TY - JOUR AB - The results of a survey on personnel practices and the way different members of an organisation perceive the personnel function are reported. The article focuses on the manufacturing sector, comparing personnel practices in high‐ and medium‐technology companies. The relative importance which personnel superiors, line managers and personnel managers attached to the various personnel activities is also explored. The survey was conducted in Singapore in 1988 and included 58 medium‐technology and 22 high‐technology firms. The sample of 80 firms included 60 MNCs of non‐Singaporean origin. VL - 19 IS - 4 SN - 0048-3486 DO - 10.1108/00483489010137886 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/00483489010137886 AU - Yuen Edith C. PY - 1990 Y1 - 1990/01/01 TI - Human Resource Management in High‐and Medium‐Technology Companies T2 - Personnel Review PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 36 EP - 46 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -