ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the key determinants of Indian human resource management (HRM). It introduces the main factors and variables influencing HRM policies and practices and also the need to examine their impact on Indian HRM. A number of new measures were introduced to analyse the influence of national factors on HRM practices. Since the impact of the national factors on Indian HRM is under-researched, to gain more insights into the matter an open-ended question after each national factor question was asked. HRM research has also demonstrated the impact of dynamic business environments, characterised mainly by distinctive sets of competitive pressures on HRM policies and practices at the national level. Researchers in the field of cross-national HRM have considered in detail the impact of different national institutions on HRM policies and practices. The chapter examines the influence of national culture, institutions, the business sector and the dynamic business environment on Indian HRM.
