Human resource management integration and industrial collaborative relations : the case of moroccan subcontractors and french principals

The purpose of this article is to analyse the developmental process of co-operative inter-organizational relationships that entails transactions between French firms and Moroccan subcontractors. The examined industries are : chemical, textile, agrobusiness, mechanic engineering, metallurgical and electronics. The model is hypothetico-deductive based on a conceptual framework developed by Ring, Van de Ven and Hakansson. The methodology is based on an exploratory research approach (bibliographical research, pre-testing, knowledge of Moroccan context; qualitative research with a longitudinal study unfolding during three years (1997-1999); quantitative study with descriptive goals: classification, typology (statistics on SPSS); quantitative study with explanatory goals, causality model (statistics with Lisrel, PLS).ou