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Global Human Resource Metrics
De Cieri, Helen; Boudreau, John W. (2003-03-01)[Excerpt] What is the logic underlying global human resources (HR) measurement in your organization? In your organization, do you measure the contribution of global HR programs to organizational performance? Do you know ... -
Global Pressures: Multinational Corporations, International Unionism, and NGOs
Katz, Harry C.; Kochan, Thomas A.; Colvin, Alexander (2015-01-01)[Excerpt] The globalization of product, financial, and labor markets has made it easier for companies to produce many of the goods and services they sell wherever in the world the right skills can be found at the lowest ... -
Global Talentship: Toward a Decision Science Connecting Talent to Global Strategic Success
Boudreau, John W.; Ramstad, Peter M.; Dowling, Peter J. (2002-09-15)It is widely accepted that global competitive advantage frequently requires managing such complex situations that traditional organization and job structures are simply insufficient. Increasingly, in order to create a ... -
Globalisation and Outsourcing: Confronting New Human Resource Challenges in India’s Business Process Outsourcing Industry
Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Ranganathan, Aruna (2010-01-01)In this article, we argue that the rapid growth of the outsourcing industry has resulted in both high turnover and labour shortages and at the same time provided employment opportunities to a new group of employees: young ... -
Globalisation of Commodification: Legal Process Outsourcing and Indian Lawyers
Noronha, Ernesto; D'Cruz, Premilla; Kuruvilla, Sarosh (Routledge, 2016-03-09)Legal process outsourcing (LPO) refers to the contracting of legal work from regions where it is costly to perform, such as the US to areas where it can be performed at a significantly decreased cost. LPO has been made ... -
Globalization
Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Lakhani, Tashlin (2013-01-01)[Excerpt] While the chapters in the previous section examined employment relations in different national contexts, in this chapter we focus on employment relations in the international or global context. We begin by outlining ... -
Globalization and the Logic of Participation: Unions and the Politics of Coalition Building
Turner, Lowell (2006-01-01)Global liberalization is driving a 'logic of participation', for firms and unions alike. Economic pressures drive managers to innovate across a range of possibilities, from outsourcing and union busting to work reorganization ... -
Globalization, Industrialization and Labour Markets in China
Zhang, Miao; Rasiah, Rajah; Kuruvilla, Sarosh (2015-01-01)China’s experience with globalization is still contested. This paper seeks to examine the impact of global integration and industrialization on labour markets in China. The evidence shows that rising trade and flows of ... -
Globalization, Logics of Action, International Labor Standards and National Government Roles
Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Verma, Anil (2004-01-01)In an earlier article, (Frenkel and Kuruvilla, 2002) we argued that the interplay between three different logics of action, i.e., the logic of competition, the logic of industrial peace, and the logic of employment-income ... -
Globalization, Participation, and the Renewal of the Labor Movement
Turner, Lowell (2004-01-01)In dangerous times, in a post-Cold War political landscape in which a settled "New World Order" has yet to emerge, continuing globalization brings enormous challenges. For labor unions, the pressures are intense and have ... -
Globalization, Workers, and Industrial Relations Institutions in Southeast Asia
Kuruvilla, Sarosh (2000-10-01)[Excerpt] Much of my research focuses on industrial relations (the relationship between managers and labor - mostly represented by trade unions). Thus, typically l study the impact of changes in the environment (be it ... -
Globalizing U.S. Employment Statutes Through Foreign Law Influence: Mexico’s Foreign Employer Provision and Recruited Mexican Workers
Griffith, Kati L. (2008-07-01)It is widely acknowledged that Mexican nationals comprise a growing portion of the U.S. workforce, both as authorized and unauthorized workers. The focus on Mexican workers who are currently within the United States ... -
Globalizíación, Class Actions y Derecho de Trabajo
Ojeda Avilés, Antonio; Compa, Lance A. (2002-08-01)[Excerpt] El objeto principal de este artículo consiste en analizar la larga experiencia acumulada al otro lado del Atlántico, en Estados Unidos, en material de demandas extraterritoriales contra empresas norteamericanas ... -
Goal Orientation and Ability: Interactive Effects on Self-Efficacy, Performance, and Knowledge
Bell, Bradford S.; Kozlowski, Steve W.J. (2002-01-01)This study examined the direct relationship of goal orientation – and the interaction of goal orientation and cognitive ability -- with self-efficacy, performance, and knowledge in a learning context. The current paper ... -
Going Global
Gordon, Michael E.; Turner, Lowell (2000-01-01)[Excerpt] What power can counter the growing strength of MNCs and the forces of globalization? National governments have an important role to play, singly and together, as do international institutions of regulation such ... -
Got Women? Hiring and Retaining Female Information Technology Professionals Through Effective Human Resource Marketing
Wardi, Lori Anne; Welbourne, Theresa M. (1998-11-28)The current pipeline for information technology (IT) professionals is dismal, with increasing jobs and decreasing applicants. We propose that one solution to this problem is encouraging women to pursue careers in IT. Today, ... -
Government Oversight, Union Democracy, and Labor Racketeering: Lessons from the Teamsters Experience
Belzer, Michael H.; Hurd, Richard W. (1999-01-01)[Excerpt] In this paper we examine the federal courts' effort to clean up the Teamsters using legislation originally enacted to fight organized crime. Specifically, we look at the role of electoral democracy in this ... -
Government Transfer Payments and Strike Activity: Reforming Public Policy
Stern, Robert; Lipsky, David B.; Hutchens, Robert M. (1990-01-01)[Excerpt] One of the most controversial labor policy issues is whether strikers should be eligible for government transfer payments, such as unemployment compensation, public assistance, and food stamps. The controversy ... -
Graduate Education, Innovation and Federal Responsibility
Ehrenberg, Ronald G. (2005-03-09)This paper, presented at the ORAU/CGS Conference on Graduate Education and American Competitiveness in Washington, discusses the causes and for the drop in American PhD students across the country, and lists the implications ... -
Grievance Procedures and the Democratization of American Life
Neufeld, Maurice F. (1976-01-01)[Excerpt] No institution in the nation's history has struggled so long and so valiantly for the democratization of American life as the organized labor movement. Decade after decade, trade unionists have fought for human ...