The World of Neil Semuel Rupidara

Dear friends and readers,

Welcome to my blog, a place where I share some of my thoughts and experiences. People live because they think, act, feel, and believe and so do I. Making (some of) them public is to get feedback from those who read, as they may also want to give me feedback.

My name is Neil. 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, an application of Strategic HRM in the context of multinational companies (MNCs). Within this particular area, my current research interest is on the construction of HR systems within subsidiaries of multinational companies in Indonesia. Themes includes in this subject are such as the diffusion of HR ideas and models, connectivity among HR actors and between actors and institutional logics. Within this area some major theoretical frameworks are for example the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), institutional theory, and micro-politics of actors. I however open myself to learn from different perspectives to enrich myself and I believe will enrich the field. I am also interested in organisational studies, leadership, change management, and also in 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 am in my third year and expected to finish the program by Sept 2011. I am now writing a few papers that will make up my thesis. Two of papers were presented at International HRM Conferences, at Aston Business School, Birmingham and another paper will be at EGOS Colloquium in Lisbon on July 1.

Publications:

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2011). The role of actors in configuring HR systems within multinational subsidiaries. Human Resource Management Review 21(3): 174-185.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). The configuration of HR systems within subsidiaries of MNCs in Indonesia: Methodological aspects of the research and concepts that need further investigations. Presented at HDR EXPO 2010, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2010), “Institutional change, continuity and decoupling in the Indonesian industrial relations system,” Journal of Industrial Relations, 52 (5): 613-630.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). Connected actors, connected ideas. This paper was presented at 26th EGOS Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal, 1 July.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). Similarities and differences in the configuration of HR systems: Evidence from case studies of foreign multinationals in Indonesia. Presented at 11th International HRM Conference, Birmingham, 12 June.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). Mimesis, logic of adoption and corporate identity. Presented at 11th International HRM Conference, Birmingham, 11 June.

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. (The fulltext conference paper can be accessed at: http://www.ilera-online.org/15thworldcongress/files/papers/Track_4/Wed_W2_MCGRAW.pdf)

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 processes in 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).