SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL HRM
Significance of culture in the context of global HRM
1.0Introduction
When organizations expand to different countries in the world, exceeding their own geographical boarders it will take time to convert those general employees of the organization to convert as global employees. But it is important to have a global mind in every organization today without considering where the employee is located. In the past, leaders of organizations and managers as well as employees should basically be aware about the culture of the country that they are going to locate. Whereas today it has changed employees work virtually across borders through technology. So, they can work with different ethnicities at home and also can interact with a globally customer base. Therefore a global mind set and skills are essential for the employees.
What is culture?
Culture has many definitions by different scholars where According to Dean Foster defines it as “Integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups ", Howard Ross defines the same as “A more or less enduring pattern of basic assumptions and mental models that a given group has invented, discovered or developed in learning to cope with its internal and external influences”. (Kotter and Heskett, 1992) suggests that Organizational culture has been conceptualized as shared beliefs and values within the organization which helps to shaping the behavior patterns of employees. According to Schein (2004) organizational culture is a changing force internal to the organization where keep revolving always, and interconnected as well as interactive and it is more supported by the employees and management behaviour’s as well as attitudes.
Culture, Organization and HRM practices
However regardless of all these definitions, cultural dimensions are changed over the view of different people in the world due to Integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. Culture is dynamic but it is something which is changs over the time old generation teaches to the younger generation to adapt according to the situation. (Kotter and Heskett, 1992) Multi National Companies operate in multiple locations with different business operations where different social and cultural practices and orientations crucial challenge when it comes to implementation of western cultural aspects in most of developing countries (Jaeger & Kanungo,1990). Therefore it is essential to understand the cultural and social background of different context before implementing different HRM practices in order to achieve a successful implementation of HRM functions.
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