.... It specifically examines the influence of convergence, divergence, crossvergence and transvergence paradigms on employees’ perceptions and practices within their organisations. Design/methodology/approach The research adopts a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to capture an in-depth understanding...

...Santanu Sarkar; Ranabir Chakraborty Purpose We were intrigued by the question of whether the convergence of businesses across nations in search of flexibility to survive economic crisis led to a convergence of the annual rate of change of union membership. The question emerged because...

...Zsolt Bedo; Mehmet Dermirbag; Geoffrey Wood; Matthew M.C. Allen; Maria L. Aldred Purpose This paper aims to assess the extent to which convergence in institutional regimes is likely to occur, by examining all ten new EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of their development...

..., but these will not be covered here (see Hassard and Proctor, 1991; Sillince et al., 1996). Japanese management styles Corporate governance Convergence The question really depends on whether Japanese management practices (JMPs) can be successfully transferred abroad which, in turn, depends on what parts...