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Is There A New Hrm? Contemporary Evidence And Future Directions, Lee Dyer, Thomas A. Kochan
Is There A New Hrm? Contemporary Evidence And Future Directions, Lee Dyer, Thomas A. Kochan
Lee Dyer
[Excerpt] Is there a new human resource management? Yo. That is, yes and no. A new perspective -- strategic human resource management -- emerged during the 80s to take its place alongside the more traditional operational and programmatic perspectives as a major influence on the field. This perspective has rapidly progressed in terms of theory and research (if not practice). But, it continues to take many shapes and forms, and even with its various permutations, is far from universally embraced by scholars or practitioners. What follows is a brief look at the strategic perspective of the field. It begins with …
Toward A Strategic Human Resource Management Model Of High Reliability Organization Performance, Jeff Ericksen, Lee Dyer
Toward A Strategic Human Resource Management Model Of High Reliability Organization Performance, Jeff Ericksen, Lee Dyer
Lee Dyer
In this article, we extend strategic human resource management (SHRM) thinking to theory and research on high reliability organizations (HROs) using a behavioral approach. After considering the viability of reliability as an organizational performance indicator, we identify a set of eight reliability-oriented employee behaviors (ROEBs) likely to foster organizational reliability and suggest that they are especially valuable to reliability seeking organizations that operate under “trying conditions”. We then develop a reliability-enhancing human resource strategy (REHRS) likely to facilitate the manifestation of these ROEBs. We conclude that the behavioral approach offers SHRM scholars an opportunity to explain how people contribute to …