Human resource articles published in the top human resource management (HRM) journals from 1994 through 2001 are analyzed by topic, research technique, level of analysis, and data source. The results are aggregated and summarized to address the current state of affairs in human resource...

Reviews three books in the field of employment relations, industrial relations and human resource management: Employment Relations: Continuity and Change: Policies and Practices by E. Rose; Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice by M. Salamon; and Human Resource Management A Critical Text ,...

Purpose – This paper introduces this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines some of the key themes in global human resource management. Findings – By reviewing, briefly, the existing literature in these areas, the paper outlines a limited but crucial research...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to determine and empirically examine the effect of human resource management (HRM) practices on knowledge transfer within multinational corporations. Design/methodology/approach – It is suggested that the employment of human resource practices, which...

Purpose – The paper examines the operational impact of project management systems on the management of human resources and the practical implications of this for practitioners in two project‐led engineering contractors Design/methodology/approach – The paper achieves these objectives...

Purpose – The broad aims of this research are to analyse the status of, and processes underlying, strategic human resource management (HRM) integration within organisations and to contribute to theory development in the area. A great deal of attention is given in the literature to the...

Purpose – To examine the role of three employee‐owner attributes (i.e. the level of employee influence in decision making, the amount of Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) information given to employee‐owners, and the extent to which the ESOP design provides employee‐owners with equity...

Purpose – To illuminate how the alignment of HRM control and business strategy affects firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data are collected from computer and peripheral equipment industries via questionnaire. The measures include business strategy, HRM control, and...

Purpose – This paper examines the challenges facing China's employment relations after its WTO accession and consequently, the implications for further reform. Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical questions are considered in relation to the debate on globalization vs the nation‐state...

Purpose – To test the relationship between HRM practice and employee work‐related attitudes and examine whether different approaches to measurement of HRM gives different results. Design/methodology/approach – HRM practice was measured in three ways: additive measures of numbers of HRM...