TY - JOUR
T1 - Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment
T2 - the case of born-global firms in emerging economies
AU - Glaister, Alison J.
AU - Liu, Yipeng
AU - Sahadev, Sunil
AU - Gomes, Emanuel
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - This paper examines the HR practices of mature born-global firms from 29 emerging economies. Through an examination of large scale survey data the paper questions the extent to which firm size impacts the employment of temporary workers, the employment of skilled workers and the extent of employee training. Findings suggest that as firm size increases the use of temporary workers decreases, the number of skilled workers increases and the number of employees receiving training also increases. The paper highlights how born-global firms are able to shift away from externalized, market-based approaches towards more internalized, commitment-based approaches in order to survive, adapt and grow.
AB - This paper examines the HR practices of mature born-global firms from 29 emerging economies. Through an examination of large scale survey data the paper questions the extent to which firm size impacts the employment of temporary workers, the employment of skilled workers and the extent of employee training. Findings suggest that as firm size increases the use of temporary workers decreases, the number of skilled workers increases and the number of employees receiving training also increases. The paper highlights how born-global firms are able to shift away from externalized, market-based approaches towards more internalized, commitment-based approaches in order to survive, adapt and grow.
KW - emerging economies
KW - global firms
KW - human resource management
KW - mature-born
KW - networks
KW - skilled labour
KW - temporary workers
KW - training levels
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UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11575-014-0215-6
U2 - 10.1007/s11575-014-0215-6
DO - 10.1007/s11575-014-0215-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907670688
SN - 0938-8249
VL - 54
SP - 473
EP - 496
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
IS - 4
ER -