Human resource management in Central America and Panama

Managing Human Resources in Latin America: An Agenda for International Leaders

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 129-147

  Osland, Asbjorn ^a   Osland, Joyce S ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449089389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203970164     Document Type: Chapter

References (44)

1. Albert, R. D. (1996) "A framework and model for understanding Latin American and Latino/Hispanic cultural patterns," in D. Landis and R. Bhagat (eds) Handbook of intercultural training, 2nd edn, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 327-358.
2. Antal, A. B. and Izraeli, D. N. (1993) "A global comparison of women in management: Women managers in their homeland and as expatriates," in E. A. Fagenson (ed.) Women in management: Trends, issues and challenges in managerial diversity, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, pp. 52-96.
3. Berger, P. L. and Luckmann, T. (1967) The social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge, Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
4. Ching, G. L. (2001) "Costa Rica's civil service and its historical responsibility for organizational change," Public Personnel Management 30 (1): 37-42.
5. DiMaggio, P. J. and Powell, W. W. (1983) "The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields," American Sociological Review 35: 147-160.
6. Giddens, A. (1979) Central problems in social theory, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
7. Granovetter, M. (1985) "Economic action and social structure: The problem of embeddedness," American Journal of Sociology 91: 481-510.
8. Hofstede, G. H. (1980) Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
9. Hofstede, G. H. (1983) "The cultural relativity of organizational practices and theories," Journal of International Business Studies 14 (2): 75-89.
10. Htun, M. (1999) "Women in Latin America: Unequal progress toward equality," Current History (March): 133-138.
11. Inter-American Development Bank (2004) "Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean reach a record $38 billion," press release (27 March), retrieved 4 August 2004 from: http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/PRView.cfm?PR_Num=56_04&Language=English
12. International Labour Organization (ILO) (2003) Fundamental principles and rights at work: A labour law study (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), Geneva: International Labour Organization.
13. Izawa, C. (ed.) (1989) Current issues in cognitive processes, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
14. Janssen, M. (2001) "Developing a culturally synergistic approach to international human resource management," Journal of World Business 36: 429-450.
15. Jimenez, M. (1994) Tecnologías de administración de recursos humanos en Costa Rica [Human resources management technologies in Costa Rica], San José, Costa Rica: DGSC.
16. Kluckhohn, F. and Strodtbeck, F. L. (1961) Variations in value orientations, New York: HarperCollins.
17. Lemoine, M. (1998) "Central American workers in the hands of the maquilas" (March), retrieved 25 May 2004 from: http://mondediplo.com/1998/03/16zonesla
18. Osland, A. (1994) Total quality management in Central America: A case study on leadership and data-based dialogue, doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University.
19. Osland, A. (1996) "The role of leadership and cultural contingencies in total quality management in Central America," Journal of Business and Management 3: 64-80.
20. Osland, A. (1997) "Impact of total quality management training and work context on attitudes toward supervisor," International Journal of Organizational Analysis 5 (3): 291-301.
21. Osland, J. (1993) Outstanding Central American managers, Alajuela, Costa Rica: INCAE.
22. Osland, J. (2001) "Costa Rica's alternative to labor conflict-Solidarismo," in J. Osland, D. Kolb and I. Rubin, Organizational behavior: An experiential approach, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, pp. 242-243.
23. Osland, J., De Franco, S., and Osland, A. (1999) "Organizational implications of Latin American culture: Lessons for the expatriate manager," Journal of Management Inquiry 8: 253-268.
24. Osland, J., Snyder, M., and Hunter, L. (1994) "What about machismo? Career and gender issues of Costa Rican and Nicaraguan female executives," International Western Academy of Management Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July.
25. Parsons, T. (1951) The social system, Glencoe, IL: Free Press.
26. Pfeffer, J. and Salancik, G. (1978) The external control of organizations, New York: Harper & Row.
27. Quant, R. (1989) "Un pez que se muerde por la cola: La capacitación en empresas exportadoras," [A fish that bites its tail: Training in export companies], Revista INCAE 3 (2): 21-29.
28. Rosenn, K. S. (1988) "A comparison of Latin American and North American legal traditions," in L. Tavis (ed.) Multinational managers and host government interactions, South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 127-152.
29. Saint-Germain, M. and Morgan, M. (1991) "Equality: Costa Rican women demand 'the real thing'," Women & Politics 11 (3): 23-74.
30. Sheppard, N., Jr. (1993) "AFL-CIO asks U.S. officials to revoke Costa Rica's special trade privileges," The Journal of Commerce and Commercial 397 (28035) (10 August): 4A.
31. Snyder, M., Osland, J., and Hunter, L. (1995) "Personnel practices in careers of women at the top in government and business in Nicaragua and Costa Rica," Public Administration and Development 15: 397-416.
32. Spar, D. (1998) "Attracting high technology investment: Intel's Costa Rican plant," Foreign Investment Advisory Service (a joint facility of the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank), Occasional Paper 11.
33. Stein, J. (2004) "Lands' End has deal with labor in El Salvador factory," Wisconsin State Journal (5 April), retrieved 4 August 2004, from: http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/biz/71677.php
34. Steinhoff, P. G. and Tanaka, K. (1994) "Women managers in Japan," in N. J. Adler and D. N. Izraeli (eds) Women managers in a global economy, Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, pp. 79-100.
35. Thompson, J. D. (1967) Organizations in action, New York: McGraw-Hill.
36. UNDP (2003) "Human Development Indicators 2003," retrieved 25 May 2004, from: http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/indic_210_1_1.html
37. US Library of Congress (2003) "Country studies: Panama," retrieved 24 May 2004, from: http://countrystudies.us/panama/53.htm
38. Von Glinow, M. A., Drost, E. A., and Teagarden, M. B. (2002) "Converging on HRM best practices: Lessons learned from a globally distributed consortium on theory and practice," Human Resource Management 41: 123-140.
39. Workers Rights Consortium (2003) Assessment re Primo S.A. de C. V., 19 March, El Salvador.
40. Workers Rights Consortium (2004) WRC Statement on Agreement with Lands' End, 5 April, Washington, DC.
41. World Bank (2002) "World Development Indicators Database," Washington, DC, retrieved 25 May 2004, from: http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GNIPC.pdf
42. World Bank (2004) "World Development Indicators Database," April, Washington, DC, retrieved 24 May 2004, from: http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GNIPC.pdf
43. Yudelman, S. (1988) Access and opportunity for women in Central America: A challenge for peace, Washington, DC: International Center for Research for Women.
44. Zucker, L. G. (1987) "Institutional theories of organization," Annual Review of Sociology 13: 443-464.