Managed by the other: cultural anxieties in two Anglo-Americanized Swedish firms
Article Abstract:
Worker's adaptability to cultural differences, after acquisition and merger is examined. Cultural anxieties of worker of Swedish firms, Volvo Cars and AstraZeneca, taken over by an American and a British company, are analyzed.
author: Styhre, Alexander, Borjesson, Sofia, Wickenberg, Jan
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2006
Motor vehicles and car bodies, Acquisitions & mergers, Sweden, Public affairs, Social aspects, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Influence, Automobile industry, AstraZeneca PLC, Organizational change, AZN, Volvo Car Corp., Culture shock, Change management
Teamworking structure and worker perceptions: a cross-national study
Article Abstract:
Teamworking structures and team member perceptions of a British and German subsidiary of a multinational pharmaceutical company are compared and analyzed. The results of the study are presented.
author: Marchington, Mick, Frobel, Peter
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2005
United Kingdom, Germany, Science & research, Research, International aspects, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Corporate culture
'Best practice' human resource management: perfect opportunity or dangerous illusion?
Article Abstract:
Issues concerning the concept that the use of human resource management (HRM) practices can be successfully migrated through a variety of industries are discussed.
author: Marchington, Mick, Grugulis, Irena
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2000
Management
subjects list: Human resource management, Pharmaceutical industry, Company personnel management
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