The history of human resource management in Spain: an autocratic legacy beyond the waves of rational and normative control

摘要

The development of human resource management (HRM) in Spain during the twentieth century reveals how the philosophy and rhetoric of labor management have oscillated around the tension between ideologies of rational control and ideologies of normative control. However, the context and practice of people management show that the cultural dualism between harsh non-humanistic and paternalistic humanistic views have been driven by political elites prone to serving the interests of the traditional autocratic management.