Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to participate in the convergence‐divergence debate related to the trends in European human resource management (HRM). The paper evaluates the converging vs diverging implications in Estonia and Finland by comparing HR strategies, policies and practices...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore HRM practices and HRM-performance (HRM-P) link in public and private sector organizations across three societal clusters: the Anglo, the Germanic, and the Nordic European. Design/methodology/approach – The article is based on international...

Purpose – The purpose of the article is to contribute to HRM‐performance research by focusing on how HR managers discursively construct performance in local government HRM. Design/methodology/approach – The study is carried out in Finnish local government organizations, where HR managers...