Browsing by Author "Ringdal, Kristen"

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    The impact of bundles of strategic human resource management practices on the performance of European firms
    (Taylor & Francis, 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z) Gooderham, Paul; Parry, Emma; Ringdal, Kristen
    The relationship between HRM practices and perceived firm performance was analyzed in 3,281 firms located in European Union countries using data derived from the Cranet data set. A factor analysis of 80 different HRM practices resulted in 15 bundles of HRM practices which were then further categorized as being either “calculative”, “collaborative” or “intermediary”. While controlling for contingency factors, firm strategy, firm size, market conditions and degree of unionization, as well as controlling for industry and country, the resulting analysis indicates that while five of the six calculative practices and two of the three intermediary practices have a significant impact on performance none of the six collaborative practices has. Significantly it was further noted that the overall effect of HRM on performance was relatively modest.
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    National Embeddedness and Calculative HRM in US Subsidiaries in Europe and Australia
    (SAGE, 2006-11) Gooderham, Paul; Nordhaug, Odd; Ringdal, Kristen
    This article presents a study of the degree to which national institutional settings impact on the application of management practices in foreign subsidiaries of multinational companies. Applying the national business systems approach our study centres on the use of calculative human resource management (HRM) practices by subsidiaries of US multinational companies in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Denmark/Norway and Australia, respectively, in comparison with these countries’ indigenous firms.The analysis indicates that while US subsidiaries adapt to the local setting in terms of applying calculative HRM practices, they also diverge from indigenous firm practices.