Understanding Attractive Work in a Globalized World: Studies from India and Sweden

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This book discusses organizational values and their implications for perceived attractiveness and effectiveness of the workplace through cross-cultural research in India and Sweden. The authors provide information on how organizational values are conceptualized, presented and perceived by manager-level employees through cases from manufacturing, information technology (IT), healthcare, and education sectors in a developing and fast-growing economy like India versus a developed and stabilized economy like Sweden. Comparative results from these two very different countries provide knowledge that can be applied to make the workplace attractive in the context of globalized business processes. The authors present corporate social responsibility (CSR) and equal opportunities for men and women in the organization (EO) as important values in making the workplace attractive, where attractiveness is conceived in terms of organizational commitment and employees’ intention to leave. The two selected values are particularly important as India is the first country in the world to come up with a mandatory CSR law, whereas Sweden has a long history of CSR and EO. The book demonstrates how work organizations in both countries are promoting these values to meet the challenges of attraction and retention of employees. The findings in this book are based on data gathered from various sources and sample groups in India and Sweden. The book generates insight and valuable information for researchers of organizational psychology, human resource management, cross-cultural management, as well as for work managers and HR professionals. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Attractive Work in a Globalized Context (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 1-25 Employer Branding and Attractive Work (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 27-35 Corporate Social Responsibility and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women as Organizational Values (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 37-72 Multicultural Perspectives on Attractive Work (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 73-84 Study Design and Methodologies (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 85-122 The Manufacturing Sector (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 123-150 The Information Technology Sector (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 151-174 The Education Sector (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 175-198 The Healthcare Sector (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 199-224 Gender Equality in the Swedish Educational Sector: A Case Study on Swedish Academia (Birgitta Jordansson)....Pages 225-240 Attractive Values Across Sectors in Sweden and India (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 241-264 Major Findings and Insights (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 265-295 Implications for Stakeholders and Recommendations for Attractive Work (Urmi Nanda Biswas, Karin Allard, Anders Pousette, Annika Härenstam)....Pages 297-308