INVESTIGADORES
RODRIGUEZ GUSTA Ana Laura
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Best practices and managerial profiles among firms in Uruguay: a quantitative description
Autor/es:
RODRÍGUEZ GUSTÁ, ANA LAURA; LABADIE, GASTON; FONT, LAURA; PREGO, RAÚL; CEDROLA, GERARDO
Lugar:
Barcelona
Reunión:
Congreso; Global Conference in Human Resource Management; 2001
Institución organizadora:
ESADE Business School
Resumen:
This paper examines some quality practices in human resources management or simply best practices among a sample of 104 firms in Uruguay. First, it explores to what extent selected best practices occur among a sample of workplaces. Second, it examines different profiles or managerial styles that cluster different firms. Three clusters are identified and compared against a well-known typology of firm´s managerial profiles: simple, professional and strategic. The results show that the fit between these theoretical profiles and the empirical profiles of firms is far from perfect. Among the firms of the sample, a quasi-simple profiles is the most common. We conclude the paper by stating that further development is needed to advance when and why firms adopt some managerial styles and not others.
