TOWARD A THEORY OF COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH - AN IDIOGRAPHIC CASE-STUDY OF THE BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN-RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROTECT

Cross-cultural international management research is complex, costly, a nd frequently, nonrigorous. This idiographic study documents the evolu tion of a multinational, multicultural, interdisciplinary research con sortium that sought to remedy this lack of rigor in a project investig ating international human resource management practices. We identify k ey learning points derived from this project and conclude with the rud iments of a midrange theory of a comparative management research metho dology.