Positioning Romania on the European Cluster Map of Strategic Human Resource Management
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The analysis considers the similarities and differences of strategic human resource practices at country level in the European Union and seeks to assess the level of convergence of Romanian practices to the European ones. The purpose of the study is to calculate the closeness of Romania to one of the European Human Resource Management clusters previously identified by M. Ingjatovic and I. Svetlik considering practices as strategy formalization, involvement of human resource department in developing the organizational strategy and devolution of human resource decisions to line management. Cluster analysis was used, considering that is one of the complex methods in systematic research and it is useful in multidimensional analysis where significant similar cases are looked for. The results show that Romania is closer to the Peripheral cluster with the management-focused model of medium intensity HRM and Central Southern cluster with the HRM model of low intensity.
Keywords: human resource management clusters; convergence; human resource strategic practices; Romanian HRM;
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Clipa, C. (2017). Positioning Romania on the European Cluster Map of Strategic Human Resource Management. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(4), 137–145. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v3i4.1538
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Brewster, C. (1993). Developing a ‘European’ model of human resource management. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 4 (4), 765-784.
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Brewster, C. (1995). Towards a 'European' model of human resource management. Journal of International Business Studies, 26 (1), 1-1.
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Brewster, C. (2007). A European perspective on HRM. European Journal of International Management, 1 (3).
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Festing, M. (2012). Strategic human resource management in Germany: Evidence of convergence to the U.S. Model, the European model, or a distinctive national model? Academy of Management Perspectives, 26 (2), 37-54.
Gooderham, P. & Nordhaug, O. (2011). One European model of HRM? Cranet empirical contributions. Human Resource Management Review, 21 (1), 27-36.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2010.09.009
Gooderham, P. N. & Brewster, C. (2003). Convergence, stasis or divergence? Personnel management in Europe. Beta — Scandinavian. Journal of Business Research, 17 (1), 7 -18.
Gupta, V., Hanges, P. J. & Dorfman, P. (2002). Cultural clusters: Methodology and findings. Journal of World Business, 37 (1), 11-15. doi:10.1016/S1090-9516(01)00070-0
Ignjatovic, M. & Svetlik, I. (2003). European HRM Clusters. EBS Review, Autumn 2003, 25 - 39.
Kerekes, K., Plesoianu, G., Farkas, F. & Poor, J. (2011). Human resource management practices of large multinational firms in Romania, in the light of a Central and Eastern European survey 2009-2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Cluj-Napoca.
Kerekes, K., Zaharie, M., Poor, J. & Osoian, C. (2012). Human resource practices in multinational companies in Romania, Cluj-Napoca.
Koopman, P. L., Den Hartog, D. N., Konrad, E. & al, e. (1999). National culture and leadership profiles in Europe: Some results from the GLOBE study. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8 (4), 503-520. doi:10.1080/135943299398131
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Larsen, H. H. & Brewster, C. (2003). Line management responsibility for HRM: What is happening in Europe? Employee Relations, 25 (3), 228 - 244.
Larsen, H. H. & Mayrhofer, W. (2006). Managing human resources in Europe: A thematic approach: Taylor & Francis.
Mayrhofer, W., Brewster, C. & Morley, M. (2004). Human resource management in Europe - Evidence of Convergence? : Taylor & Francis.
Mensah, Y. M. & Chen, H.-Y. (2013). Global clustering of countries by culture – An extension of the GLOBE study. Retrieved from http://ssrn.com/abstract=2189904
Morley, M., Brewster, C., Gunnigle, P. & Mayrhofer, W. (1996). Evaluating change in European industrial relations: Research evidence on trends at organizational level. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 7 (3), 640-656. doi:10.1080/09585199600000148
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Poor, J. & Plesoianu, G. (2010). Human resource management under change in the Romanian civil service in an international context. Employee Relations, 32 (3), 281-309.
Prodan, A., Clipa, A. & Clipa, C. (2008). The transfer of Romanian human resources management practices in multinational companies. MIBES Transactions International.
Stavrou, E. T., Brewster, C. & Charalambous, C. (2010). Human resource management and firm performance in Europe through the lens of business systems: Best fit, best practice or both? The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21 (7), 933-962.
doi:10.1080/09585191003783371