The issue of culture fit is explored through the use of a model that identifies the characteristics of the internal work culture of organizations in developing countries. The context of their sociocultural environment and the manner in which the cultural characteristics are likely to facilitate or hinder the effective use of the state-of-the-art human resource management practices and techniques are discussed. The problems and prospects associated with the uncritical adoption in developing countries of human resource management practices relating to work design, performance management, and reward systems are analyzed.
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