The World of Neil Semuel Rupidara

Dear friends and readers,

Welcome to my blog. I name this blog ‘the world of Neil Semuel Rupidara’ which reflects a place within which I share with you things that I think and do. People live because they think act and also feel and believe and so do I. The materials posted here however would not be able to cover all that I think about, believe, feel, and do. They are just part of my whole world but hope that you find something of your interests.

By the way, let me first introduce myself. As my blog’s name suggest, I am Neil Semuel Rupidara. Please call me Neil. My colleagues at the Faculty of Economics at Satya Wacana usually call me Sem. So please be free which one you prefer.

I am a lecturer at Dept. of Management, Satya Wacana Christian University, in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. My specific area of interests is Strategic International Human Resource Management. It is an application of Strategic HRM in the context of multinational companies (MNCs). in studying the field, I employ a number of persperctives such as the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), institutional theory, and micro-politics of actors, but I open myself to learn other perspectives as well. Beside that major interest, I am also interested in areas like organisational studies, leadership, change management, and also higher education and adult pedagogy.

I am currently doing my PhD at Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Macquarie University in Sydney. I started this program in March 2008. My research is about the process HR managers within subsidiaries of MNSs in Indonesia develop their HRM. It is a qualitative study that explores and aims to theorise the construction of an integrated HR systems. I have collected my data through a fieldwork in Jakarta and now I am analysing the data and writing papers. A few papers below are related to this project.

In front of the Castle of Turku, Finland

Publications:

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2009). Actors, institutional change and stability in Indonesian industrial relations system. Presented at the 15th World Congress of International Industrial Relations Association, Sydney, Australia, 26 August.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2009). Actors amidst pressures: The configuration of HR systems within a multinational context. Presented at the 10th International Human Resource Management Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 23 June.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2008). HR practices and institutional isomorphism among multinational and local companies in Indonesia. HRM Global 2008 Proceeding, HRM Study Group, IIRA – Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland.

Marten, J. H.; Ndoen, M.L, ; & Rupidara, N.S. (2007). Corporate social responsibility perusahaan multinasional kepada masyarakat sekitar: Studi kasus  (Corporate social responsibility of a multinational company: A case study in Central Java, Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan, Vol. 36 No. 03)

Rupidara, N.S. dkk (Editors) (2006). 50 Tahun UKSW: Mempertegas identitas creative minority. Salatiga: Satya Wacana University Press.

Rupidara, N.S. (2005). Paradoks: Tantangan kepemimpinan dan organisasi kontemporer (Paradox: A contemporary challenge of leadership and organisation; Jurnal Kajian Interdisipliner Bina Darma No 68 Th. 23)

Budiyanti, S. K., & Rupidara, N.S. (2005). Konfusianisme dan taktik negosiasi orang China (Confucianism and Chinese negotiation tactics) (Jurnal Ekonomi Perusahaan IBII Vol. 10 No. 1 (March)

Rupidara, N. S., Prajudo, N.D. (2003). Pembelajaran dalam komunitas konsultasi manajemen (Learning within the community of management consulting), Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan No. 12 (Desember).

Poluan, L.A, Dwiadmadja, C. & Rupidara, N. S. (2003). Penyesuaian diri tenaga kerja asing studi kasus pada PT Schumberger Geophysic Nusantara, Balik Papan – Klimantan Timur. Dalam Jurnal Ekonomi Perusahaan vol. 10 no. 1, page 56.

Sulandjari, S. & Rupidara, N. (CEMSED — Center for Micro & Small Enterprise Dynamics) (2002). Value Chain Analysis of Furniture Clusters in Central Java. Report on a survey prepared for the ILO, Salatiga.

Sandee, H., Sulandjari, S., and Rupidara, Neil (2002). Business networks and value chains in furniture production : An analysis of demand-supply relationships of teak furniture from Central Java, Indonesia. First draft of a report to the ILO, Amsterdam, December.

Rupidara, N. S. (2001), Model Transnasional dalam pengelolaan perusahaan multinasional: Suatu uraian teoritis pada aspek strategi dan struktur, Jurnal Kinerja Vol. 5 No. 2 (Desember).