József Poór

J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

poorj@ujs.sk

Knowledge management in human resource management: Foreign-owned subsidiaries’ practices in four CEE countries

Tímea Juhász

SAP Tanácsadó, Hungary

juhasz.timi@hotmail.com

Renáta Machová

J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

machovar@ujs.sk

Andrea Bencsik

J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

bencsik.andrea@yahoo.com

Svitlana Bilan

Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland

vdovtsova@gmail.com

Abstract. Knowledge transfer is strategically important for general sustainability of business, and this contribution aims to provide some insights into one specific area – the complexity of human resource management in foreign-owned subsidiaries – especially in the light of longitudinal empirical research undertaken in 2011-2013 and 2015-2016. Knowledge management and knowledge transfer play a critical role in HRM at the local level and also between HQ and local subsidiaries.

Received: December, 2017

1st Revision: February, 2018

Accepted: October, 2018

DOI: 10.14254/2071-

8330.2018/11-3/23

JEL Classification: J53

Keywords: knowledge management, foreign subsidiaries, human resource management, expatriates, competitiveness