Future trends in human resource management in emerging markets

Frank Horwitz*, Pawan Budhwar, Michael J. Morley

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Abstract

In many ways the emerging markets represent something of a new frontier for academics and practitioners alike, or as one author puts it, ‘a significant topic of interest for a multitude of constituencies’ (Alkire, 2014: 334). The very term itself ‘emerging markets’ is something of a portmanteau one built on a series of layered insights garnered from several academic fields and multiple levels of analysis. Originally coined as a term in the 1980s, albeit with several earlier linked terminologies, this is an evolving and diverse literature. Inherent in its diversity lies a whole series of opportunities, encompassing the purely theoretical through to the methodological and the analytical. Capturing the essence of this in his Editorial in the inaugural edition of The International Journal of Emerging Markets, Akbar (2006) noted that from an academic perspective the emerging markets as a context for the creation and execution of a sustainable research agenda represent ‘a heterogeneous group of economies and societies’ and an ‘important testing ground for our existing theories, models and concepts of business and management’ affording those who focus on them as a research location the opportunity for ‘the development of new theoretical contributions in the field’. In this volume, we have sought to bring some systematics to this evolving literature dedicated to charting HRM in these emerging markets.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of human resource management in emerging markets
EditorsFrank Horwitz, Pawan Budhwar
Place of PublicationCheltenham (UK)
PublisherEdward Elgar
Pages470–488
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-78195-501-7
ISBN (Print)978-1-78195-500-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

NameResearch handbooks in business and management series
PublisherElgar

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  • Handbook of human resource management in emerging markets

    Horwitz, F. (Editor) & Budhwar, P. (Editor), 27 Feb 2015, Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar. 528 p. (Research handbooks in business and management series)

    Research output: Book/ReportEdited Book

  • Human resource management in China and India

    Cooke, F. L. & Budhwar, P., 27 Feb 2015, Handbook of human resource management in emerging markets. Horwitz, F. & Budhwar, P. (eds.). Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, p. 337-356 20 p. (Research handbooks in business and management series).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference outputChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Human resource management in emerging markets: an introduction

    Horwitz, F. & Budhwar, P., 27 Feb 2015, Handbook of human resource management in emerging markets. Horwitz, F. & Budhwar, P. (eds.). Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, p. 1-18 18 p. (Research handbooks in business and management series).

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