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Author: | Gardner, T.M. |
Title: | Human resource alliances: defining the construct and exploring the antecedents |
Journal: | International journal of human resource management
2005 : JUN, VOL. 16:6, p. 1049-1066 |
Index terms: | Alliances Human resource management Strategic management |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | A dramatic transformation has been documented to be taking place in the relationship between employers and employees. Job security and career ladders are being replaced with a doctrine of employability. In exchange for loyalty and hard work, companies are promising to keep employees' skills current and develop them for opportunities in other workplaces. To meet these changing needs, labour market intermediaries such as temporary help companies and employee leasing organizations have emerged to mediate the relationship between companies and the spot labour market. Companies are also forming collaborative relationships, termed "HR alliances" with other companies to manage their human resources. These take the form of employee-sharing relationships, training and development partnerships and "quasi-internal labour markets" where employees are trained and work in one company then permanently "promoted" to a position of higher responsibility in a partner company. In this theoretical article, the author explores the types of employees likely to be managed using an HR alliance, factors that influence companies' choice of collaboration partners. |
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