct amalgam of national business systems, and where HRM practices respond to multilevel influences in varied ways.

AB - In this paper, we respond to the calls for context-specific scholarship and research on human resource management (HRM) in Asia. We provide an overview of and key insights into HRM in five Asian countries, representing five key regions: China (East Asia), India (South Asia), Kazakhstan (Central Asia), United Arab Emirates (West Asia), and Vietnam (Southeast Asia). Based on our comprehensive, pan-Asian review, we develop a reflective, comparative, and relational understanding of HRM practices. In doing so, we group the myriad contextual influences on the shaping of HRM practices at three broad levels: macro-, meso-, and microlevel influences. Specifically, we propose that influences from regionalization of economies, national business systems, industry, multinational enterprises, and individual-level predispositions collectively shape and variously influence the nature and extent of HRM practices. By considering the findings of prior research on convergence and divergence, we offer a nuanced perspective wherein each country and region in Asia possesses a distinct amalgam of national business systems, and where HRM practices respond to multilevel influences in varied ways.

KW - Asia

KW - Convergence

KW - Cross-country comparative review

KW - Divergence

KW - HRM practices

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140296181&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1057/s41291-022-00208-z

DO - 10.1057/s41291-022-00208-z

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85140296181

SN - 1472-4782

VL - 21

SP - 745

EP - 779

JO - Asian Business and Management

JF - Asian Business and Management

IS - 5

ER -