SCANNING THE ENVIRONMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE AND IN THE U.S.: SO FAR AND YET SO CLOSE

Abstract

Common and unique themes representing the social, economic, political, and legislative environment affecting the practice of human resources management in Europe in the next five years were compared and contrasted to those affecting the U.S. Members of the professional associations of industrial and organizational psychologists in the U.S. and in Europe were asked to scan their environment. Although trends such as the incorporation of e‐tools into human resource management and an increasingly diverse work‐force were expected by both European and American respondents, the specific impact of these and other factors was markedly different in these two areas. A primary factor accounting for these differences between the U.S. and Europe was the drastic change provoked by the integration of the current and future members of the European Community.

Citation

Sanchez, J.I. and Kepir‐Sinangil, H. (2003), "SCANNING THE ENVIRONMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE AND IN THE U.S.: SO FAR AND YET SO CLOSE", The International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028968