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To fully understand the relationship between human resource management and performance in different contexts, we are in … policies in a specific company. In this way the paper broadens the present HRM and Performance debate by explicitly taking into …
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Human resource management (HRM) does matter! Prior empirical research, summarized and classified in the work of Delery and Doty (1996), Guest (1997) and Boselie et al. (2000), suggests significant impact of HRM on the competitive advantage of organizations. The mainstream research on this topic...
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The relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and performance of the firm has been a hot debated topic in … performance is in a Dutch setting mitigated by institutions and stakeholders inside and outside the organization. …
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The relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and firm performance has been a hotly debated topic over the …
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In this paper the focus is on how organizations select, adapt and retain best practices in HRM. Based on recent developments in two streams of theoretical thinking, i.e new institutionalism and strategic management (especially co-evolution and absorptive capacity), this paper contrasts economic...
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This article develops an explanatory framework for understanding the growth and development of temporary agency work (TAW) and the related industry. The analysis shows that explanations based on economic logic are helpful in understanding the choice of TAW in general. These explanations,...
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In the last decade the Dutch labour market has demonstrated an admirable capacity to generate jobs. Consequently, the unemployment rate has significantly decreased. However, the newly generated jobs are a-typical in the sense that they are not full-time jobs based on open-ended contracts....
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This chapter introduces the notion of how old economy brick-and-mortar firms are adapting their HRM policies and practices and the roles of their HR departments in light of newly introduced Web-based business-to-business transaction practices. It argues that the Internet has introduced three new...
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This paper presents an overview of recent empirical research on human resource competencies in Europe. The data were collected in 2002 in the global Human Resource Competence Study, an initiative of the University of Michigan. The results suggest that personal credibility and HR delivery have a...
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will influence how many and what type of employees have the power to influence organisational financial performance. And … secondly that the type and number of employees with the ability to influence financial performance will in turn influence how … differing in the degree to which employees can influence organisational financial performance are then outlined and related to …
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