Factors Impeding Global Human Resource Management Transformation: The Case of South African Multi-National Corporations

Abstract

The objective of this research was to explore the current challenges experienced in global human resource during the period 2010-2014. Purposive sampling was used to select 25 human resource specialists of global multi-national corporations (MNCs) and gather data on their views regarding challenges in global human resource transformation. A standardized structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the respondents’ level of agreement regarding the prevalence of global human resource management challenges. The Keiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy (MSA) and Cronbach’s alpha values for discrete dimensions of global human resource management transformation challenges show that the data used for the research was structurally valid and reliable. Results derived from frequencies and descriptive statistics indicate that implementation of change, recruitment and selection of employees, performance management and review of labour laws of host countries, currently remain as global human resource transformation challenges. Based on the results computed from the Principal Component Analysis (PCA), strategic talent management emerged as the most significant challenge in global human resource transformation; followed by strategic workforce planning, global alignment of human resource policies and resistance to change.

Keywords: global, human resource management, transformation, challenges, MNCs