Abstract: | ABSTRACT With the political changes that took place during 1994 within South Africa, the country again, after many years of economic isolation, became a full member of the international community. Since then, many South African companies have attempted to become more competitive, and many international companies have shown a keen interest in doing business in the country. As a result of the important role that human resource management practices can play to help companies prosper and become successful, an investigation was undertaken within companies to establish to what extent HR practices were being applied. The results of the study are reported in this article. |