The Idea of Strategic HRM
No definitive, robust theory.
No agreement on meaning, factors, outcomes.
how is SHRM linked with organisational performance? difficult to establish firm relationships given intervening factors: structure, culture & wider environment
various typologies of business and associated HR strategies
Empirical studies tend to use
large-scale questionnaire surveys (Storey)
case-studies on SHRM.
Theoretical &empirical gaps between rhetoric and real experience - downsizing and redundancies etc.
