Localization of staff in a hostile context: An exploratory investigation in Afghanistan

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dc.contributor.authorDickmann, Michael
dc.contributor.authorParry, Emma
dc.contributor.authorKeshavjee, N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-08T13:57:47Z
dc.date.available2017-03-08T13:57:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-20
dc.description.abstractHostile environments pose a distinct threat to international organizations and their staff and yet they are under researched within the literature on IHRM. Localization of staff may present a means to manage some of the risks and also to provide the resources needed to achieve competitive advantage. Drawing on the resource-based view and institutional theory, we explored resource- and capability-based and institutional influences in relation to the decision of whether to localize professional staff in a hostile environment (Afghanistan). Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with representatives from four organizations in Afghanistan, our investigation identified new influences on localization at the societal and organizational level. These include ongoing security issues as well as influences on localization such as corruption, impartiality and the need for outside experiences as well as perspectives not identified in previous work. In addition, we emphasize the importance of both picking appropriate valuable local human resources and using appropriate internal capabilities to develop and deploy them in such a way to build firm-specific assets which are also rare, inimitable and non-substitutable, thus leading to sustainable competitive advantage.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMichael Dickmann, Emma Parry, and Nadia Keshavjee, The International Journal of Human Resource Management , Available online 20 February 2017en_UK
dc.identifier.cris16369556
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1291531
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11581
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titlesen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectLocalizationen_UK
dc.subjectAfghanistanen_UK
dc.subjectresource-based viewen_UK
dc.subjectcareersen_UK
dc.subjectexpatriationen_UK
dc.titleLocalization of staff in a hostile context: An exploratory investigation in Afghanistanen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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