Toward a Theory of Comparative Management Research: An Idiographic Case Study of The Best International Human Resources Management Project

Mary B. Teagarden(San Diego State University), Mary Ann Von Glinow(Florida International University), David E. Bowen(Arizona State University), Colette A. Frayne(California Polytechnic State University), Stephen W Nason(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Yan Huo(Washington State University), John Milliman(University of Colorado Colorado Springs), María Eugenia Arias(Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas), Mark C. Butler(San Diego State University), J. Michael Geringer(California Polytechnic State University), Nam-Hyeon Kim(Keimyung University), Hugh Scullion(Newcastle University), Kevin B. Lowe(Florida International University), Ellen A. Drost(Florida International University)
Academy of Management Journal
October 1, 1995
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Abstract

Cross-cultural international management research is complex, costly, and frequently, nonrigorous. This idiographic study documents the evolution of a multinational, multicultural, interdisciplinary research consortium that sought to remedy this lack of rigor in a project investigating international human resource management practices. We identify key learning points derived from this project and conclude with the rudiments of a midrange theory of a comparative management research methodology.


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