Effect of Organizational Strategy on Universalistic or Contingent HR Practices in Indian Manufacturing
Published: 2011
Author(s) Name: Avantika Tomar
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Abstract
This study seeks to understand
the impact that the firm level strategies
have on the kind of human
resource practices adopted. Several
similar studies have been
conducted in the Western countries;
the paper covers this literature
extensively. A set of fifteen
HR best practices were studied
across various industries such as
automobiles, oil & gas, infrastructure,
power, chemicals, metals
and mining etc in the Indian
context. Also, the paper attempts
to gauge whether the practices
adopted in various organizations
are universal to the industry or
contingent to their respective corporate
strategy – categorized as
cost reduction, quality focus and
flexible systems.
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