Centre for Global Workforce Strategy
Deglobalization and high-tech talent: Understanding the interdependencies of corporate and governmental actions
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About the Presentation:
As corporate globalization has been restricted through changes in macro-environments, firms traditionally reliant on global talent pools are suffering. This is particularly true for high-tech firms’ seeking to source high-skilled STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) talent. In this webinar, we will explore the impact of macro-level trends in national government policy and political climates on high-tech firms seeking to source high-skilled STEM talent. By applying coevolutionary reasoning, we demonstrate the intricate interdependence between the macro environment and corporate strategizing. Based on qualitative research across the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, the day-to-day realities of talent management practitioners and industry experts will be shared. Overall, we identify emergent adaptations to corporate talent sourcing activities for dealing with increasing STEM shortages linked to deglobalization, explaining how these adaptations are a consequence of both internal strategic factors as well as external institutional forces.
This session will be moderated by Miguel Olivas, Teaching Professor of Human Resource Management, PSU’s School of Labor and Employment Relations and Associate Director of the Centre for International Human Resources Studies (CIHRS).
About the Speakers
Elaine Farndale is Professor of Human Resource Management and Associate Director of the School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University (USA), where she is also Founder and Director of the Center for International Human Resource Studies. Elaine’s research focuses primarily on international human resource management, strategic HRM, and HRM and performance. She has published widely from her international collaborations in both the practitioner and top-ranked academic press, and has served as an elected member of the Academy of Management HR Division Executive Committee, Co-Editor for Routledge’s Global HRM Series, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Human Resource Management Journal, and Associate Editor for Human Resource Management and International Journal of Human Resource Management. Elaine completed her PhD at Cranfield School of Management (UK), and worked previously as an HR specialist for several years.
Andy Sivaraman is based in the US and is a business leader with over twenty-five years of experience in enabling strategic business transformation through process and technology reengineering, organizational change and talent management during years of hyper-growth and technology driven disruptions.
He has been on the executive leadership team of global technology services companies and is currently Partner and Board Member of a digital transformation focused software product company.
Andy has been a guest faculty at universities on technology and globalization, published white papers, articles in HR business magazines and a paper on "The Soft Side of Digital Transformation - The Connected Employee" in the South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management. Andy holds a BS in Physics & Mathematics and a Masters in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations.
About This Series
This event is part of a IHRM Webinar Series, organized by the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at Simon Fraser University (Canada), the Penn State Center for International Human Resource Studies (USA), and ESCP Business School (Europe).
Watch the previous IHRM Webinar Series installments on our YouTube Channel.
This event will be hosted on Zoom.
Zoom event access information will be provided all registered attendees 24 hours, and 1 hour, prior to the event start.
For inquires about this event, please contact: beedie-events@sfu.ca.
