Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/311531 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Asian Business & Management [ISSN:] 1476-9328 [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 5 [Publisher:] Palgrave Macmillan [Place:] London [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 745-779
Publisher: 
Palgrave Macmillan, London
Abstract: 
In this paper, we respond to the calls for context-specific scholarship and research on human resource management (HRM) in Asia. We provide an overview of and key insights into HRM in five Asian countries, representing five key regions: China (East Asia), India (South Asia), Kazakhstan (Central Asia), United Arab Emirates (West Asia), and Vietnam (Southeast Asia). Based on our comprehensive, pan-Asian review, we develop a reflective, comparative, and relational understanding of HRM practices. In doing so, we group the myriad contextual influences on the shaping of HRM practices at three broad levels: macro-, meso-, and microlevel influences. Specifically, we propose that influences from regionalization of economies, national business systems, industry, multinational enterprises, and individual-level predispositions collectively shape and variously influence the nature and extent of HRM practices. By considering the findings of prior research on convergence and divergence, we offer a nuanced perspective wherein each country and region in Asia possesses a distinct amalgam of national business systems, and where HRM practices respond to multilevel influences in varied ways.
Subjects: 
HRM practices
Cross-country comparative review
Asia
Convergence
Divergence
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