IHRM in developing countriesdoes the functionalist vs. critical debate make sense South of the Equator?

Resumo

A recent debate has taken place in International Human Resource Management (IHRM) theory and practice between the so-called functionalists and the critical approaches. This paper reviews the literature on mainstream, functionalist IHRM and the critical approaches, and theoretically discusses their fit to emerging countries' realities and multilatinas experience. The essay's main objectives and contributions are: (a) to argue that this debate, overly typical of the American-European context, may not be fully applicable to ambiguous and contradictory contexts, such as most developing countries and, particularly, Latin America; (b) to argue that the disputes between both functionalist and critical IHRM theorists, in equally richer countries, is inadequate for other (non-rich-involving) contexts; and (c) to propose redirection possibilities for this debate, particularly, in Latin America.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2011

Instituição

ANPAD - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/21033

Palavras-chave

IRHMBrazilCritical management studiesFunctionalist approachAdministração de empresasEmpresas multinacionais - Administração de pessoal