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Integrating HRM practices into a multi-level model of culture: culture's values, depth, and strength

Multi-Level Issues in Social Systems

ISBN: 978-0-76231-334-1, eISBN: 978-1-84950-432-4

Publication date: 18 August 2006

Abstract

This chapter discusses the strengths and challenges posed by the chapter by Aumann and Ostroff entitled, “Multi-Level Fit: An Integrative Framework for Understanding HRM Practices in Cross-Cultural Contexts.” In addition, this chapter proposes an alternative multi-level model of culture, which consists of structural and dynamic dimensions with culture's strength as a moderator of the top-down bottom-up dynamic processes. This model assumes that there is a fit between the value system and the HRM practices, as they represent two layers of culture – visible and less visible. Yet, the fit can be interrupted when HRM practices are transferred across cultures. The chapter further discusses when HRM practices are rejected and when they are accepted despite the misfit.

Citation

Erez, M. (2006), "Integrating HRM practices into a multi-level model of culture: culture's values, depth, and strength", Yammarino, F.J. and Dansereau, F. (Ed.) Multi-Level Issues in Social Systems (Research in Multi-Level Issues, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1475-9144(06)05004-1

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