06211106 - Managing International HR and conducting Human Resource research

Niveau de diplôme
Crédits ECTS 6
Volume horaire total 4E+1
Volume horaire CM 40

Responsables

Objectifs

Managing International Human Resources Management:
Introduction by the teacher, interactive class through discussion, testimonies, debates, readings, short HR case studies, & use of a reverse pedagogy through guided group presentations around recent trends in International HRM, followed by the teacher’s general feedback & opening on debate on last topics in international HRM 

Research in Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior:
This course aims to introduce the defining characteristics and contributions of a scientific approach within the fields of Human Resource Management (HRM) and Organizational Behavior (OB). It is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to conduct rigorous research or field inquiries and to effectively disseminate their findings. The course also serves to guide students in deciding whether to pursue a research-focused master’s program or to enroll in specialized research elective courses.
Additionally, the knowledge and skills acquired in this course will be valuable for completing the first-year synthesis dissertation and the final dissertation required for the master’s program.

Estimation of private study (outside of contact hours): 40 hours

DIMENSION OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Managing International Human Resources Management:
Diversity management, the question of inclusion in the work context, as well as the HR professionals’ responsibility towards employees’ substance use and abuse are addressed in this course. 

Research in HR & OB 
We will talk about the ethics' issues in research, how to protect the interviewed people, how to cope with sensitive issues. And we will overlook research on RSE/O issues.

TARGETED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS 

Managing International Human Resources Management

Technical skills:

- Increase your understanding of international HR management practices 
- Facilitate cultural integration and help you define your national and international career opportunities

Social/transversal skills:

- Critical thinking, self-projection in a business situation
- In relation with the course, analysis of origins and consequences, research and synthesis of relevant information (critical of the sources used), collection of relevant secondary data, data analysis and synthesis
- Ability to perform group tasks

Research in HR & OB

- Identifying the difference between research projects (articles) and professional projects (articles)
- Knowing how to build and to structure research
- Master the standards of written and oral communication in research (antiplagiarism and good AI use)
- Build contemporary issues in HRM research
- Master the HRM policies analysis tools
- Know how to write and present (written and oral) analytical work meeting academic requirements
- Read and understand a research article
- Be able to distinguish scientific knowledge from other forms ideas
- Learn about careers in research and higher education
- Knowing the major trends of research
- Understand the basics of quantitative data analysis.
- Be able to construct an effective and rigorous questionnaire.
- Be able to perform simple statistical analyses using JASP.

Contenu

COURSE OUTLINE

IHRM:

Introduction: The definition of HRM, IHRM and comparative HRM: a brief history
Industrial relations systems comparisons
How culture and institutions matter in IHRM?
Managing expatriation

HR & OB Research Initiation:
General considerations
(1rst class : introduction on the 3 dimensions of research + how to make a good bibliography + ethical considerations)
The epistemological framework for research
And designing a good research question
Design: Create / collect data in research
  • Data collection: the investigation in research
  • The collection of data through observation
  • Data collection by experimentation
Data Analyse in HRM & OB research
  • quantitatively analyze data 
  • qualitatively analyze data ( by Clara Laborie)
Organize and communicate research results

Bibliographie

PRESCRIBED TEXTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Gaillard H., Baray J. et De Becdelièvre P. (2025), Réussir son mémoire de Master en Management, De Boeck Supérieur.
Gavard-Perret, M. L., Gotteland, D., Haon, C. & Jolibert, A. (2018). Méthodologie de la recherche en sciences de gestion. Réussir son mémoire ou sa thèse (3e éd.). Pearson.
Kalika M., Mouricou P. et Garreau L. (2023), Le mémoire de Master, Dunod.
Thiétart, R-A. (2014). Méthodes de recherche en management. 4ème édition. Dunod.

