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There is a link between work life balance culture and strategic competitive advantage

Bradley, Lisa M.; Royer, Susanne; Eckardt, Farida - 2008

This paper suggests a linkage between work-life balance culture and competitive advantage through commitment and firm-specific human resources. The paper argues that a workplace culture supportive of employees balancing their work and non-work lives leads to their commitment to their...

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Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility, and competitive advantage

Michie, Jonathan; Sheehan, Maura - 2005

This paper contributes to the strategic human resource management literature by testing the three main approaches - the universalistic ('best practice'), contingency and configurational - against an original database. Specifically, we examine: (1) the relationship between HR and firm...

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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN CHINA: INSTITUTIONAL AND STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Kim, Sunghoon - 2008

The dissertation is composed of three separate essays. The first essay critically reviews the current status of strategic human resource management (SHRM) research. I argue that the research to date in this field is built upon several assumptions whose validity may not endure beyond the borders...

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Strategic people management of coal mining firms in Central Queensland

Zheng, C; Rolfe, J; Di Milia, L; Bretherton, P - 2007

Purpose ? This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to explore the link between strategic human resource management (SHRM) and firm performance of the coal mining companies in Central Queensland (CQ), Australia. Design/methodology/approach ? The paper reviews literature relating to the...

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Strategic people management of coal mining firms in Central Queensland

Zheng, Connie; Rolfe, John; Di Milia, Lee; Bretherton, Phil - 2007

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to explore the link between strategic human resource management (SHRM) and firm performance of the coal mining companies in Central Queensland (CQ), Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews literature relating to...

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Labour market deregulation, 'flexibility' and innovation

Michie, Jonathan; Sheehan, Maura - 2003

Labour ‘flexibility’ is often portrayed as important to competitive success. Using evidence from an original survey of UK firms, this paper investigates the relationships between firms' use of, on the one hand, various flexible work practices, human resource management techniques, and...

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Expatriate selection, training, family issues and repatriation putting theory into best practice for expatriate success in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia

Neilson, George A. - 2002

For both large and small companies involved in the internationalisation of world-wide markets, the successful management of expatriate assignment is an important part of overseas commercial activities.This investigation was concerned with expatriate management in fifty, multinational and...

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Consultation and communications in family businesses in Great Britain

Harris, Richard; Reid, Renee S.; McAdam, Rodney - 2004

Nationally representative data on family businesses are available in the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey, alongside comparable information for other types of firms. We use these data to compare differences in the use of different consultation and communication procedures. We cover such...

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Towards a Human Resource Information System for Australian Construction Companies

Ng, S. Thomas; Sharma, Tulsiram; Skitmore, Martin - 2001

The casual nature of employment in the construction industry makes planning human asset requirements a vague exercise. Human resource information systems (HRISs) offer a means of coping with these problems through improvements in the reliability, accuracy and accessibility of the human resources...

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Staffing Practices in Australian ICT Micro-Firms: growing virtual?

Twyoniak, Stephane; Burrows, Terrena M. - 2007

Human Resource Management (HRM) research, theory and practice overwhelming views the staffing of firms as a series of … theory, specifically transaction cost economics (TCE), agency theory and the resource-based-view (RBV), may enhance the … finds that organisation theory is indeed a useful complement, shedding light on how entrepreneurs manage staffing issues and …

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