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Title
Understanding attractive work in a globalized world : studies from India and Sweden / Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam ; with contributions from Birgitta Jordansson.
ISBN
9789811061332 (electronic book)
9811061335 (electronic book)
9811061319
9789811061318
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxx, 308 pages) : illustrations in color
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-10-6133-2 doi
Call Number
HF5549.5.M63 B556 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.314
Summary
This book discusses organizational values and their implications for perceived attractiveness and effectiveness of the workplace through cross-cultural research in India and Sweden. The authors provide information on how organizational values are conceptualized, presented and perceived by manager-level employees through cases from manufacturing, information technology (IT), healthcare, and education sectors in a developing and fast-growing economy like India versus a developed and stabilized economy like Sweden. Comparative results from these two very different countries provide knowledge that can be applied to make the workplace attractive in the context of globalized business processes. The authors present corporate social responsibility (CSR) and equal opportunities for men and women in the organization (EO) as important values in making the workplace attractive, where attractiveness is conceived in terms of organizational commitment and employees' intention to leave. The two selected values are particularly important as India is the first country in the world to come up with a mandatory CSR law, whereas Sweden has a long history of CSR and EO. The book demonstrates how work organizations in both countries are promoting these values to meet the challenges of attraction and retention of employees. The findings in this book are based on data gathered from various sources and sample groups in India and Sweden. The book generates insight and valuable information for researchers of organizational psychology, human resource management, cross-cultural management, as well as for work managers and HR professionals.
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Chapter 1. Attractive Work in a Globalized Context
Chapter 2. Employer Branding and Attractive Work
Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Equal Opportunities (EO) for men and women as organizational values
Chapter 4. Multicultural Perspectives of Attractive Work
Chapter 5. Study Design and Methodology
Chapter 6. The Manufacturing Sector
Chapter 7. The Information Technology Sector
Chapter 8. The Education Sector
Chapter 9. The Healthcare Sector
Chapter 10. Gender Equality in the Swedish Educational Sector: A Case study on Swedish Academia
Chapter 11. Attractive Values across Sectors in Sweden and India
Chapter 12. Major Findings and Insights
Chapter 13. Implications for Stakeholders and Recommendations for Attractive Work.
