Reconceptualizing Strategic International Human Resource Management in the Pursuit of MNC Sustainable Competitive Advantage

• Authors: Marzena Stor

Title variants

PL

Rekonceptualizacja strategicznego międzynarodowego ZZL w dążeniu do trwałej przewagi konkurencyjnej przedsiębiorstwa międzynarodowego

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

The main goal of the article is to offer a reconceptualized, albeit general, framework for the area of strategic international human resource management (SIHRM) and to present an integrative model for this field of practice and research, which identifies key factors and characteristics as well as their interrelationships in pursuing sustainable competitive advantage in MNCs. The paper is divided into seven sections. First, in a brief review of literature, the author outlines the conceptual development of SIHRM considered as a field that has developed simultaneously from both international human resource management (IHRM) and strategic human resource management (SHRM). The author presents theoretical and research streams in IHRM and scientific perspectives in SHRM. This is followed by a brief overview of selected SIHRM models. By extension, competitive advantage and sustainable competitive advantage are also discussed. In further sections of the paper, two other important issues are looked into—human resource capital (HRC) as a sustainable competitive factor within SIHRM as well as measures of SIHRM efficiency, effectiveness, and efficacy. All this forms a partial foundation for the integrative concept of SIHRM in the MNC model proposed by the author in a successive section. Final conclusions make up the last part of the paper.

PL

Głównym celem artykułu jest dokonanie pewnej rekonceptualizacji, o nieco ogólnym charakterze, obszaru strategicznego międzynarodowego zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi (SMZZL) oraz zaproponowanie zintegrowanego modelu dla tej dziedziny badań i praktyki gospodarczej; w modelu zostały zidentyfikowane kluczowe czynniki i charakterystyki oraz ich wzajemne relacje determinujące uzyskiwanie trwałej przewagi konkurencyjnej przez przedsiębiorstwo międzynarodowe (PMN). Artykuł rozpoczyna zarys konceptualnego rozwoju SMZZL, jako swego rodzaju subdyscypliny naukowej wyłonionej z międzynarodowego ZZL i strategicznego ZZL oraz enumeratywny przegląd wybranych modeli SMZZL. Kolejne części dotyczą dwu ważnych zagadnień, tj. ludzkich zasobów kapitałowych (LZK) jako czynników trwałej przewagi konkurencyjnej w SMZZL oraz pomiaru efektywności, skuteczności i wydolności zasobowej SMZZL. Wszystko to stanowi swego rodzaju podwaliny zintegrowanej koncepcji modelu SMZZL w PMN, który autorka zaproponowała w kolejnej części artykułu. Na zakończenie sformułowano kilka zasadniczych wniosków.

Keywords

EN

strategic international human resource management ; human capital resources ; value added ; sustainable competitive advantage

PL

strategiczne międzynarodowe zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi; ludzkie zasoby kapitałowe; wartość dodana; trwała przewaga konkurencyjna

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 2014 6(101) Uncertainty in a Flattening World: Challenges for IHRM (Niepewność w płaskim świecie: wyzwania dla międzynarodowego ZZL)
• Pages: 11-31
• Document type: article

Dates

published

2014-12-15

Contributors

author

Marzena Stor

• Wrocław University of Economics, Wrocław, Poland

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Notes

EN

The polish version of this article was published on free CD added to the paper version HRM(ZZL) 2014 6(101); ISSN 1641-0882.

PL

To jest polskie tłumaczenie anglojęzycznego artykułu z numeru 2014 6(101) opublikowane na bezpłatnej płycie CD dołączonej do papierowego wydania numeru 2014 6(101), ISSN 1641-0882.