The most fundamental proposition of attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory is that organizations progress toward homogeneity of personality over time through the processes of attraction, selection, and attrition. However, critical aspects of that proposition have remained untested, thus...

Regarding the relationship between identification and creativity, two theoretical logics compete, suggesting both positive and negative relationships. This study addresses the controversy by invoking regulatory focus theory. At the team level, we theorize that the identification–creativity...

Drawing on the attraction-selection-attrition perspective, strategic human resource management (SHRM) scholarship, and recent human capital research, this study explores organization-level emergence of personality (i.e., personality-based human capital resources) and its direct, interactive, and...

In this study, we examine the cross-cultural differences in human resource (HR) managers’ beliefs in effective HR practices by surveying HR practitioners in Finland (N=86), South Korea (N=147), and Spain (N=196). Similar to previous studies from the U.S., the Netherlands, and Australia, there...

Using samples of several hundred faculty at the University of California, this study examines whether declining research productivity is related to the acceptance of an early retirement program. Research productivity is measured by the number of papers published per year for 3 years and 15 years...

The South Korean case shows that the globalization trend in the 1990s and the 1997-1998 financial crisis had two contrasting effects on labor rights. First, these developments resulted in negative labor market outcomes: increased unemployment, greater use of contingent workers, and widened...

Human resource (HR) managers’ commitment to their occupation (HR) leads to the proper delivery and implementation of HR practices and, therefore, is deemed as a critical factor for the success of HR practices. Based on socio-cognitive, human capital, and signaling theories, this study...