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Economic Thought and Practice, , 2026.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17818/EMIP/2025/39

ANALYSIS OF THE FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN FOREIGN-OWNED AND DOMESTICALLY OWNED PRIVATE COMPANIES

Marina Brodarić Ivačić orcid id orcid.org/0009-0000-4201-8063 ; Brodospas d. d. *
Ivana Tadić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-2001-8510 ; Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

The study analyses the function of human resource management (HRM) in private companies in the Republic of Croatia, including both foreign and domestically owned companies, based on a sample of 130 large and medium-sized enterprises. The core areas of the research include analysing the development of individual HRM sub-functions, analysing the quality of the implementation of individual activities within a particular HRM sub-function, the importance of individual HRM sub-functions for the business success of the company and the personal satisfaction of HRM managers with the development of individual HRM sub-functions. The aim of this paper is to show how the quality of the HRM function in Croatian companies varies depending on the origin of the company owners. The analysed and statistically processed data, which were collected through a questionnaire from the interviewed HRM managers, reveal both similarities and differences in the HRM function in foreign-owned and domestically owned companies in the Republic of Croatia. It is concluded that the degree of development of individual HRM sub-functions, the quality of implementation of individual activities within a particular HRM sub-function, the degree of importance of individual HRM sub-functions, and the degree of HR managers' satisfaction with the development of HRM sub-functions are higher in foreign-owned private companies than in domestically owned private companies.

Keywords

human resource management; human resource management functions; forms of corporate ownership; foreign and domestic ownership

Hrčak ID:

335282

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/335282

Publication date:

10.9.2025.

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