There is a need for alternative theories to get a better understanding of human resource management (HRM), in particular with regard to the shaping of the employment relationship in organizations. This study examines how market, institutional and configurational factors affect HRM in a global...

Strategic human resource management has been linked to competitive advantage and in turn to organizational performance. This linkage has been viewed from a universal, a contextual or a configurational perspective. Adopting the latter perspective, the authors of the present study investigate the...

This paper uses insights and data gained from 15 years of involvement in a research network studying HRM developments in Europe to explore the notion of 'European HRM' and the meanings of convergence and divergence in HRM Using data from the last decade of the Cranet research, the paper puts...