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| Author: | Hesketh, A. Fleetwood, S. |
| Title: | Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory |
| Journal: | Organization
2006 : SEP, VOL. 13:5, p. 677-699 |
| Index terms: | human resource management organizational performance theories methodology |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to 'science' seeking to demonstrate an empirical association btw. HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the shortcomings of the 'scientific' approach by i. reviewing the three distinctive versions of research on the Human Resources Management (HRM)-Performance link, ii. using critical realism to demonstrate: 1. that theoretical underdevelopment and lack of explanatory power are encouraged by the use of an inappropriate 'scientific' meta-theory, 2. the possibility of meta-theorizing the causal connection between HRM and performance without seeking statistical associations, and 3. how all this is in-keeping with Institutional theory. Finally, all of this is achieved by inserting evidence from interviews with HR professionals. |
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