| dc.description.abstract | The economic integration of the five East Africa regional countries has created unprecedented opportunities and new
challenges. Kenya homegrown multinational firms have taken advantage of these opportunities by expanding their
businesses in the region. However, cross-cultural diversity factors are affecting Strategic Human Resources Management
activities in business management. This study sought to investigate the influence of cross-cultural diversity factors on
Knowledge Management from a Strategic Human Resource Management perspective of Kenya homegrown multinational
firm. From the sampled 17 selected companies a total of 284 managers were sampled from each category of companies as
the respondents. The study showed that the main cross-cultural diversity factors namely differences in education system,
language difference, business ethics and HRT culture influenced knowledge management in the East Africa Common
Market. Based on these findings, recommendations were made, first was the need of harmonization of values in education
systems of East Africa Community. Second, was to have a common official language that will enable easy coordination of
business transactions, third was the harmonization of legal systems that promote positive values in business ethics. Fourthly,
was the provision of human resource technology infrastructure that gives effective and efficient facilitation of strategic
human resource management in the region? Lastly, Model proposal of Strategic Human Resource Management and
knowledge manage was recommended. | en_US |
