Croucher, Richard and Rizov, Marian (2015) MNEs and flexible working practices in Mauritius. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26 (21). pp. 2701-2717. ISSN 0958-5192
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Abstract
We compare how far companies based in Africa, India and the ‘global North’ operating
in Mauritius adopt high-trust flexible working practices and how these are linked to
different clusters of wider labour management practice. Using comprehensive firmlevel
data collected in late 2011, we find that African/Indian company practices are
closer to those of indigenous firms than to those of Northern companies. The different
company groups operate in quite different ways but regional multi-national enterprises
operate in a similar way to indigenous companies. We therefore conclude that Rugman
and Verbeke’s ‘regionalization’ theory also applies to the HR field. We further find that
both a relatively strategic approach to HRM and measures to develop employer–
employee interdependence are, respectively, linked directly and indirectly to flexible
working incidence.
Keywords: | employer–employee interdependence, flexible working, multinational enterprises, regionalisation, strategic HRM, NotOAChecked |
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Subjects: | N Business and Administrative studies > N600 Human Resource Management L Social studies > L110 Applied Economics N Business and Administrative studies > N200 Management studies |
Divisions: | Lincoln International Business School |
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ID Code: | 18869 |
Deposited On: | 29 Sep 2015 16:18 |
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