Chapter 7 Language Issues in e-HRM Implementation in the Multinational Firm

Abstract

This chapter introduces the issue of language into the already complex nature of e-HRM system implementation in multinational corporations (MNCs). In the light of scant empirical research on language in international business in general and e-HRM in particular, this chapter reviews the research on language issues in the MNC context. The chapter then illustrates the challenges presented by language by reporting findings from a qualitative study into the effects of language standardization on e-HRM system acceptance and use in the foreign subsidiaries of a Finnish MNC.

Citation

Heikkilä, J.-P. and Smale, A. (2011), "Chapter 7 Language Issues in e-HRM Implementation in the Multinational Firm", Bondarouk, T., Ruël, H. and Kees Looise, J. (Ed.) Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 119-141. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-6361(2011)0000008011