Human Resource Policies and Practices of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is not within my area of specialisation and I have not researched into Oil and Gas Industry before as a Nigerian. I hope researchers from Asian Countries will be of help. Thank you.
Since firms and employees are embedded in a particular cultural context, it is important to modify HR practices generated in the West to be culturally sensitive to a particular organization. For Indian context, read the following academic material:
(a) Gupta, S. and Bhaskar, A. U. (2016) 'Doing business in India: Cross-cultural issues in managing human resources', Cross Cultural & Strategic Management 23(1): 184-204.
(b) Bamel, U. K., Rangnekar, S. and Rastogi, R. (2014) 'Do gender, position, and organization shape human resource flexibility?' in M. K. Nandakumar , S. Jharkharia and A. S. Nair (eds) Organisational Flexibility and Competitiveness, pp. 123-134. India: Springer.
(c) Budhwar, P. and Varma, A. (2012) 'Human resource management in the Indian subcontinent' in C. Brewster and W. Mayrhofer (eds) Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management, pp. 576-597. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
(d) Narang, L. and Singh, L. (2011) 'Human resource practices and perceived organizational support – A relationship in Indian context', Management and Labour Studies 36(3): 217-224.
(e) Jain, R. and Premkumar, R. (2011) 'HRD practices in Indian organizations and their impact on 'productivity' of human resources: An empirical study', Management and Labour Studies 36(1): 5-30.