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The future context of work in the business environment in South Africa: Some empirical evidence

PS Nel, AJ Du Plessis, AE Marx
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences | Vol 8, No 2 | a1227 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v8i2.1227 | © 2014 PS Nel, AJ Du Plessis, AE Marx | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 25 September 2014 | Published: 20 October 2014

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PS Nel, Unitec New Zealand, New Zealand
AJ Du Plessis, UNITEC
AE Marx, University of Pretoria

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Abstract

The future is uncertain, but management needs to determine and also be informed about possible change trends. This research, however, reports on empirical results of the views of South African HRM practitioners to identify and prioritise business change trends for 2002 and 2010 in terms of the “hard” or “soft” HRM debate in the literature. All organisations employing HRM practitioners were include and a total of 1640 questionnaires were distributed resulting in 207 useable responses.

 

The results highlight trends such as increased international competition, globalisation and inadequate skills in different rankings for 2002 and 2010. It is concluded that HRM practitioners, are influenced by the “hard” or “soft” approach, when they participate in a strategic management context in organisations.


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