TOWARDS A EUROPEAN MODEL OF HUMAN-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The concept of human resource management (HRM) has been much debated in the literature. The concept developed initially from work in the U.S.A. in the 1960s and 1970s and since then has been adopted increasingly around the world. This paper argues that in Europe there is only limited acceptance of the organisational autonomy upon which the concept is based, and that, therefore, different approaches to the notion of human resource management are required. External constraints are analysed and a new model of the concept that would encompass EuroHRM is proposed.