Best human resource management practices in Latin America / edited by Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Best HRM practices in Latin America : an introduction / Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira — 2. Stakeholder management : the case of Aracruz Celulose in Brazil / Asbjorn Osland, Joyce S. Osland, Betania Tanure and Rodolf Gabrish — 3. Strategic importance of close employment relations in conflict-ridden environments : three cases from Colombia / Veneta Andonova, Roberto Gutierrez and Luis Felipe Avella — 4. Stakeholders' perspective and strategic human resource management : lessons from a Colombian case study / Amparo Jimenez and Jose Camilo Davila — 5. Learning human resources management best practices from Spanish multinationals in Latin America : a case study of Telefonica / Lourdes Casanova — 6. Consistency of business strategy, post-acquisition integration and management of people : developing a HRM best practice / Betania Tanure and Roberto Gonzalez-Duarte — 7. Human resource practices and business performance : Grupo San Nicolas / Francisco A. Leguizamon, John C. Ickis and Enrique Ogliastri — 8. HRM systems in Mexico : the case Novo Nordisk / Jacobo Ramirez and Laura Zapata-Cantu — 9. Performance management in knowledge-intensive firms : the case of CompuSoluciones in Mexico / Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira — 10. Walking the talk of safety in South America / Jorge A. Gonzalez and Lorena R. Perez-Floriano — 11. Executive staffing practices in US-Mexican Joint Ventures : a staffing model for IJV executives / Pramila Rao — 12. Western ethical theories and their relevance to HRM in Latin America / Jorge M. Herrera and Carolyn Erdener — 13. Business schools in Latin America : global players at last? / Henry Gomez-Samper — 14. Theoretical approaches for HRM in Latin America / Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira.

Latin America today presents a dynamic but challenging business landscape. Although foreign investment in the region has risen, Asia’s increasing role in the global economy is a challenge to Latin America’s competitiveness. At the same time, Translatina firms – Latin American trans-national companies – continue to grow in capital and influence.
This original collection explores the tensions between the strategic HRM policies demanded by global competition and local approaches rooted in Latin American cultural values. The book uses a selection of real-life case studies, plus quantitative data, to understand the unique challenges of human resource management in Latin America, exploring: the relationship between political, economic and social forces and HR practices; lessons from successful HRM practices in the region; the role of HRM practices for business strategy in Latin America; national development and HRM practices; diverse specific social and cultural contexts.
Written by regional-based academics with intimate knowledge of the cultural and business landscapes, this is an important reading for students of human resource management, and business and management.