This paper focuses on measuring executives’ values, their relationship with strategy and their impact on performance. It extends prior strategic leadership research that relied on demographic variables as surrogates for managerial attributes. Using the upper echelon theory as a theoretical...

This paper presents a review of the Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) literature and the relationship of SHRM to organisational performance. It reviews longstanding concepts such as the design school and process school of HR, best practices and best fit, internal alignment and external...

This study examines the relationship of the alignment of HR strategy and business strategy and organisational performance in Danish companies and whether HR competencies as enablers of alignment are associated with higher organisational performance. Using an exploratory approach and the...

One of the means for measuring the effectiveness of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) is by looking at the link between HR strategy and business strategy. This paper explores how the alignment of HR strategy and business strategy relates to organisational performance. It addresses the...

It is widely asserted that a high proportion of change initiatives fail (e.g. Kotter, 1996; Author/s to be provided, 2000). Furthermore the success of initiatives involving cultural change is significantly lower (Smith, 2003). However, there is some debate around whether or not change can only be...

As competition and consolidation in UK retail increases, retail organisations increasingly realise that store employee contribution, motivation and behaviour are the primary determinant of competitive advantage and business success.This paper examines the experience of one of the UK’s top 5...

This paper focuses on measuring executives’ values, their relationship with strategy and their impact on performance. It extends prior strategic leadership research that relied on demographic variables as surrogates for managerial attributes. Using the upper echelon theory as a theoretical...