TY - JOUR
T1 - Skill webs and international human resource management: lessons from a study of the global skill strategies of transnational companies
AU - Ashton, D
AU - Brown, P
AU - Lauder, Hugh
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - This paper examines the development of global skill webs in transnational companies (TNCs). Based on research in seven countries, it argues that skill webs are becoming more strategic in character as companies seek competitive advantage by relocating high-skilled work to low-cost locations. The paper explores the implications of these findings for both the 'conventional' approach to international human resource management and that influenced by the 'varieties of capitalism' School.
AB - This paper examines the development of global skill webs in transnational companies (TNCs). Based on research in seven countries, it argues that skill webs are becoming more strategic in character as companies seek competitive advantage by relocating high-skilled work to low-cost locations. The paper explores the implications of these findings for both the 'conventional' approach to international human resource management and that influenced by the 'varieties of capitalism' School.
KW - varieties of capitalism
KW - skill webs
KW - knowledge management
KW - skill formation
KW - transnational companies
KW - globalisation
KW - digital Taylorism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951992112&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585191003729325
U2 - 10.1080/09585191003729325
DO - 10.1080/09585191003729325
M3 - Article
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 21
SP - 836
EP - 850
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 6
ER -