INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL CULTURAL CHALLENGES

Bir kısım araştırmacılar tarafından uluslararası insan kaynakları yönetimindeki rolü ve önemi araştırılan ulusalkültürün; uluslararası alanda örgütsel hedeflere ulaşılmasında farkında olunması gereken önemli bir sorunolarak adlandırılmıştır. Uluslararası insan kaynakları yönetimi dünyanın farklı ülkelerindeki uygulamalarındafarklı etnik kökenlerden gelen kişilerin birlikte çalışması ile oluşan kültürel zorluğun farkına varmalıdır. Buçalışmada, Hofstede'nin geliştirdiği kültürel boyutlar kavramının yanısıra; motivasyon teorisi, eşitlik teorisi,beklenti teorisi, iş tasarımı, iş merkeziliği, ve ödüller kavramlarının uluslararası insan kaynakları yönetimiüzerindeki etkisi incelemiştir.

ULUSLARARASI İNSAN KAYNAKLARI YÖNETİMİ VE ULUSAL KÜLTÜREL ZORLUKLAR

A number of researchers have investigated the role of and importance of national culture on internationalhuman resource management and it is named as the major challenge that human resource managementshould be aware of when going global to achieve its organizational goals. Getting individuals from differentethnic backgrounds working together may be difficult in some parts of the world and internationalhuman resource management professionals should be aware of this cultural difficulty. This paper studiesthe influence of national cultural challenges on international human resource management which isinvestigated commonly by Hofstede s cultural dimensions, achievement motivation theory, equity theory,expectancy theory, job design, work centrality, and rewards.

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