ONLINE RESOURCES
Bibliographic databases: CAIRN, EBSCO, Proquest, Researchgate, Google Scholar…
FNEGE Scientifc journal ranking: https://fnege.org/classement-des-revues-scientifiques-en-sciences-de-gestion/ 
Zotero free and open-source reference management software https://www.zotero.org/ 

RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND PUBLICATIONS

IHRM:

Barreau, J., & Arnal, J. (2011). Effects of financialization on restructuring and sustainable development policy: the ACCOR Group Case. In Finance and Sustainability: Towards a New Paradigm? A Post-Crisis Agenda (pp. 249-272). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Lee, H. J., Yoshikawa, K., & Harzing, A. W. (2022). Cultures and institutions: dispositional and contextual explanations for country-of-origin effects in MNC ‘ethnocentric’staffing practices. Organization Studies, 43(4), 497-519.
Mayrhofer, W., Biemann, T., Koch‐Bayram, I., & Rapp, M. L. (2024). Context is key: A 34‐country analysis investigating how similar HRM systems emerge from similar contexts. Human Resource Management, 63(2), 355-371.
McCann, L., & Monteath, G. (2020). Restoring the missing context in HRM: Habitus, capital and field in the reproduction of Japanese repatriate careers. Human Resource Management Journal, 30(4), 478-493.
Novitskaya, O., & Brewster, C. (2016). The impact of national context effects on HRM practices in Russian subsidiaries of Western MNCs. Journal of East-West Business, 22(1), 1-27.
Pulignano, V., & Signoretti, A. (2016). Union strategies, national institutions and the use of temporary labour in Italian and US plants. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 54(3), 574-596.
Shaffer, M. A., & Harrison, D. A. (1998). Expatriates'psychological withdrawal from international assignments: work, nonwork, and family influences. Personnel psychology, 51(1), 87-118.

HR & OB Research Initiation:
Blanchet A. & Gotman A. (1992). L'enquête et ses méthodes : l'entretien. Paris: Ed. Nathan.
Coron, C. (2020). La boîte à outils de l'Analyse de données. Dunod. 
De Singly F. (2020), Le questionnaire, Armand Colin. 
Roussel, P. & Wacheux, F. (2005). Management des ressources humaines : Méthodes de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales. De Boeck Supérieur.
Thiétart, R.-A. (2014). Méthodes de recherche en management. 4ème édition. Dunod.

EMBLEMATIC BOOKS OR RESEARCH PAPERS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE COURSE
IHRM:


1. Armstrong, M., Taylor, S. (2014). Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 13thEdition, Kogan Page.
2. Boxall P. Purcell J. & Wright P. (2007). The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management,  Oxford University Press 
3. David, A. D., & Stephen, P. R. Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (Wiley)
4. Dowling P.J, Festing, M. and Engle, A.D (2017), International Human Resource Management, 7th edition Cengage learning EMEA, Hampshire, UK.
5. Hall, E.T. (1984) The silent language, Ed Seuil, Paris.
6. Meyer, E. (2014) The culture map: Breaking through the invisible boundaries of global business, Public Affairs ed.
7. Redman, T. & Wilkinson, A. (2011) Contemporary Human Resources Management, Prentice Hall, London.
8. Vance, C.M. & Paik, Y. (2015) Managing a global workforce, Routledge, NY, 3rd edition

HR & OB Research Initiation:
1. Bournois F., Brabet J.coord (1993). Les connaissances en gestion des ressources humaines in : Repenser la gestion des ressources humaines ? coordonné par Julienne Brabet. Gestion Economica.
2. Dauberville B., Gilbert P., Pigeyre F. (1996). Les Sciences humaines dans l'entreprise. Paris : Economica
3. Demazière D., Dubar Cl. (1997). Analyser les entretiens biographiques. L'exemple des récits d'insertion. Paris : Nathan, coll.Essais et Recherches.
4. Dévereux G. (1980). De l'angoisse à la méthode dans les sciences du comportement. Paris : Flammarion.
5. Favret-Saada J. (2002). Les mot , la mort, les sorts. Paris : Folio essais
6. Geerzt, C. 2002. Savoir local Savoir global : Les lieux du savoir, Sociologie d’aujourd’hui, 3ième édition, Paris: PUF, 393 p. (Original: Local knowledge further essays in interpretive anthropology, basic book, Inc., New York, 1983)
7. Herreros G. (2002) Pour une sociologie d'intervention. Paris : Editions erès
8. Hlady-Rispal M. (2002). La méthode des cas. Application à la recherche en gestion. Bruxelles : Ed. De Boeck Université.
9. Igalens J., Roussel P., (1998) Méthodes de recherche en gestion des ressources humaines. Paris
10. Kaufmann J.-C. (1996). L'entretien compréhensif. Paris : Ed. Nathan.
11. Latour B. (1995) La science en action. Paris : Folio essais.
12. Livian Y.F. (1995) Introduction à l'Analyse des Organisations. Paris : Economica
13. Mucchielli A. (1994). Les méthodes qualitatives. PUF. Coll. Que sais-je ? (2e éd.).
14. PAGE, Carole et MEYER, Denny. Applied research design for business and management. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1999.
15. PIRES, Alvaro P., et al. Échantillonnage et recherche qualitative: essai théorique et méthodologique. La recherche qualitative. Enjeux épistémologiques et méthodologiques, 1997, p. 113-169.

