Strategic Management of Human Resources For Global Competitive Advantage

Abstract

This article extends the literature on the role of human resources in globalcompetitiveness by focusing on the ability of transnational firms to create asustainable competitive advantage through the strategic management of theirwork force. We focus on the ability of managers to strategically draw frommultiple human resource labor pools, creating a competitive advantage fortransnational firms vis-a-vis domestic and multinational firms. A model, whichextends the resource-based view of the firm, is developed.