The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. This article constitutes a major contribution by identifying the analytical parameters that really count in African organizations.
Cet article met au jour le fait que les pratiques de GRH à l’international des firmes multinationales (FMN) en Afrique peuvent recevoir un éclairage nouveau si l’on mobilise le concept d’ethnicité. Les investigations ont été menées dans trois filiales camerounaises de FMN françaises. Les données empiriques analysées montrent que les réalités culturelles locales influencent fortement l’application des politiques de GRH décidées par le siège. Les résultats démontrent la nécessité d’ouvrir des espaces, où va s’insérer la dimension ethnique dans les pratiques quotidiennes de GRH. L’article propose d’ancrer l’ethnicité dans le débat sur l’hybridation des pratiques GRH à l’international, comme une source d’avantage compétitif, en la considérant non pas comme un compromis coûteux mais plutôt comme un compromis nécessaire.
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Abstract Purpose -While management research in the African context is not very visible in the extant management literature, there is a piecemeal corpus of literature that has arisen in response to the exclusion and marginalisation of Africa in the broad field of management scholarship. The idea underlying this reasoning is that the Western management model prevailing so far in Africa is inadequate because of cultural considerations. However, what is meant by "African management" still remains unfamiliar to both researchers and practitioners, both in Africa and outside. Design/methodology/approach -The authors conduct a selective review of the fragmented "African management" literature to identify its direction. The paper questions how "African management" research scattered in the literature can be consolidated in a single comprehensive frame.Findings -The paper identifies the key elements underlying the "African management" narrative. It also articulates these elements within a frame which represents an unprecedented attempt to render advocacy of "African management" more insightful and useful in global management scholarship.Originality/value -The vibrant economic trends of Africa and its forthcoming dynamics are on the spotlight. At the same time, this upturn raises again a central concern about African societies' development in which organizations are expected to play a pivotal role. Yet the paucity and fragmented nature of the current state of African management research do not enable either practitioners or academia to get a deep understanding of African organizations. This article constitutes a major contribution by identifying the analytical parameters that really count in African organizations.
Cet article vise à mettre en lumière la pertinence du concept d’ethnicité comme levier du management interculturel des ressources humaines. Il part d’un ancrage du concept d’ethnicité dans le champ du management interculturel et mobilise les travaux en management de la diversité pour saisir les enjeux liés à l’ethnicité dans la gestion des ressources humaines. L’étude empirique, fondée sur une étude de cas de trois FMN françaises implantées au Cameroun, montre que l’ethnicité, qui reste largement occultée dans les dispositifs de GRH, gagnerait à être mobilisée de manière plus formalisée et contrôlable comme outil du management interculturel des hommes en vue de générer une meilleure implication des acteurs dans l’organisation.
Sur la base d’une étude de cas unique, en suivant une démarche qualitative, cet article étudie la dynamique culturelle à l’oeuvre dans une multinationale française implantée au Cameroun en examinant la politique de mobilité internationale, les attitudes et comportements des salariés. Les résultats montrent que les univers culturels de sens sont une dimension complémentaire des compétences interculturelles qui favorisent une véritable plongée dans la culture de l’Autre (salariés locaux).
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