TEXTS AND PUBLICATIONS OF IAELYON FACULTY ON THE SUBJECT OF THE COURSE

1. Abord de Chatillon, E., Laborie, C., Monnier, A. & Moisson, V. (2022). Je te survivrai : quelle santé au travail et quelles ressources pour ceux qui restent sur site pendant que les autres télé-travaillent ? Management et Sciences sociales, 33, 34-46
2. de Bovis Vlahovic, C, Dressayre, C, 2015, « Quand un jeu de cartes favorise l’appropriation d’un référentiel de compétences », Revue Internationale de Management des Homme & Entreprise. ISSN 2259-2490.
3. de Bovis Vlahovic, C, Dressayre, C, 2015, « Playing Cards to Create Data: How to Link Knowledge and Praxis to Redesign Competencies Framework », 14th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, Valletta, Malta, (2015 June). pp. 160-169.
4. Laborie, C. & Abord de Chatillon, E. (2022). Le soutien social du manager direct : une solution pour limiter l’épuisement professionnel pendant la crise sanitaire ? Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relation, 77(2).
5. Miraglia, M., Russo, S. D., Bouville, G. (2024). The hazards of performance management: An investigation into its effects on employee absenteeism and presenteeism. Human Relations, 0(0). [Cat. 1 FNEGE].
6.  Bouville G., Le Lay, S., Mahut, D. (2022), « Quelles formes d’engagement au travail dans le « sale boulot » d’éboueur ? Une approche par la sociologie de l’activité », Management International, Vol. 26(6), 32-56. [Cat. 2 FNEGE].

Contrôles des connaissances

Individual grade
Written research proposal (in HR & OB research)
4 hours full time advised

Other grade(s)
Written Test
Grading during class 
Oral presentation on an IHRM academic article, followed by a few questions from the other students and the teacher (participation counts in the grade. IHRM)
20min 

Weight:  individual grade 2/3, other Grades 1/3

Informations complémentaires

TEACHING METHODS

Introduction by the teacher, interactive class through discussion, testimonies, debates, readings, short HR case studies, & use of a reverse pedagogy through guided group presentations around recent trends in International HRM, followed by the teacher’s general feedback & opening on how to conduct HR research.

Many exercises to learn to creating research project, designing good research question, and analyzing data.

NATURE OF MATERIALS

Short case studies, The Conversation & scientific articles, HR professionals’ websites, Scientific Papers, research reports, research proposal, bibliography, interviews, HR concept measurement scales, Free statistical data processing software: JASP.

PRE-REQUISITES IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

General knowledge in business management

ADVISED PRIOR READING

Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, ed. ESKA https://eska-publishing.com/fr/home/758-gestion-des-ressources-humaines.html 
Human Resource Management https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1099050x 
Journal of Labor Research https://www.springer.com/journal/12122 
@GRH https://www.agrh.fr/revue-agrh 
Organizational behavior & Human Decision Processes  https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/organizational-behavior-and-human-decision-processes
Personnel Psychology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17446570 
m@n@gement https://management-aims.com/index.php/mgmt 


RESOURCES AVAILABLE

IHRM:

The recommended texts and publications listed below in bibliography are provided by the teacher or directly accessible on the web (Students are advised to come to class with their personal computer, at least one for two students as they will work in pairs).

HR & OB Research Initiation:
The class will teach sustained by slide presentation. A part of this presentation could be given to students through moodle if the professors observe a real involvement of the students.
Many documents (research papers, research reports, database processed on JASP, etc.)  will be upload on moodle platform, with access to students.

https://bu.univ-lyon3.fr/business-source-ultimate-ebsco

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