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Unit 10: International Industrial Relations

6. “It is difficult to compare the industrial relations systems and behaviour across national Notes
boundaries.” Do you agree? Justify.
7. Examine the factors that affect the involvement of the MNCs headquarters in IR.

8. Analyse the recent developments in international IR in terms of unions and management
approaches.
9. Explain the role of European Union in bringing significant changes in industrial relations
internationally.
10. Examine the role played by the ITSs for the national union in a particular industry.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Strategy 2. Institutional

3. Technological 4. Government
5. Trade union 6. Ideological
7. Labour cost 8. True
9. False 10. True
11. True 12. False

13. True 14. False
15. False

10.7 Further Readings

Books Dowling, P. J. and Welch, D. E. (1999). International Human Resources Management.
4th ed. CENGAGE Learning.
Ashwathappa, K. and Dash, S. (2008). International HRM. Tata McGrawHill.
Publishing Company Limited.

Andersen, Arthur. (1996). International Assignment Policies- A Benchmark Study.
Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Black, Stewart, Hal B. Gregersen and Mendenhall, Mark E. (1992). Global
Assignments. Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Armstrong M., A Handbook of Personnel Management Practice. Kogan Page Publishers.
Adler N.J. (Fifth Edition). International Dimensions of Organisational Behaviour.
Thomson Higher Education.

Online links www.reformmonitor.org

http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.fafo.no/pub/rapp/675/675.htm

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