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Managers’ motives for investing in HR practices and their implications for public service motivation
Gould-Williams, Julian Seymour - In: International Journal of Manpower 37 (2016) 5, pp. 764-776
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how approaches to human resource management may contribute to the development of public service motivation (PSM). Three different approaches to managing people are outlined, namely, the “high performance”, “high commitment” and “high...
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Mutual gains or conflicting outcomes? How HRM benefits professionals
Edgar, Fiona; Geare, Alan; Zhang, Jing A.; McAndrew, Ian - In: International Journal of Manpower 36 (2015) 8, pp. 1248-1265
to assess the relationships between commitment-oriented HRM practice, work intensification, work-life balance (WLB) and … task and contextual performance. Findings – The authors find commitment-oriented HRM practice does not intensify the work …-being, its measurement and its role in delivering performance outcomes afforded greater attention within HRM studies. Practical …
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HRM and the use of personnel services: an empirical analysis of German firms
Alewell, Dorothea; Hauff, Sven; Weiland, Katrin; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) July, pp. 394-409
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse how characteristics of the HR department and HR work, which relate to resource availability and resource needs, influence HR outsourcing. The study examines the subject of human resource (HR) outsourcing. Design/methodology/approach – The...
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The effect of human resource management control systems on the relationship between knowledge management strategy and firm performance
Liao, Yao-Sheng - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 494-511
firm performance is contingent on human resource management (HRM) control systems. Design/methodology/approach – Surveys … performance better. If personalization and codification strategy were emphasized simultaneously, firms would not use single HRM …. Practical implications – Results from this study suggest that managers can leverage their best performance by matching the HRM …
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Integrating human resource management into lean production and their impact on organizational performance
Bonavia, Tomas; Marin-Garcia, Juan A. - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 923-938
resource management (HRM). The second is to determine whether or not implementation of HRM practices associated with LP … same is not true for the pay for performance system. The combination of LP with HRM practices reduces inventory and boosts … causality cannot be definitively determined. Practical implications – This paper indicates the HRM practices associated with the …
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The relationship between high-commitment HRM and knowledge-sharing behavior and its mediators
Chiang, Hsu-Hsin; Han, Tzu-Shian; Chuang, Ju-Sung - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 604-622
implications – First, enterprises can foster knowledge-sharing behavior by adopting high-commitment HRM. Second, when employees … demonstrated how high-commitment HRM practices dominate knowledge-sharing behavior via perceived organizational support and …
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HRM practices and knowledge sharing: an empirical study
Fong, Chee-Yang; Ooi, Keng-Boon; Tan, Boon-In; Lee, … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 704-723
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between human resource management (HRM) practices … evidence between HRM practices and knowledge sharing. Practical implications – Findings from this study should be beneficial … for HRM managers in developing countries such as Malaysia, who plan to develop competitive knowledge sharing competencies …
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How to improve organizational performance through learning and knowledge?
Kuo, Tsung-Hsien - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 581-603
Purpose – Through investigating the relationship among human resource management (HRM), organizational learning (OL … analysis. Findings – The results indicate that: HRM strategies result in better organizational learning, organizational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610632
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Knowledge management in the firm: concepts and issues
Nielsen, Peter; Rasmussen, Palle - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 479-493
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set focus on, and discuss the concept of knowledge, and show how the interrelations between knowledge and other concepts, such as learning, have become a decisive element in managing human resources and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815003
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Organizational learning: Perception of external environment and innovation performance
Wang, Yu-Lin; Ellinger, Andrea D. - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 512-536
Purpose – The purpose of this study was to examine the antecedent, perception of the external environment, and its relationship to organizational learning, as well as explore the relationships between organizational learning and innovation performance at two levels, including individual and...
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