Title: Debating the Americanisation of human resource management: origins, misconceptions and politics in discussing the US model

Authors: Óscar Rodríguez-Ruiz; Miguel Martínez Lucio

Addresses: Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223, Madrid, Spain ' Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK

Abstract: The perception of Americanisation in the academic arena is shaping the evolution of research on human resource management. This paper seeks to locate the origins and dimensions of the US model of human resource management as an ideal type that risks becoming a stylised interpretation eliminating nuance.

Keywords: Americanisation; human resource management; HRM; Taylorism; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; personnel administration; USA; United States.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMCP.2012.051450

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2012 Vol.6 No.4, pp.211 - 227

Published online: 17 Apr 2015 *

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