Perspectives on Human Resource Practices: Divergences in Time, Theoretical Linkages and Process

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dc.contributor.advisorSherer, Peter
dc.contributor.authorRankin, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T18:01:36Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-29
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractResearch in Human Resource Management (HRM) has helped scholars understand the value of systems of people practices for organizations, but the discipline faces a number of challenges in moving its agenda forward. In particular, understanding and specifying how those systems translate into improved organizational performance has proved elusive. The studies in this thesis examine some of these challenges in dimensions of time, theory linkage and process. The first study, an event history analysis of longitudinal practice data of Canadian companies, finds that HRM practices associated with the strategic agenda are abandoned at a surprising rate over time. The second study, a bibliometric network analysis of HRM and strategy literature, finds that the theoretical links to strategy are not developing in the direction that HRM scholars predicted. The third study, a case study of apprenticeship practices in the industrial construction industry, finds consensus between supervisors and senior management on the ends, but not the means by which those practices are implemented. Each study provides findings that diverge from the expectations found in HRM literature. Taken together, they offer a novel perspective and fruitful paths forward on the challenges facing the field.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRankin, S. (2015). Perspectives on Human Resource Practices: Divergences in Time, Theoretical Linkages and Process (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27319en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27319
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2545
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Business
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectBusiness Administration--Management
dc.subject.classificationStrategic Human Resource Managementen_US
dc.subject.classificationResource Based Viewen_US
dc.subject.classificationSHRMen_US
dc.subject.classificationHuman Resourcesen_US
dc.titlePerspectives on Human Resource Practices: Divergences in Time, Theoretical Linkages and Process
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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