CROSS-CULTURAL HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: EMPIRICAL STUDY

Intensive global competition, higher customer expectations and greater focus on quality have resulted in much greater requirements placed upon employees today than decades ago. Undergoing globalisation process it is important to draw attention that it influences organization employees too, thus human resource development as well. In this paper authors analyse factors impacting human resource development in cross-cultural context. The empirical research is based on theoretical background and presents investigation of students' skills developing factors and differences according to students' nationality in Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Turkey, and Iran.