Evolving human resource management in Southern African multinational firms: towards an Afro-Asian nexus

Abstract

Using case examples, this article assesses the nature of human resource management (HRM) practices in Southern African multinational companies (MNCs) on which there is a paucity of published research. The aim of this article is an exploratory one with the case for such an analysis to better understand the HRM practice developed and diffused by growing emerging market MNCs from Southern Africa. With significantly increasing presence of Asian MNCs in Africa, a typology of an Afro-Asian nexus in evolving HRM practice is proposed.

Keywords:

• emerging markets
• emerging market multinational firms
• human resource management
• transitional economies