Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the reasons why many organisations do not evaluate the effectiveness of their reward policies and practices, examines the approaches used by those organizations which do evaluate, and develops a model of evidence‐based reward management which describes...

Purpose – The aim of this article is to argue that human resources (HR) should adjust the role it performs depending on its local environment – what is desirable and achievable. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the arguments for and against the arrival of a universal...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the obstacles to human resources (HR) making a strategic contribution and to share ways of overcoming those obstacles. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses case studies to demonstrate how organizations are successfully integrating people and...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to ask why western organisations appear to be moving towards a single global HR model that minimises cultural differences compared with Asian organisations that seem to allow more variation in HR policies and practices. Moreover, we try to identify the...