Chapter 7 Language Issues in e-HRM Implementation in the Multinational Firm

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Title:	Chapter 7 Language Issues in e-HRM Implementation in the Multinational Firm
Author(s):	Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä, Adam Smale
Volume:	8 Editor(s): Tanya Bondarouk, Huub Ruël, Jan Kees Looise ISBN: 978-0-85724-973-9 eISBN: 978-0-85724-974-6
Citation:	Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä, Adam Smale (2011), Chapter 7 Language Issues in e-HRM Implementation in the Multinational Firm, in Tanya Bondarouk, Huub Ruël, Jan Kees Looise (ed.) Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice (Advanced Series in Management, Volume 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.119-141
DOI:	10.1108/S1877-6361(2011)0000008011 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	This chapter introduces the issue of language into the already complex nature of e-HRM system implementation in multinational corporations (MNCs). In the light of scant empirical research on language in international business in general and e-HRM in particular, this chapter reviews the research on language issues in the MNC context. The chapter then illustrates the challenges presented by language by reporting findings from a qualitative study into the effects of language standardization on e-HRM system acceptance and use in the foreign subsidiaries of a Finnish MNC.