Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the evidence from a range of reviews concerned with the links between human resource management (HRM) and performance. The aim of the paper is to review this diverse literature, and to derive human resource (HR) implications for healthcare...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a hybrid approach to the research developed during a multi-researcher, ethnographic study of NHS management in the UK. Design/methodology/approach This methodological paper elaborates a hybrid approach to the sociological analysis – the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine National Health Service (NHS) employee perspectives of how high performance human resource (HR) practices contribute to their performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on an extensive qualitative study of the NHS. A novel...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of stories in a mental health environment. It includes an account of learning to read and recognise stories as a particular form of organizational narrative in the National Health Service (NHS). Design/methodology/approach – The study...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review themes emerging in articles published in QROM over the previous ten years. Design/methodology/approach – Retrospective review article. Findings – Over the previous ten years of QROM , the content of articles has been extremely diverse as the...

Purpose – To examine the introduction of role‐redesign in the NHS and highlight implications for employment relations. Design/methodology/approach – A 12‐month independent evaluation (2003‐2004) of a role redesign initiative in the NHS is reported. The study followed a developmental,...