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Exploring the configuration of international HRM strategies for global integration and local responsiveness in MNEs

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/05/2024
<mark>Journal</mark>The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Issue number11
Volume35
Number of pages27
Pages (from-to)1943-1969
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date4/03/24
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study examines the configuration of international HRM strategies to understand how an MNE pursues global integration and local responsiveness simultaneously in HRM. Drawing upon cases of eight South Korean and Japanese MNEs, we identify different patterns of configuration of five international HRM strategies that shape distinct sets of activities. We show that the firms pursue global integration and local responsiveness simultaneously, but in distinct ways, by configuring international HRM strategies for both integration and responsiveness rather than solely just relying on either one. Our findings offer insight into how MNEs actually manage the duality of global integration and local responsiveness at the strategy level beyond the hybridization of global standardization and localization of practices.