From Lo�c CADIN <
cadin@escp-eap.net>
Just six weeks away AGRH 11th annual conference to be held in Paris on 16th
and 17th November 2000. The theme is: Internationalising Human Resource
Management. The keynote speakers are Thomas KOCHAN (MIT) and Robert BOYER
(CNRS).
AGRH is the French speaking Academic Association for HRM. During the
conference, and as much as possible, speakers will use English as a working
language to enable discussions with non-French speaking participants.
For further details, visit our web site :
www.agrh.asso.fr
You will find a programme overview below.
Our apologies for multiple postings!
Best regards
Lo�c Cadin
Conference Chair
Associate Professor of Human Resource Management
ESCP-EAP, European School of Management
Paris Campus
79 avenue de la R�publique
75011 PARIS
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Workshops' titles are presented by broad themes.
International comparisons of HRM practices
-Convergence or divergence of HRM practices
-International comparison of some employment management practices
-International comparison of some management models
-International comparison of some gender equal opportunity practices
-Boundaryless careers and new employment relationships
Characteristics of national HRM models
-Analysis of several national HRM models
-Practices of multinational firms and "country of origin effect"
-HRM determinants and HRM performance
-Examples of confrontations between national culture
-HRM practices and the Evolution of Public administrations
Supranational and regional approaches
-Industrial relations systems and Europe
-Multinational firms and the Asia Pacific region
-HRM and the Maghreb
Expatriation
-Preparing for the international experience
-Expatriation : motivation, adaptation, pathology
-Examples of corporate policies of expatriation
The Evolution of employment types and working conditions
-Stress and organisational tension
-Organisational commitment and mobilisation
-Information technologies and internationalisation of HRM
International comparisons and HRM research methodologies
-Theoretical models of internationalisation
-HRM concepts and international HRM audits
-International relevance of research tools used in HRM
The papers mention HRM, industrial relations, employment and management
practices in more than 40 countries.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE PLENARY SESSION ARE :
Thomas KOCHAN, Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management
and President of the Industrial Relations Research Association, has
undertaken research on a variety of topics related to industrial relations
and human resource management in the public and private sector. He has led
international comparisons of employment practices in 11 OECD countries.
Robert BOYER, Research Director, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique) and Professor, EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales), is an economist specialising in the impact of social
institutions and programmes on economic growth.
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
C�cile Miranda, ESCP-EAP Paris, Oxford, Madrid, Berlin
79, avenue de la R�publique, 75543 Paris cedex 11 - France.
Tel: 33.1.49.23.22.30 Fax : 33.1.49.23.21.03 Email :
agrh2000@escp.fr
The registration form can be downloaded from the website of the Association
http://www.agrh.asso.fr
Conference Fees
Companies : 2500 FF
AGRH members : 1800 FF
Foreign AGRH members : 1300 FF
Special rate for doctoral students (please attach a copy of your student's
card): 1000 FF