Putting the “management” back in human resource management: A review and agenda for future research

DS Steffensen Jr, BP Ellen III, G Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Although much research has examined human resource management (HRM), managers'
roles in HRM seem to have been ancillary to this area of research. That is, HRM theory and …

The road taken and the path forward for HR devolution research: An evolutionary review

H Kurdi‐Nakra, X Kou, J Pak - Human Resource Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Devolving HR responsibilities to the line is a distinguishable feature in modern human
resource management (HRM). Given its considerable influence on the modus operandi of …

[HTML][HTML] A theory of HR co-creation

R Hewett, A Shantz - Human Resource Management Review, 2021 - Elsevier
We introduce HR co-creation as a continuous process in which HR and stakeholders
optimize value through collaborative efforts to innovate in the design and use of HR …

An expanded conceptualization of line managers' involvement in human resource management.

RR Kehoe, JH Han - Journal of Applied Psychology, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent research provides evidence that, contrary to implicit assumptions in much of the
strategic human resource management (SHRM) literature, human resource (HR) systems …

Global standardization or national differentiation of HRM practices in multinational companies? A comparison of multinationals in five countries

T Edwards, R Sanchez-Mangas, P Jalette… - Journal of International …, 2016 - Springer
Drawing on a dataset constructed from a parallel series of nationally representative surveys
of multinational companies (MNCs), we compare the performance management (PM) …

Framing the field of international human resource management research

I Björkman, D Welch - The International Journal of Human …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents an overarching framework of the international human resource
management field. The framework has four different levels: Macro (encompassing countries …

Towards explaining subsidiary implementation, integration, and internalization of MNC headquarters HRM practices

C Ahlvik, I Björkman - International Business Review, 2015 - Elsevier
We conceptualize the transfer of organizational practices from headquarters to subsidiaries
of multinational corporations as encompassing three dimensions: implementation …

Aligning corporate transfer intentions and subsidiary HRM practice implementation in multinational corporations

C Ahlvik, A Smale, J Sumelius - Journal of World Business, 2016 - Elsevier
We study HRM practice implementation in subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs)
and diverge from extant research by focusing on alignment, which we conceptualize as the …

What determines employee perceptions of HRM process features? The case of performance appraisal in MNC subsidiaries

J Sumelius, I Björkman, M Ehrnrooth… - Human resource …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Against the background of Bowen and Ostroff's () human resource management (HRM)
process theorization, this study explores influences on individual employee perceptions of …

From HRM practices to the practice of HRM: Setting a research agenda

I Björkman, M Ehrnrooth, K Mäkelä, A Smale… - Journal of …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to develop an “HRM-as-practice” research agenda.
The authors suggest that the HRM-performance literature would benefit from an actor-centric …