Outputs (8)

HRM-performance research: Under-theorized and lacking explanatory power (2006)
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The search for a measurable link between HR practices and organizational performance is currently preoccupying HR professionals, consultants, government and academics. Empirical research on this human resource management-performance (HRM-P) link is,... Read More about HRM-performance research: Under-theorized and lacking explanatory power.

Beyond measuring the HRM-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory (2006)
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Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory (2006)
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One response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to 'science' and seek to demonstrate an empirical association between HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the sh... Read More about Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory.

Gender at critical realism conferences (2006)
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Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective (2006)
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There are currently two main accounts of labour markets: the mainstream labour market (MLM) account, which avoids serious analysis of social structures; and a rather unsystematic SOCIOECONOMIC account, which recognises that labour markets are embedde... Read More about Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective.

Themes and issues: Rejoinder to Sheila Dow and Paul Downward (2006)
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Themes and issues: Reply to Shelia Dow and Paul Downward (2006)
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The case of research on the human resource management-organisational performance link (2006)
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