Abstract:
: The main goal of the article is to present some differences in the practice of
competency management, perceived as a part of human resources management, that
were identified in the empirical research conducted in three countries, that is Poland,
Spain, and Austria. Our research is placed within cross-cultural HRM and comparative
HRM, that together with corporate-international HRM make three theoretical and
research streams within international human resources management (IHRM). This is
because on one side, the analysis of the research data covers comparison of competency
management systems and practices both at the organizational and national level in
different countries, but on the other side, we make an attempt to discuss the possible
influence of national culture on identified differences.
